Tensus Demi-Pointe Shoe (Pink)Designed as a pre pointe shoe, the Tensus Demi Pointe Shoe has the leather outer sole and hard paste box of a pointe shoe, but no shank. The Tensus gives dancers more resistance than a regular flat ballet shoe, thus enabling them to better strengthen and prepare their feet for pointe work. Made on the same last as the Aspiration Pointe Shoe, the Tensus features a square cut box, low sides, and a narrow heel to accentuate the shape of the foot.??