Get to the Pointe — ballet competition
Pointe Shoe Fitting YAGP Hope Award Winner
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This week, Josephine was in Florida at YAGP Finals, and fit a dancer from Japan named Asuka Hara. This adorable and beautiful dancer is 11 years old. She is the 2022 recipient of YAGP's Hope Award, which is presented to the dancer for best overall performance in the Pre-Competitive category (9-11 years old). Asuka competed and performed on flat, in a variation from Graduation Ball. Although Asuka does have pointe shoes, she has not performed or competed en pointe yet. YAGP's guidelines do not allow 10 year olds to compete en pointe, and 11 year olds are strongly discouraged. However, during the...
Pointe Shoe Fitter Reacts to Leap!
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This week, we're finally fulfilling a fan-favorite - the animated ballet movie, Leap! In this video, Josephine watched and reacted to the final dance battle scene of this fun and heart touching kids' movie. Ballet doesn't tend to have 'dance battles' like other dance styles do, but if they do, we sure hope they are as thrilling as this movie! Have you watched Leap? Do you like it? Let us know if in the comments!
Pointe Shoe Fitter Reacts to Claudia Dean!
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Claudia Dean & Wish pointe shoes?! One of our favorites with one of our...least favorites (lol). In this week's video, Josephine witnesses Claudia & her friend Ailysh as they unbox and try of 4 PAIRS of Wish pointe shoes! You may already know that Josephine has had her experience with Wish pointe shoes, so she was interested to see Claudia's take. How do you think it went? You'll have to watch to find out!
Judging Your Ballet Variation (feat. Kathryn Morgan)
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As a special bonus video, Josephine Lee and Kathryn Morgan judge ballet variations! Think Olympics commentary, but make it ballet. While participants of the Youth American Grand Prix rehearsed the variations they were going to compete, Kathryn offered great dancing insight, while Josephine commented on pointe shoes. They were blown away by the talent and poise in the studio - especially after 2 years of dancing online! This video featured 3 of the 6 dancers Kathryn & Josephine watched, so be sure to head over to Kathryn's channel to watch the other 3! Lastly, special thanks to YAGP for bringing...