pointe shoe fitter REACTS to BALLET TIKTOK PART 23

[@aksannyi]

I'm a teacher (not dance, unfortunately) and that teaching one is SO accurate. Older kids do it too. The number of times I've stood there with that exact expression wondering where, exactly, I left off in the lesson is entirely too high.

[@ItsJustLisa]

I was going to say that this was my kindergartners. 🤣

[@MommyOfZoeAndLiam]

If a kid says they have a question and it is not a question, I tell them so. I tell them that they can tell me their story at recess or at a time for sharing things, but do not raise your hand while I am teaching so that I think you have a question (or when I ask one and want to choose someone to say the answer) and then proceed to tell me a statement (that is not an emergency), or to ask me something not about the work (ie showing an example for math, hand goes up, yes Jimmy? "Do you like cats?") Nope not today Satan, er Jimmy.

[@wilczajagoda734]

​@@MommyOfZoeAndLiamYou must be boring. Talking and laughing when learning makes you remember more, feel better and be less tired. But then there are teachers who belive that learning and having fun are opposites...

[@MommyOfZoeAndLiam]

@@wilczajagoda734 I’m not saying nobody should talk when working. I have issues with kids who interrupt specific things and the question is not a question at all. If you are in the middle of a lesson about something specific and a kid raises their hand and says something random it’s annoying. If they are little I redirect, we can talk about that during our sharing time, or save that to tell me at recess, it is my turn to share important learning, but if a 6th grader interrupts a lesson on graphing inequalities it is because nobody has ever explained the time and place or the difference between a question and a statement. Once the lesson is done that is when students should ask me questions about other stuff or tell me something they want to share. My school has universal breakfast so that is a good time for my kids to tell me random cool stuff. But if I do middle school again, we have 50 minutes to get through attendance, the lesson, and hopefully the assignment or most of it (I hate giving homework because most of my kids don’t have parents that can help (either they are too busy working or they don’t understand algebra) so I would rather they do it while in class so I can support them).

[@rouliettapouet9213]

@@ItsJustLisa This was the kids at the daycare i was working at when i xas a student xD

[@Miranda50709]

Well that settles it. Josephine needs to react to An American in Paris (the ballet section). It's a beautiful sequence. Gene Kelly really outdid himself with the choreo.

[@jacintapatton9862]

Yes please to this!!

[@td2036]

Agree!

[@lollylula6399]

I love Gene Kelly so much 💖

[@mskates2001]

It is a fantasy, love watching it!

[@NicoleTerk]

I mean, any excuse to watch Leslie Caron dance is welcome!

[@hensku.3000]

That ”I hope you’re hungry for nothing” really hits hard. My developpés are absolutely terrible and can never lift my leg over 90 degrees 🙈😂😂

[@m.m.m.42]

Thank you! I’m not a ballet human and don’t have the knowledge of what was expected 😅 and now I know a new ballet term! 💜🖤

[@mollylewis6617]

Absolute bendy elbow queen right here and it's one of my biggest flaws because it's hard to not fully bend them backwards haha, hypermobility is cool but also awful

[@phr0ggerz_]

I’m the same here! Except I’m not bendy in my elbows, it’s my knees

[@emmabruh]

Omg meeeee, whenever we have parts in choreography with our arms up or out I just immediately fully bend them but it’s just looks so wrong that I have to put in extra work to not bend them too much 💀 it feels so silly Plus my teacher would always yell at me, going Emma why do your arms look so weird no matter where she was in the room bc she just knewwww

[@sarahcoletti6946]

From a former professional dancer with Hypermobility - my best advice is to hold the tension in your shoulders and lats and not your elbows. As for the knees, if you're en pointe then there's really not much you can do to not overextend them. But, if you're not en pointe just try to be aware of not overextending your knees and try to use your hips and core for stability. I wish I'd known these things earlier on because I've absolutely wrecked my body. Stay safe! 💖

[@priscawiersma]

yeessss exactly arms and legs 😅

[@KateandBree]

I kept thinking, "Wait, that's not normal???" No one ever told me this was not normal....

[@DannyJane.]

The dancer is Leslie Caron. I believe the movie is An American in Paris. It has a lot of dance sequences that I think you'd enjoy. Another classic movie you will probably love is Hans Christian Andersen. It also has lovely ballet sequences.

[@themadgranola]

Considering he wrote The Red Shoes & The Little Mermaid 👍

[@bandontherun74]

You are correct, the movie is An American in Paris.

[@lisahumphries3898]

I think it was Juliet Prowse, no?

