Get to the Pointe — pointe

At this pointe, Josephine must have seen it all. Yet, the ballet community of Tik Tok seems to have even more. Here it is y'all - Tik Tok 18. There is a very special surprise at the end of this episode. Longtime viewers will not want to miss and will totally be in on the joke. Did ya get it? Be sure to watch & comment when you figure it out! 

Thank you to everyone who has been sending us ballet content to react to!  This week's video features 2 videos that were sent to us. The first, a former prima ballerina with Alzheimer's who listens to Swan Lake music and core memories are unlocked. It's so beautiful to see how music and muscle memory engage her body and bring her back. To be clear, this video is cut with some dancing of a younger dancer in full swan attire - this is not the older lady in her past.  The latter features a video of Suzelle Poole, a former soloist...

This is a dancer's worst nightmare. And confirmation of an age old superstition that dancing en pointe will break feet. Pointe shoes are meant to be a tool to help you dance en pointe. However, the wrong fit can prove harmful. Injuries and outdated fitting methods are the reason why we exist. To keep dancers safe and dancing for longer. Josephine discusses the rehab pointe shoe she picked for a dancer who broke several metatarsals, part of her lower leg, and has achilles issues.  Rehab pointe shoes are not often a dancer's 'forever shoe,' but for the time being, it...

We've seen the comments. We've seen the DM's. We hear you! This week, we're answering a fan favorite: Josephine reacting to Barbie and the 12 Dancing Princesses.  She's seen clips from Barbie Nutcracker and Barbie in Swan Lake before, but this has to be the most requested Barbie movie. We're here for the colored pointe shoes. How nostalgic is this for you? 

Cheese grater and pointe shoes? What? This week, Josephine reacted to Maria Khoreva's pointe shoe preparation. And yes, it includes a cheese grater. Khoreva is first soloist of the Mariinsky Ballet in Russia. Even if you didn't know her name, if you love ballet, there's a high chance that you've at least seen her picture. Josephine was pretty surprised to see that Maria is in a Bloch stock shoe. Often times, professionals will have custom shoes based on stock shoe models. But even with some changes made at the factory level, pro dancers often still manually adjust and make changes...