Get to the Pointe — ballet

In this video, Josephine is watching the iconic I Love Lucy ballet scene. And the audience is watching I Love Dio! So exciting to have Josephine's new baby on screen with us. And luckily, Lucille Ball and her amazing physical comedy is family friendly for all ages!  Through her antics, Lucy displays the great truth of ballet: it's difficult!  And so is filming with a baby - but we love it all!! 

It's here... Pointe Shoe fitter reacts to Ballet Tik Tok - PART 40. Y'all, this series has blown up in a way we never could have anticipated.  As per usual, your curated selection of the ballet internet: pointe shoe hacks, people putting on pointe shoes who maybe should not be, pointe shoes being made, amazing feats of ballet, ect Ya know, the same old but we love it! How long will this series go? Part 50? Part 100?!?!? Be sure to keep tagging us & let us know what you'd like to see! 

This video is special for many reasons. One, Josephine reacts to the GORGEOUS senior winners from 2024 YAGP Finals. Two, and probably more exciting, Josephine's baby makes his YouTube debut! Dio is just so adorable and hiccuping and making the sweetest facial expressions (wonder where he got that from!)  So join Josephine (& Dio), to get to know the bronze, silver and bronze winners and watch their clips from the New York City Finals!  

YAGP Finals brings out the best and brightest of ballet talent. The most competitive category? The Junior Division. These dedicated 11 to 13 year olds train constantly to someday find home at a ballet company. Josephine reacts to the Shelley King Award Bronze, Silver, and Gold winners. The amount of talent is insane. Which performance was your favorite?

In honor of Youth American Grand Prix (YAGP)'s 25th Anniversary, we are watching some future stars of ballet from the 2024 Finals! Dancers from all over the world flock to New York City's illustrious Lincoln Center to compete.  This episode, the pre-competitive category! Aka, the tiny dancers! Josephine, your resident pointe shoe fairy & favorite ballet commentator, watches clips of the top 3 winners in this category. Which was your favorite? Can you imagine them in pointe shoes?