Quest GiggleHow many pointe shoes does New York City Ballet use per year?
8,500 pairs. A ballerina can wear out a pair in one single performance — the company keeps 180 dancers on their toes.
How close would your guess have been?
In the game we ask it like this: “New York City Ballet orders about how many pairs of pointe shoes every year?”
Type a number — scored exactly the way a round in the game is.
The answer
8,500pairs
