That was fascinating. Wish it had been longer. Would have loved to have scene and heard more stories about the shoes in her collection
@acutee22 жыл бұрын
I agree! I would love to hear about all of them. I
@galeforcewindy2 жыл бұрын
Yeah for sure, part 2 and 3 and 4, please!! This would make for a great recurring series. Maybe deep diving into one design aspect or era, sometimes? I only took ballet for a short year in early elementary, but the history and technical parts of it have always fascinated me. I don't even know how I found this channel but I love it!!!
@chatterati14 күн бұрын
Agreed - this was so interesting!
@magistrafarrismagf1402 Жыл бұрын
I love seeing people nerd out over the little things that make their hearts happy
@choirkitty2 жыл бұрын
Please bring this sweet woman back and do more history lessons for us! I am a huge history buff and I loved this so much!
@SuHu622 жыл бұрын
This was *fascinating*. Thank you Josephine and Professor Fisher.
@saltyypretzel2 жыл бұрын
This is fascinating! I would gladly sit through a much longer video. I'd love to see more of the older shoes and learn more of the shoe hacks ballerinas used in their respective eras. Please bring Prof Fishee back! And more videos like this, please!
@bobloblaw96792 жыл бұрын
before they hardened the shoes in the late 19th century, russian ballerinas of the 1860s would sometimes wear two pairs of shoes at once for extra support.
@MrsBrit12 жыл бұрын
About the brief mention about the myth that feet were smaller in previous times, there is an interesting video from Nicole Rudolph where she talks about that. She recreates historical shoes herself and has collected antique shoes for a while and has shoes from the 1820s to the 1920s and has done a decent amount of research on construction and shapes as well as the very prevalent myth that women had smaller feet historically. They actually did not! However, the shaping and styling is often very good at making big feet look small and the many shoes in museums do not represent the sizes that were very available at the time. You might enjoy her video from a few months ago, where she shows her shoe collection, talking about the transition from different styles and structures and another a bit further back where she talks about her experience of wearing her own handmade historical shoes over the last decade and another from 10 months ago which is totally about the myth of small feet "back then." This, of course, doesn't mean some women didn't have very small feet. Some still do. But some also had very large feet...I know my great grandmother, born in 1902, wore a modern US size 10 in a wide width (I don't know what her size was in the early 1900s, because the sizing was crazy back then and even varied from maker to maker) and was only about 5 feet tall. Anyways, thought you might be interested.
@izzybeth Жыл бұрын
This makes a lot of sense from a purely historical standpoint: a lot of historical textiles that are extant now are super fancy stuff made for upper class "important" people, and we have way fewer "everyday" working class garments, and that's because "everyday" things were literally worn Every Day and they were worn so much that they were either made into another piece of clothing or simply thrown out. Much like pointe shoes! The ones we still have have are the ones that were worn less. I'm not trying to make a correlation between upper class and small feet or anything, just that small feet were "on trend" and so that could be why we have many examples of tiny shoes.
@BarbieGirlDolls1006 ай бұрын
On top of that its the smaller articles of clothing that survive were in reality more children's or teens clothing, because children and teens would outgrew their clothes and therefore wore those items of clothing less thus allowing those pieces to survive history. Actual adult sized clothes and shoes were worn daily till it was no longer functional. It can be considered a sort of survivorship bias since we can only examing the items of clothing that survived which just happened to be smaller.
@marymiller83702 жыл бұрын
Look at her hand movements and arm expression. Once a ballerina, always a ballerina. Thank you for the wonderful history.
@miniritz132 жыл бұрын
You should find more ballet historians to Collab with! This was great!
@mizzelle712 жыл бұрын
Josephine looks she's in heaven with that collection.
@khills2 жыл бұрын
This is amazing. I would have happily sat thru a much, much longer video - please don’t be afraid to put out a long video!
@AbstractlyDelen2 жыл бұрын
Oh, I loved this!!! I’m definitely game to here more ballet history, so please keep em coming!!!!
@dees31792 жыл бұрын
Absolutely excellent. I could have listened for an hour.
@siletsahar2 жыл бұрын
Professor Fisher is so sweet, I would love to watch more videos with her!
