Born in Italy and flourishing in France, the ballet was initially reserved for royalty and women were excluded from this practice. It was Louis XIV who gave women the opportunity to participate in these dances, then under the impetus of Lully, the first free and independent ballerinas appeared. Standing on the tips means a dancer's technique of arching the foot, supporting the weight and dancing on the first three toes, or even on the big toes, which support the whole weight of the body. Possessing an elegant silhouette, the ballerina is admired and envied by the spectators. However, her deformed feet have been concealed, her neglects them and treats them as mere appendages. From a social point of view, the body of the ballerina is paradoxical. She can be considered both a pioneer of feminism because of her economic independence obtained early in history, but she is also the object of attention by her graceful figure. In this article, we seek to highlight the antinomy of beauty and the torture of the body, the liberation and the sexual objectification of women. This text presents and examines works relating to ballet and consulted at the National Library of France. Almost all publications in French only deal with its historical evolution. Discussions about the life, body and suffering of ballerina are virtually absent, except in some English references. Our subject focuses on the foot of the ballerinas, to discuss the painful and unknown story of dancers and their deformed feet