[@bandontherun74]

@lisahumphries3898 the dancer in the clips is indeed Leslie Caron

[@MioneBeast]

Wasn’t there a scene in Hans Christian Andersen where he made her a pair of point shoes in every color? Or am I thinking of a different movie?

[@WhatsdoesMatsie]

Hello All, It's Leslie Caron in " An American in Paris" where she dances with Gene Kelly in Ballet pointe shoes and then again in " Daddy Long Leg" with Fred Astaire.

[@MaxineShaw_84]

Thanks!

[@red-inmy-50s-temper-dont-match]

What a pity you have to pay to watch it. £3.49 $6.68Aus $4.51 U.S 😶‍🌫

[@WhatsdoesMatsie]

@@red-inmy-50s-temper-dont-match same here unless you can catch it on cable. But there are some great clips on KZbin

[@shayni99]

So I really feel like Josephine needs to watch the entire dance sequences from the classics - An American in Paris with Leslie Caron and the Singin in the Rain sequence with Cyd Charisse. Oh and could take a variety of sequences from The Red Shoes.

[@Shanyetta23]

The Red Shoes was beautiful. Watched it for the first time recently. Have always loved EVERYTHING Gene Kelly.

[@sueide66]

Basically anything with either Caron or Charisse.

[@burdburd2787]

OMG...I LOVE CYD CHARISSE!!!❤

[@jenniferlilith7310]

Also, Leslie in Daddy Long Legs!

[@JustTanya.]

Vera Allen in Wonder Man too.

[@aayahamla8451]

The yellow shoes that you liked are from a musical called an American in Paris. There are a lot of valet scenes in it

[@leonply]

Leslie Caron. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS!!! She was a magnificent dancer from the Roland Petite Company. 3:22 timestamp The character played by Georges Guétary is telling his American friend, Played by Oscar Levant, about his intended. The background tune, played with different variations, is Embrace Me, by George and Ira Gershwin.

[@sarahtrickey5345]

One of my ballet classes right after winter break I asked the teacher (so much love to miss Lisa) how her break was and she had such an experience over Christmas she spent an entire 45 minutes (class was 1.5 hours) telling us how her car got stuck in the blizzard and having Christmas Eve dinner with complete strangers. She called me a scamp for getting her sidetracked. Worth it :)

[@georgie6018]

So many good teachers out there

[@jenNjuice]

The Glass Slipper is my favorite Leslie Caron movie (the lady with the yellow dress and shoes). Obsessed as a little kid with her when I was in ballet and still love watching her dance. Surprised to find she’s still alive, too!

[@rebeccawest8973]

Thank you for the movie identification!

[@sharimeline3077]

Oh that old fashioned movie is Leslie Caron! She was a French dancer and actress. My mother was a dancer and loved her. The movie is a classic and I highly recommend it, it's called An American in Paris

[@katestewart-taylor9736]

I wish I had had a nice ballet teacher like that man. When I was 4, my ballet teacher screamed at me because I couldn’t tell my left from my right. I was reduced to tears and then slapped by madam. I hated every moment my lesson for the next six years. My mother finally took me out when everyone else was getting ready for point class and the director of the school told my mom to pull me out. Thus ended my mother’s dreams of having a dancer.

[@AndromedaChace]

So unfair. I'm sorry. I hope you found some joyful movement since then

[@katestewart-taylor9736]

@@AndromedaChace i learned to ride dressage. Ballet ton horseback.

[@katestewart-taylor9736]

I suspect Madam was a frustrated Prima Ballerina. Perhaps she had a career ending injury and only wanted to teach “The good ones”. My daughter had a piano teacher like that. We switched as soon as I figured it out. A few weeks. Then we found a much better piano teacher. One who taught her joy.

[@NightWink129]

That's legitimate physical abuse. I don't know who to be more angry at, your sorry excuse for an instructor or your mother for not standing up to defend her *child* . If you're ever interested in taking ballet again, there are some great teachers out there, and I'm sure you're old enough now to do your own research for who would be a good match for you. Do what makes you *happy* !

[@katestewart-taylor9736]

@@NightWink129 this was back in the early 1960´s. It wasn’t unusual for teachers to use physical punishment on students. It was usually thought by parents the children deserve the punishment. I’m not defending Madam or my mother, physical punishment, even on little kids, was the norm.

[@Shinigumi]

The gasp at 2:49 went so well with the music! Also, those color coordinated shoes and outfits were GORGEOUS. I hope you find out what it was from, and then maybe we can get a reaction to the full thing. :)

[@Erlrantandrage]

It's from An American in Paris. There's a whole Ballet sequence in the middle as the lead actress was a ballerina.

