Get to the Pointe

Josephine reacts to Alex Hall! For those who are not familiar, Alex Hall is a YouTuber who used to be a professional ballerina! This week Josephine reacted to Alex's video of her returning pointe work after 1 year off. Watch the video to see Josephine's full reacting!  

  This week, Josephine reacts to a video of the Great Chinese State Circus from 2008. Although the quality of the video is old, the talent is timeless.  The performance starts off pretty normal, with an excerpt from Swan Lake. The corps de ballet - or corps de circus in this case - is beautiful, with some pretty awesome feathered tutus.  And then the acrobatics begin.  All we can say is that we're impressed. Josephine is VERY impressed. You'll have to watch the video to see why ;)   

In this debut video of a new format, Josephine goes in depth about a fitting from an Instagram reel. Josephine discusses the case of a professional dancer who came to her unable to get over her pointe shoes. Many ballet schools are often connected to professional companies, and often prefer specific brands. Because of this, the dancer had only been in one brand her whole dance career.  This is actually a really common issue, but over time, many companies/schools have started to open up to other brands. The reality is that dancers can often fit in many different shoes across...

If you're a hardcore Pointe Shop fan, you'll know that any video with Josephine & Gg is going to be not only fun, but super educational. This video is such a pleasure to watch because Josephine and Gg bring out the ultimate pointe shoe nerds out of each other. Gg came to Josephine's first store (back then it was Dancer's Choice) for a fitting, and the rest is history. As she says in the video, "I walked in for shoes & left with a job!" Gg never went en pointe as a kid - but as an adult. This, with her...

"I'm so excited because I'm reacting to BTS and I'm Korean"  This week, Josephine reacts to the world's most popular boyband: BTS!  While we try to keep most of the react content ballet related, this 7-member group luckily has a song called "Black Swan." Don't worry, no scary magical bird transformation in this version.  Josephine watched the intro to the song from the band's performance at the MMA's in 2020. This performance has been considered highly artistic and out-of-the-box for a male music group, but is studded with a beautiful set and ensemble of dancers. What did she think? Watch...