Abstract: The invention relates to a shoe adapted for the practice of classical dance and particularly intended for dancers in dancing schools or professional dancers for performing pointes, that comprises a sole generally made of leather to which is attached a fitting upper (2), particularly made of satin, as well as a tip made of a hard shell or box (4) that surrounds the toes and has an extension in the form of a stiffening shank (5) at the lower portion of the foot, characterised in that the shank (5) is formed on the lower surface thereof with at least two transverse cuts (7) approximately at mid-depth for ensuring its rigidity in one direction and for imparting to the shoe a certain degree of flexibility in the opposite direction.