[@Shinigumi]

@@Erlrantandrage Ah, thank you! Now I can go watch it, myself, too!

[@wenharas1]

Leslie Caron! ❤

[@shirahmalkacohen5017]

The movie clips were from “An American in Paris”! It is one of my favourite films, and has amazing dancing :) the dancer, Leslie Caron, was actually training as a ballerina before being scouted to be in this film.

[@TarotLadyLissa]

My great aunt Jane was a radio city rockette and my cousin (her daughter) has a few of her costumes and they were so cool. Seeing the vintage ballet clips you watched reminded of her. She wasn’t a ballerina but she was an amazing dancer just the same!

[@arwengrune]

Watching you react to 1950s Leslie Caron in "An American in Paris", and thinking "gurl, you aint seen nothin' yet!" You should do an all 1950s movie ballet react video!

[@gigi.robertsonofficalx]

I love your reactions, i can never get bored of these videos. We need more xx

[@followthestarss]

when any of bianca’s tik toks come on i automatically die of laughter

[@andream9470]

I love Bianca's stuff until she reposts it for the 3rd or 4th time. I wish she'd start doing her rich girls series again

[@burdburd2787]

Even after 23 videos, Josephine you make this like it's brand new every time! Thank you! Keep going!!!

[@jayrhodes3766]

The bendy elbows was me…plus flat feet. Many, mannny years later, I was diagnosed with Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome

[@MelindaMassie]

Ooooohhhh now we need a reaction video of An American in Paris!!! Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron are absolutely ICONIC!

[@EliseCharlotte]

The scenes on 3:25 are from the movie "An American in Paris". The dancer is Leslie Caron, who was also an actress.

[@TheBusyJane]

Those last two were so relatable for me.😂😢😂 Me as a little kid vs me now.

[@darlenelipuma7769]

The "princess" as you call her,, in the gold dress and matching shoes is French actress Leslie Caron. The film is An American in Paris with Gene Kelly. You'll find many videos of her dancing on YT. She was one of my favorites.

[@ItsJustLisa]

I’m laughing so hard! The teaching little kids segment happened almost daily to me. I used to teach kindergarten. 😂

[@thebadpoet]

I’m a costume designer at a high school and middle school. I always tell actors to do some head banging after I’ve applied a wig or done a hairstyle. All those kids together testing their tiaras was perfect.

[@molly7154]

Josephine, I’d love to see you react to the ballet sequences in An American in Paris, The Red Shoes, & The Turning Point

[@Shanyetta23]

3:54 An American In Paris. Beautiful classic with Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron.

[@lisasharf1442]

I think the dancer in the yellow dress is Leslie Caron, and the movie is either “Gigi” or “An American in Paris”.

[@wendymontie5660]

Yes Leslie Caron, no on "Gigi" (no ballet in it), but probably AAIP, because of the styling...I haven't seen the whole movie, but I know the 'look'.

[@Erlrantandrage]

​@wendymontie5660 It'd from an American in Paris. I love that movie.

[@Eurydice-cj6tv]

That's Leslie Caron in the film An American in Paris (1951)

[@mycrazyaklife]

I think my favorite dancing movie has got to be The Red Shoes. I'm no dancer, but I've always appreciated the skill and dedication ballet requires.😊

[@autodidact2289]

Me too!

[@бронза.вафля.конус]

Now, thanks to watching this channel, I pay so much more attention to feet hahaha. I was watching Olympic diving competitions and all that was going through my head was "they have such pretty feet!" and "look at that arch!"

[@kayaknorth2843]

"I'm obsessed with your feet" That line got me so hard. it sounds so weird but also so funny! Lol

[@katherinewhitfield2780]

3:30 is Leslie Caron and the movie is American in Paris 🤩

[@MiyLei]

I would LOVE to see Josephine React to more Leslie Caron

[@allegra9496]

🤣🤣🤣 The extension one at the end though...so relatable. Your leg can never go high enough.

[@Pirategirl4nightwish]

The head banging section was totally me anytime I put my wig and headpiece on for Irish dance. Gotta make sure the hair don’t fly off!

[@lorrainequintana1082]

An American in Paris is one of my favorite movies. The dancing was spectacular.

[@mommachupacabra]

I was an elementary school lunch lady. I feel that student/teacher conversation. Warm, moist sobs of laughter over here.

[@wickedwitch4093]

3:43 it’s from a Gene Kelly movie called „ An American in Paris“ (1951)

[@GinevraRobbins-t4o]

The girl in the yellow dress is from a classic movie called American in Paris!!!! She is such a beautiful dancer!

