Get to the Pointe — pointe shoe fitter

Our Instagram Bio includes a special line: "Ollivanders of Pointe Shoes," Hopefully most people know this reference - from Harry Potter and Ollivander's Wand Shop. From its premiere book, Sorcerer's Stone, its protagonist gets his very first wand. An iconic line from the scene: "The wand chooses the wizard." And pointe shoe fitting is very much the same. The crux of which ThePointeShop was founded upon and why it exists is because the pointe shoe chooses the dancer.  It was not very long ago that the way dancers used to get pointe shoes is by buying whatever brand/model their teacher...

Reacting to Ballet Tik Tok...the series that won't quit (thank the pointe shoe gods). This week, we take a little breather from the Mama Jo series, to take a quick dip into the ballet internet pool. What's great is that anyone can enjoy ballet content. It's been incredible for platforms like Tik Tok and Instagram to give us all a peek behind the curtain of ballet at all levels. So long are the days of gate kept ballet talent - it's amazing to see dancers all over the world share their journey. What's your favorite part of ballet tik tok?...

  In case you haven't heard - Josephine is going to be a mom! In preparation for the first baby of ThePointeShop, Josephine sat with San Francisco Ballet Principal, Frances Chung. Chung has 2 babies of her own. In fact, when Josephine started working for SF Ballet as their official shoe fitter, Chung was on maternity leave for her second child.  Then, Josephine saw a video of Frances doing fouettes en pointe with her baby bump.  And months later, the two sit down on a studio floor to talk about babies, ballet, and motherhood. Oh, and pointe shoe hacks of...

So we try to keep out content ballet shoe - specifically pointe shoe - focused of course. And in our tik tok reaction series, we dive deep into the ballet side of the internet. Well, recently, the algorithm has decided to push us into another deep end: the rabbit hole that is bizarre and strange shoes of the internet. This is our first foray into this side of the internet. From the perspective that only we know: is it a ballet shoe?  Because we're pointe shoe fitters, Of course we compare all footwear to a pointe shoe. ;) 

Death to 20s...hello Tik Tok 30! Can you believe that this series is older than the majority of our audience?  Wild lol. We have a variety of the ballet internet for you: dying pointe shoes different colors, a small allusion to cups (thank goodness that's going away), sarcastic commentary on training, and crazy beautiful feet of course.  What would you like to see on this series next? Comment to let us know!