@jaydoubleyew2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this. This video was wonderful! Dr. Fisher is so knowledgeable (and so are you, Josephine)! I'd love for her to visit your channel again.
@rudetuesday2 жыл бұрын
This was amazing. Being able to see all the shifts in practical technology, craft, and adaptation is so neat.
@stacielynn77892 жыл бұрын
Invite her back! This was fascinating.
@edwardmcivor7731 Жыл бұрын
Hello! I never did ballet, but I wish I was able. But I love your channel and the content. Thank you SO MUCH!!! I will watch your videos forever!!! Love the insight, education and love of ballet.
@taylorelnicki3952 жыл бұрын
You were both so great to watch. I'd happily sit through a full documentary about this (how fun would that be? You could film on location. Someone sponsor this dream!)
@arthrodea2 жыл бұрын
This has to be the most interesting thing I’ve watched on KZbin!!! I would love to see a whole documentary series going through shoe styles of each era in ballet and now the shoes have changed!!!
@swamp68252 жыл бұрын
I love love fashion history and ballet so this was a huge treat!
@sngray11 Жыл бұрын
I found this historical discussion of pointe shoes with Professor Fisher fascinating! 💗 I would love hear and learn more.
@caitrionahiggins25872 жыл бұрын
Hahaha the captions introduced Josephine as "I'm juicy being".
@Ktakahashi182 жыл бұрын
For future fun. I'm all on board with a longer video. This was cool!
@Tiza1262 жыл бұрын
This was fascinating. Love seeing the history and evolution of the pointe shoes.
@mothball54252 жыл бұрын
Please do an hour long documentary on this !🙏
@ys1s5222 жыл бұрын
Would love to see more of these!
@because78...92 жыл бұрын
THE FASHION HISTORIAN IN ME IS LOVING THISSSSS
@missvee90242 жыл бұрын
Please post full video!! Don’t care if it’s super long :) love it!!
@Browhatthesigma692 жыл бұрын
Hi Josephine I love ballet 🩰 sooo much! And when I started watching you I felt like I could do anything you inspire me! Love you, from a fan
@Browhatthesigma692 жыл бұрын
@Crazy child Josie really?
@littlelilly932 жыл бұрын
How absolutely fascinating!! I will definitely be investing in her books too!
@rebekah11802 жыл бұрын
I’ll be completely honest. I don’t dance ballet and have never really seen ballet…but I have been binge watching your channel. So interesting, informative, and most of all fun. Thank you!
@cricket843810 ай бұрын
Completely fascinating! Thank you ladies. 🥰😘😊😊😊
@MissMiseryGloom Жыл бұрын
I would love to see more historical dance content from this channel! Especially from this collection.😁🩰
@francinehibiscus3502 жыл бұрын
I collect vintage shoes too, it's so great to see what others collect!
@TartarusIvy2 жыл бұрын
If you ever danced in Capezio Niccolinis in a narrow width as I did, you felt like you were balancing on a quarter. Lol
@MargueriteFan2 жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness am I enchanted. As usual Josephine your videos are priceless. They are full of facts and information on ballet and ballet shoes thank you finger ❤️.
@emilystevens20162 жыл бұрын
Okay unrelated but she has the most gorgeous speaking voice ever 😍
@saazoo2 жыл бұрын
please go over 10 min, it helps the algorithm so much and we would all love longer content. 🙏🏻
@luina0072 жыл бұрын
This is probably my favorite video! More history and Collabs like this please!! Would love to see you interview Chloe angyal
@clareroccaforte93222 жыл бұрын
I love all of your videos, but this is hands-down my favorite!! Thank you for that dip into shoe history! Those tiny shoes blow my mind!!!
@jessaglenny2 жыл бұрын
Wow, please make another one four times longer!
@kamikazecassidy2 жыл бұрын
This is incredible! Please more!!!
@margaritaalvarez84622 жыл бұрын
I thoroughly enjoyed this!! Thank you so much for highlighting this delightful collection, and equally, for highlighting the need to reform certain aspects of ballet.