[@nicoleannkyle]

American in Paris! Leslie Corone! That was the matching costume and shoes. You would love love love that movie! The ballet is beautiful.

[@BreakofDawn]

@3:38 that’s Leslie Caron from the movie An American in Paris. It was also a broadway musical for a short time, which I would’ve highly recommended, but I think they stopped showings since 2016. The movie is so good though and absolutely beautiful!

[@linamatthews512]

4:28 This lady might be the French-American actress and dancer Leslie Caron. She was in the movie An American in Paris with Gene Kelly,

[@mollysprague9663]

That’s Leslie Caron from the movie American in Paris. Classic movie. The whole thing is full of dance/ballet and the massively talented Gene Kelly. If you have never seen it, you should.

[@aylinkarapinar7436]

The woman in the yellow dress dancing is Leslie Caron and the scene is from An American in Paris (1951) musical that is adapted for silver screen.

[@karenward267]

Josephine, I love these Tik Toks. Please keep them coming.

[@julesphillips1455]

Josephine the dancer in that movie (An American In Paris.) is Leslie Caron. Famous for her ballet training and bringing it to the silver screen. xx

[@Jiennle]

I feel bad, she gets traumatized every day when she watches people dancing in on the edge of dying pointe shoes

[@Blackhorselove1]

These videos are making me miss doing dance. I never went en Pointe, but in my 4 years of dancing as a child I did tap and ballet for 4 years, jazz for 2, and hip hop for 1. In the end I got tired of it, especially because in the 4th year my classes were all on the same day every week, so 4 hours of dancing, plus school… I feel like I’m too old to go back, but maybe one day I can give it a go again.

[@autodidact2289]

I came back just to make sure Leslie Carbon was noted!!! Love her, loved this film.

[@babsiaeq]

The very first scene in American in Paris is one of my favorites. Where Gene Kelly gets ready for the day in his teeny tiny apartment.

[@vlogswsoph13]

3:25 YESS I HAVE A TEACHER LIKE THIS!! It’s my hiphop teacher, and he puts WAY too much expression in there 😂😂

[@ChrisSunHwa]

5:41 I totally feel this! 🤣

[@Luka19528]

Hey! Since I’m catching this vid early, just wanted to say I love your energy and vids

[@dimitraarv]

0:59 its from the movie "Whiplash"!

[@xxprettylittlethings]

Yellow dress looks like Leslie Caron. She was a ballerina turned actress in the 50s. I only known her from Daddy Long Legs (1955). You'd actually really enjoy the dancing she does in that film. You should react to it sometime.

[@lizsimmonds5511]

The movie is An American in Paris with Leslie Caron. Chris Wheeldon then went on to do the stage show with Leanne Cope in the same role.

[@margohaeckel422]

Leslie Caron is the Dancer I the matching dress and shoes…. Very famous ballet and Hollywood dancer from France she danced with Gene Kelly in the movie American in Paris, and also did Gigi with Louis Jordan

[@adriennetriplett7537]

I completely agree with you Josephine. Leslie Caron was a BEAUTIFUL Dancer!

[@frankiefranklin9761]

Doing makeup at a wedding for good friends today. Hairdresser is using elnet. I was like all that's missing is the smell of shellac and the smell of burning ribbons 😂

[@ninawink8973]

I think having matching shoes with a dress that length sounds amazing. I understand they want your feet to look a certain way in ballet but this also still draws attention to her in good ways I think!

[@C-SD]

Omgs "the face" theu used to tell me to smile all the time, and I thought I was. Teacher told me once I looked like an angry bear. 😂😂

[@awanna-bechristine9324]

5:47 WHY ARE WE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE WHEEZE I"M LYING ON THE FLOOR HELPLESS LMFAO

[@Sacrimony_]

These old school ballet videos make me realise how much the expectations and requirements for technical precision and physical prowess are so much higher now.

[@samanthajean790]

You’re hilarious and adorable! These videos never fail to put a smile on my face 😊 What did we all do before The Pointe Shop KZbin channel?!

[@ThatFangurlTho]

3:14, that is me whenever eyepoint my foot in my knee hyperextension. I also have really bendy ankles, fingers, and toes so I’ve never gotten injured, but I’ve gotten very close.

[@Emerson_Taylors_version_]

@ 4:32 was the song “Toxic” by Britney Spears??

