Get to the Pointe

Introducing Ava Juliette! This 11 year old dancer is one of ThePointeShop Ambassadors for 2023! She is also the recipient of the YAGP Hope Award from regionals in San Diego.  This week, Josephine explains what she's looking for and considers when fitting dancers who are lighter and younger.  How old were you when you went en pointe?

TIK. TOK. TWENTY. It's here.  There was a time where we wondered if we would even get to the double digits with Tik Tok 10 - but we've doubled it! The ballet internet is truly a beast of it's own. In this longer edition of Josephine gets traumatized - whoops - Josephine reacts, we take another dive into the wonderful world of pointe shoes and dance in the tik tok algorithm. Enjoy :)  

Your favorite ballet YouTubers are back together! This week's video features the one and only, beautiful Kathryn Morgan *air horn noises*!  Josephine and Kathryn were in Tampa, Florida for Youth American Grand Prix Finals (YAGP) earlier in April. Dancers from all around the world gather to compete is classical, contemporary and ensemble categories. Truly the best of the best of pre professionals gather together to be judged by ballet school directors and company professionals.  Josephine chats with Kathryn and Charlotte about the specific pointe shoe needs that competition brings. Everything is being judged at this level of competition, so having...

Ballet is timeless. Unfortunately, the shoes involved have super short lifetimes. Does this need to change? In this week's reaction, Josephine looks at how shoes were made in the 1950's. And the amazing thing is, pointe shoes are still constructed similarly today. There has been some innovation of the pointe shoe over time - but compared to other industries, ballet can seem like it's stuck in the past. What do you think? Do pointe shoes need to change? Does this effect the relevance of ballet today?

Everyone knows that professionals da crazy things to their pointe shoes.  For how graceful ballerinas are, they can be quite violent when it comes to their pointe shoes!  Josephine reacts to Scout Forsythe -  a beautiful dancer in New York who is actually from Southern California. Fun Fact: Josephine's mom, Grace, used to fit Scout when she was little! Professional ballerinas can afford to customize and beat up their shoes because the company provides them. While this video is really interesting to see Scout's process, please be advised that these hacks are not for everyone!  Dancers in training should definitely...