Get to the Pointe — magical fit
Siri VS. Pointe Shoe Fitter (asking Siri pointe shoe questions)
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Josephine fact checks Siri's pointe shoe knowledge! Does Siri know about pointe shoes? This week Josephine put her to the test! Although there is a lot of misinformation on the internet, Siri is pretty up on her pointe shoe info! Watch the full video to see what Josephine has to say!
Pointe Shoe Fitting a Transgender Dancer (ft. Lennon Torres)
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"I think living my truth is more important than the fear of not having a dance career" - Lennon Torres This week Josephine fit Lennon Torres, a transgender dancer, for her first pair of pointe shoes! For a first pair, Josephine likes to look for a shoe that will be very stable, while still giving the dancer something soft enough to roll through and build strength with. A couple of things that Josephine noticed with Lennon's feet were that she has a tendency to sickle, she has a nail bed that would likely be sensitive, and that she would likely...
Fitting Miss Auti for Pointe Shoes
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Josephine fits youtuber, Miss Auti! This week Josephine hung out with Auti Kamal from the Youtube channel, Dance with Miss Auti! Aside from giggling and just having a good time, Josephine helped Auti find a new pair of pointe shoes. Josephine has fit Auti before, but this time around was a little bit different, because Auti had not been training on pointe for a quite a while. The needs of a dancer when they're coming back to pointe are often different than when a dancer has been training consistently. Since Auti was dealing with a little bit of sinking, they...
Pointe Shoe Fitting For Going To College (with Ashley Lew)
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Josephine fits Ashley Lew! When dancer's go off to college, the expense of pointe shoes can become quite overwhelming. With that said, Josephine likes to move dancers to a longer lasting pointe shoe when they get to this point in their life. One of the most common "long-lasting" pointe shoes is the Gaynor Minden! The materials they are made of are vastly different from a traditional pointe shoe, so they do not break down in the same way that many shoes do. Because of this, Ashley is able to make them last around a year, as opposed to the 1-2...
Pointe Shoe Fitter Reacts to Ballet TikToks pt. 6 (is there an end??)
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Yes, yes we did traumatize Josephine, yet again, for your viewing pleasure... From ballet teacher skits and doing the worm, to pointe shoe education and, yes, more cups on feet as pointe shoes... TikTok has it all!