@skateata1 Жыл бұрын
She is so passionate
@jojo1234a9 ай бұрын
Truly fascinating, what a treat to see some of this collection. I’m definitely putting the book on my wish list for my upcoming birthday.
@bobloblaw96792 жыл бұрын
i'm surprised she didn't touch on the stylistic differences of the grave/demi-charactere/grotesque styles which predicated the national styles of france and italy, which in turn allowed for the development of pointe work. so many of us focus on ballet technique being a single entity, but we tend to forget that it used to have three (four if you go back far enough) distinct forms with distinct technical challenges. pointe work would have never existed without the intense training regimen of the italian grotesque school of ballet (little wonder that marie's father was italian...)
@jenniferthamrin38872 жыл бұрын
I think it's because they are focusing more on the evolution of the shoes rather than pointe work for this video :)
@bobloblaw96792 жыл бұрын
@@jenniferthamrin3887 the two things are intrinsically connected as you can't have support-free point work without some form of specialized or altered shoe. the shoes and technique evolved together :)
@charlotteholmes59952 жыл бұрын
Love this! Would love to have another video with Professor Fisher!!
@brett95952 жыл бұрын
More ballet history please! Love this
@heatherarneson38142 жыл бұрын
So fascinating!!! thank you for this video! it’s amazing to see how pointe shoes began, and obviously the huge transformation from then to now, as ballet and pointe work has become more and more demanding.
@ProsewithRose21 күн бұрын
I was hoping she’d tell us about every spore in her collection the way Josephine does any time she sees a pointe shoe. I love this! Give me more!
@Cherrycokexox2 жыл бұрын
YES!!!!!!! NEW POINTE SHOP VIDEO!!! FINALLY!!!!!!
@fluffymountainbunny2 жыл бұрын
This is so absolutely fascinating! Thank you to both of you for sharing, I love learning some history!
@tiffanydaymude66862 жыл бұрын
I wish you would have made the video longer, it was so fascinating!
@natakatsivalis2 жыл бұрын
Wow!!! That was really interesting!!!
@Ellaodi2 жыл бұрын
*Feet didn't get bigger, it was a vanity.thing, and shoes that survive were tiny and.huge sizes. Shoes were made with thinner materials, eo they form to the feet more...think ballet flats versus doc martens
@janellabaxter83722 жыл бұрын
On of the best videos!
@beanqueen12432 жыл бұрын
This is so interesting! I was recently looking into historical ballet shoes to see how they progressed, so this video is perfect!
@cassaroll-802 жыл бұрын
Fascinating!
@ddesignsolutions2 жыл бұрын
Love it!! Thank you ladies, what a great informative show. I love the history so fascinating! 🙏🏼💗🤩
@lyndabethcave38352 жыл бұрын
Ahhhh this was so fascinating! Love it!
@kaylabeals8597 Жыл бұрын
I’d love to see more of you two together, this was my fav video in a long time
@jesshartson73412 жыл бұрын
I loved this, so fascinating. If you have an extended version where the individual shoes are talked about in more detail, it would be great to see it.
@katysuemarfil2148 Жыл бұрын
SO AMAZING that she has a pair of the legendary and my favorite ballerina Maximova’s pointe shoes!!! So very close to having her as a teacher when I was in Russia, but alas her heath had already taken a turn. I was blessed to be taught by the equally legendary and beautiful Nina Sorokina though before she passed away as well. ❤️ Also, for years I did not have elastics on my heals due to all the wonderful Russian teachers I was blessed to have her in the states. It just wasn’t necessary. Also, toe pads once my feet were strong enough were a thing of the past (Still dance that way sometimes better control in feeling the floor).
@KusaPants2 жыл бұрын
Great video! That was so interesting, I hope you make more videos with Professor Fisher and other ballet historians. Would love to hear more about her collection and experiences!
@serenasalme42652 жыл бұрын
This was fantastic and fascinating! Thank you so much!❤️
@k-rosebouvier33592 жыл бұрын
Love this! Awesome and thanks.
@sarahcoletti69462 жыл бұрын
I love this so much! Please make this a series! 🥰💖
@kathymacdonald75522 жыл бұрын
This was so interesting! I must read more about the history of ballet. Thank you so much.
