About – Planet Pointe

our story

we are Planet Pointe

Planet Pointe is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing more sustainability to dance. Through upcycling old pointe shoes into usable items, Planet Pointe introduces more eco-consciousness into the ballet community, given dancers go through multiple pointe shoes quickly.

Pointe shoes of any kind are deeply appreciated and can be donated in any Planet Pointe Donation Box (see “locations” page). Thank you for your generosity and support for sustainability everywhere!

How it works

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DANCE! Wear your pointe shoes as long as you can.

DONATE! Once you are done wearing your pointe shoes, find a Planet Pointe Donation Box (see locations page) and donate your old shoes.

SHOP! Buy our products or recommend them to friends and family members. Every purchase counts!

REPEAT! Repeat this cycle as much as you can! Thank you for your support in sustainability!

About me

My name is Soraya Arjomand and I am a current junior at Bellevue High School who loves dance, student government, and sustainability. I have been training at the Pacific Northwest Ballet School since I was 4 years old with completing spring and summer intensives at the Royal Ballet School of London, American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet school, and NYU Tisch School of the Arts. I have so much passion for both dance and sustainability, and thus Planet Pointe was created to combine my love for both.

On the sustainability front, I spoke to the Bellevue School District board to help pass Sustainability Policy 6811 (6811.pdf (finalsite.net)), where a quote from my speech was published in the Washington State School Directors’ Association (Direct 2023 SUM.pdf | Powered by Box) – page 24. Currently, I am on the Sustainability Ambassadors team which organizes sustainability conferences and encourages youth to take action in sustainability in their daily lives. (See Ambassador Bio Here – Soraya Arjomand (sustainabilityambassadors.org)).

Planet Pointe featured in the Greet West Bellevue Magazine – Pirouetting Towards a Greener Future