Get to the Pointe

Here at ThePointeShop, we love art. We appreciate fashion. We just don't understand it. Enter: ballet core. What in the world. Do you know what ballet core is? Josephine didn't. So of course, the ballet internet had to educate her. We love anything that brings attention to ballet - especially if it can bring audiences to the theater, and subsequently pay our dancers! So you do you boo - just don't do you with pointe shoes if you haven't trained and been approved by a ballet teacher/physical therapist.

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 Injuries and outdated fitting methods are the reason why we exist.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? 

Y'all know the drill. Josephine vs. the Ballet Internet via Tik Tok. THANK YOU all for watching and staying on this journey with us. No cups. More to come. That is all. Happy dancing! 

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...