Watching my four year granddaughter in ballet brought the question, is one foot type better than another. The great toe can be longer or shorter than the second. The former is an Egyptian foot and the Greek foot presents with a longer second toe. Much of this is in reference to statues of antiquity where Egyptian statues have a longer Great toe, and more realistic Greek statues had the higher arch, and longer second toe. Back to ballet, neither foot type is preferred. After ten, when one goes up "on point", having three toes of equal length is optimal to evenly distribute the pressure.
