Get to the Pointe — Pointe Shoe Fitter Reacts

With Mother's Day coming up, I wanted to pay homage to the women who may not be our biological madres, but, still care and push us to grow so much, they need their flowers too. A round of applause and big hugs for our dance teachers! This reaction video features a variety of short form content from the ballet internet highlighting the realities, funny moments, and cute habits that these women have on their dancers' lives. Even amongst dance teachers, they also joke that they are therapists & caregivers outside of also teaching us how to tendu and plie. And...

It's been a few weeks since Tik Tok 100, and with that, we've been diving into other categories of the ballet internet.  And this week's video is arguably the type of content that Josephine wanted to watch in the beginning - before the the Tik Tok series went viral. Some highlights from this video: Are dancers just getting better? A once in a generation dancer: Chloe Misseldine Seeing traces of ballet in other disciplines  How do non-dance audience members see or appreciate ballet?  The impacts and influences of ballet on social media is a big topic to discuss for another...

With the rise of balletcore in the fashion industry, there has been a new wave of adults either trying ballet for the first time or going back to a childhood passion. Is this a good thing? Um, yes - OF COURSE! Not only do adults have financial capability to pay for their classes & dance costs, feeding the entire industry as a whole, but they very much want to be there. Whereas being put in a baby ballet class may be a rite of passage of early girlhood, there's no denying that there are some kids who get put into...

Per the YouTube algorithm & clickbait, we gave "Hot Takes" a try! However, the most upvoted comment & my personal favorite is as follows: "In Argentina, us dancers have a saying: “tango waits for you” -el tango te espera-. It refers to the fact that anybody, at any age, can begin dancing. " Although this comment refers to a non-ballet style of dance, we share the same sentiment. It is NEVER too late to dance! Don't worry, this video isn't just sentimental takes that aren't that piping...there are some other clips included that lean a little bit more spicy. Do...

As we know, the ballet internet - and the internet at large - isn't a safe space. There's so much misinformation and inflammatory content that it can be hard to sift through it all to make sense of things. So, when Timothee Chalamet's comments about the ballet and opera went viral not only within the ballet community, but pop culture at large, we chose to take a beat before responding. This video is a usual reaction video, but it's also Josephine's take on the situation. A longer and explained perspective that might be a hot take - that Timothee's comments...