Performa Stretch Canvas Ballet Shoes
The stretch-canvas flat that made the everyday class slipper feel precise and skin-close.
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Story & heritage
Performa is explicitly tagged by Bloch as a Bloch Icon and a bestseller. The product copy calls it a professional favorite, which explains why it anchors the brand's contemporary ballet-flat offering: low-profile, washable-looking, and made to show the foot instead of hiding it.
Materials & craft
Bloch specifies lightweight stretch canvas, a split sole, pre-sewn crossed elastics, shock-absorbing heel cushioning and generous front and rear leather sole pads. The toe shape and wider front sole pad are designed to support balance while allowing the toes to spread.
How to choose & style
Performa is the easiest Bloch shoe to make invisible: choose a tone close to the dancer's skin or tights for a longer leg line, or black for modern classwear. Its appeal is that it looks barely there until the foot moves.
