英國推出深色芭蕾舞鞋,打破傳統

Pointe ballet shoes in colours that match Asian and black skin tones are being made for the first time in the UK.

與亞洲膚色和黑人膚色相配的足尖芭蕾舞鞋在英國首次亮相。

For women of colour, practising ballet used to mean having to paint pointe shoes to match their skin tone, as the shoes were only available in variations of pale pink, cream or nude. The process called “pancaking,” involves applying foundation or powder to the shoes.

對有色人種的女性來說，在過去練習芭蕾意味着要給足尖鞋塗上和自己膚色相配的顏色，因爲這種鞋只有淡粉色、奶油色和裸色。這種過程被稱爲“煎餅”，就是在鞋子塗上粉底或粉末。

But now dancers won't have to spend time on the matching process - as dance shoe design and manufacturing company Freed of London has begun selling pointe shoes in bronze and brown in partnership with dance company Ballet Black.

但現在，舞者們沒必要花時間配色了，因爲倫敦的舞鞋設計與製造公司Freed of London已經開始和舞鞋公司黑色芭蕾合作，開始銷售古銅色和棕色的足尖鞋。

The release of the new colours, according to the Ballet Black website, comes after “over a year in development.”

據黑色芭蕾網站稱，新顏色的發佈經過了“一年多的研發”。

“The Freed of London ethos has always been to develop shoes to meet the needs of each generation of dancer and these new colours continue to reflect this,” it reads.

它寫道，“Freed of London的公司理念就是不斷開發新鞋子以滿足每一代舞者的需求，這些新顏色就反映出這一點”。

And Ballet Black founder and artistic director Cassa Pancho called the release a “historic moment in British ballet history.

黑人芭蕾舞的創始人和藝術總監卡薩·潘喬稱這次發行是“英國芭蕾舞史上的歷史性時刻”。

Although ballet shoes created for women of colour have been available in the US for more than a year, this is the first time they will be handmade in the UK.

儘管爲有色女性設計的芭蕾舞鞋在美國已經有一年多了，但這是它們首次在英國進行手工製作。