Get to the Pointe — Pointe Shoe Fitter Reacts

To those who are new here, welcome to Josephine vs. the Ballet Internet. In this series, we tackle a myriad of topics pertaining to ballet with our favorite pointe shoe fitter, Josephine Lee!  In this video, you'll see beautiful pointe shoes, commentary on ballet donors, the cutest baby ballerina, some interesting costuming choices, and of course, dead pointe shoes too. Part of the lore of this series is cups - which is markedly not in this episode.  In the second Tik Tok reaction video, we saw that our audience commented about cups on tik tok. This is a bit where...

Tis the season to be...cringey! Are we over cups?  We hope so. Thanks so much for tagging us in videos - we seem to be getting fewer and fewer tags in cups videos. Perhaps Josephine can put this trauma behind her and heal... Or not. There seems to be a neverending spout of cringe content and from this mass, a new victor shall rise... What do you think it could be? Dead pointe shoes? Hypermobile, extra flexy feet?  Watch to find out!

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...

Tik tok..goes the ballet internet clock.  And the for 27th time, we introduce....pointe shoe fitter reacts! It's your favorite pointe shoe fitter, versus the ballet internet. What wild, wacky, and outrageous things will she see today? Pointe shoe hacks? Beautiful dancing? Confusing dancing? Ballet shoe asmr? Pointe shoes meeting an untimely death? Which clip was your favorite? And did you catch the hunger games reference? Comment below and let us know!

Ballet is so beautiful, so ethereal, so....challenging! And with great challenge comes great success...and failure. There's no way to achieve greatness without so much practice, and trial and error. And sometimes error can be hilarious! In a world that can seem hypercompetitve and stressful, it's healthy to be able to laugh at yourself. Even better when you can share the giggles with everyone! Which clip is your favorite? Do you have a hilarious ballet fail? Be sure to share in the comments!