@calleigh42872 жыл бұрын
I’m not a dancer nor am I at all connected to the dance world at all but I watch all of your videos 😂 I’m so fascinated by ballet/pointe & wish I would’ve danced as a child. I don’t have the feet for it though. Keep up the great work! 💜
@aerialdancer13762 жыл бұрын
Such a cool video idea 😍 thank you for this, so interesting! 🤗
@julialevy58322 ай бұрын
more of this please!!
@r.giuliano2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! Thanks so much for sharing!
@epradova2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this!
@coraloverly26192 жыл бұрын
This was such a great video! Please make more like this 🙏🏻
@Heyoooo8652 жыл бұрын
This was so great; I wish the video were longer!
@anapaolai8821 Жыл бұрын
I don't dance or even undesrand ballet but I'm watching every video from this channel 😅
@Victoriasm312 жыл бұрын
Thank you, this was incredibly interesting.
@ukallii2 жыл бұрын
It would be really cool to see a video about some of the innovative new types of pointe shoes like the Nike shoe and the ones based on the Dutch clog
@Miss_Camel2 жыл бұрын
This was such an amazing and interesting video!! Thank you!
@mermaidopulence85392 жыл бұрын
Absolutely loved learning about the history of the shoes in her collection. When y'all were talking about pointe shoe companies making shoes for dancers of color I remember back when I was younger dancing en pointe (I think 2006) having to pancake my shoes I didn't let them dry completely before I started dancing in them and stained the marley. Thankfully companies now make shoes in my skin tone so I don't have to pancake anymore.
@alisonmccrady92892 жыл бұрын
This is fascinating ❣️
@dogmonday2 жыл бұрын
This was amazing. Thank you so much for doing this video. I saw Karen Kain dancing Symphony in C and her talent and stage presence was larger than life. What sacrifices women made to make this art as glorious as it is. Thanks again.
@pixylips2 жыл бұрын
Omg I just started collecting vintage pointe shoes this summer. I’m in love!
@steenerbea2 жыл бұрын
A Karen Kain fan!! I love her so much! Josephine you should come visit the national ballet of Canada!!
@claramitchell20402 жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing
@cahatlady2 жыл бұрын
Great video. Such interesting information.
@gojl55672 жыл бұрын
I can’t remember the book that talked about how it was a good party if you wore a hole in your shoe. Looking at those Regency shoes I could see how easy it would be. Not a ballet dancer but I love your videos. As a size 9.5, I always thought that my feet would be too big anyhow.
@samanthah23002 жыл бұрын
If you ever did want to get into ballet, your feet definitely aren’t too big! I wear an 8 in pointe shoes (a 10 in street shoes) and the company I get my shoes from go up to a 9, which is an 11 in street shoes!
@OperationCaitlin2 жыл бұрын
Loved this!
@renataraynal24782 жыл бұрын
i am in the nutcracker and i am 9 years old i love this I'v always loved your videos
@Hellbender85742 жыл бұрын
Nice plug for Final Bow For Yellowface. Check out their site, and the book is a worthwhile read.
@liamoreira2 жыл бұрын
Love it
@bonniefranklin66522 жыл бұрын
Splendid.
@aMEWzed2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting history lesson. I hope one of your fans can get her the shoes she is missing from her collection.
@Robin.Hollinger852 жыл бұрын
Very interesting! I’d love to see more content like this.
@lollylula63992 жыл бұрын
I loved this. It was so interesting, please could you do more together?
@OofusTwillip2 жыл бұрын
I spotted Karen Kain's autographed shoes right away. I met her when I was little, and my family visited the Royal Alexandra Theatre stage door, after a Christmas panto that starred Karen and her husband, Ross Petty. That panto was imported from England. Soon, Ross would produce pantos himself, and would become Canada's foremost panto producer.
@RandiPoitras2 жыл бұрын
Love this kind of video
@katherinenoggle64072 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video and so interesting!! But, this could/should have been a lot longer. I kept having to pause to read the captions and try to get a better look at the shoes - that's what we're here for!