Get to the Pointe — Olympic Gymnast

After many moons & many comments, it's finally here: Pointe shoe fitter reacts to rhythmic gymnastics! We love that ballet can cross over into many disciplines. One of the most obvious and daring is rhythmic gymnastics. According to Wikipedia, and unlike its better known counter part, artistic gymnastics, "Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon and rope." And there are some moments where dancers are so athletic that they reach and climb on top of their toes! Of course, Josephine has some feelings and reactions about this. We're just...

Josephine reacts to Nile Wilson in pointe shoes! More non-dancers, trying to learn ballet in an hour.... Are we surprised? Probably not..  What Josephine was surprised by was how well these gymnasts actually did! While they were obviously far from perfect, these olympians did pretty well for not having much ballet experience. Though they spent most of the time in flat shoes, Nile did put on some pointe shoes for a moment. They were clearly someone else's shoes and of course not fitted! (WE DO NOT ENDORSE THIS). However, with his crazy gymnastics abs, he somehow was able to pull...