[@hops226]

An American in Paris with Gene Kelly is the movie! It's the movie that made we want to be a dancer as a kid 🥰 lol I work in Social work, but it still holds a special place in my heart

[@NotASith]

Girl with EDS here, that dancers arms just made me yell THOSE ARE JUST LIKE MY ARMS people always tll me i have freaky arms but seeing a ballet dancer with arms like mine just gave me a huge smile

[@kaylahbear1233]

That is so true and my teacher keeps on saying “ the higher your knee is the higher your leg is!” 😂😢 5:43

[@staciamcclure7480]

The little kids!! Ex ballet student turned ice hockey coach. Same!!

[@myanthem16]

The wrapping is due to teachers saying they can “see your lunch” probably. ITS CALLED HAVING A UTERUS lol

[@nommh]

This a mesmerising collection! Thank you so much

[@cfr1985]

The audioclip from the breakup is from WHIPLASH!!! Gosh i love that movie lol 😍

[@beckyklepper315]

Sister friend with the super bendy elbows probably has ehlers-danlos syndrome! She needs to be extra careful about injuries as she gets older!

[@RachaelTheRed]

3:40 Pretty sure this is from An American in Paris and you would LOVE it, Josephine!

[@Kat-gj9pq]

Leslie Caron is a very famous dancer especially in an American in Paris. They should have showed her casually reading a book.

[@mamaboocee]

JOSEPHINE!!! The movie with the yellow dress and pointe shoes is from 1951 - "An American in Paris" with Leslie Caron. I grew up watching these movies! See my earlier comment with more older ballet movies you will love! Like you, I am FASCINATED with pointe shoes and dancer's pointed toes! If I thought that I could have a shop for only pointe shoes, I would have done it! I can only remember 3 brands from back in the day, and I actually worked in one of the few NY tri-state area shops that even sold pointe shoes. It was named "Capezio" and we did sell capezio and other pointe and dance shoes as well as dance wear, but they went out of business for a lack of interest in adult dance back then. This was in the mid to early 70's. I wish I never gave up dancing! My mom started in her early 50's as a life long dream and made it into her first pair of pointe shoes at about age 57. I was so thrilled for her when she danced in her first recital. She has passed on now, dancing as the Sugar Plum Fairy up there in the fluffy clouds!

[@minecraftingmom]

One of my son's preschool classmates would just go on pointe in whatever shoes she was wearing. Just totally casual no effort no pain. I think it was a combination of incredibly strong feet and incredibly low body weight. But still, amazing balance for a 3 year old

[@erinnyren5564]

OMG, the “Teaching little kids” thing is sooo relatable!! I taught science…same thing!

[@PiskeyFaeri]

omg the pointe shoes at 4:14, look at that tiny platform??

[@barbaras676]

That pointe shoe fitting is just like being an elementary school teacher!!! HAHAHA

[@ashishbhatnagar2437]

The tik tok where the kid was going en point accidentally was my fav and the dance teacher who was in that video is actually my real dance teacher!😊

[@SongbirdCollageArts]

The breakup quote is from the movie "Whiplash".

[@reikanart]

Imagine us, when were all retired, watching Tiktok reaction Part 1000 and being like "NOOoo Josephine lmaoo" 😂

[@_bebeboudeur_]

"testing the tiaras" me but with a cardboard glittery crown "i hope you're hungry, for nothing" is so me

[@bankshall8068]

There’s a great studio in ATL- ormewood exit. It took all of my younger experiences/nightmares away. I just didn’t have the build, but I knew French well and understood techniques. It was simply i wasn’t the traditional ballet body. UGH. Nightmare. But seriously if anyone just wants to start or if you’re experienced and just want something a little less strict, this is the place to be.

[@anitalee7162]

The yellow and blue costumes are worn by the dancer Cyd Charisse in the movie American in Paris --1951 :)

[@_devilsailor_]

I have zero idea of ballet but I love watching these videos

[@Confidence_isFashion]

Heck yes on the teaching little kids 😂 "Miss, miss, miss!" Yes...? "Is my Dad's birthday today! 🤩" Ohhh, congratulations (I have no clue who their father is and if he was there that day)

[@rachelyoung3553]

I’ve taught littles my entire adult life. That one about their stories is beyond accurate.

[@amyfay5791]

There is a library program every year and we had went to a farm/dino fair thing one year and it was so cute my LO told his “teacher” about but I couldn’t hold my laughter when the next year (even though we hadn’t been back to said fair thing) my LO told the same teacher all about that Dino visit. We will be going back this year :p

[@crazymoose23]

The older film actress you were admiring was Leslie Caron. I absolutely adore her films!

[@SimpleDesertRose]

Josephine wasn't nearly traumatized enough. We need more extra bandy elbows and ill fitting shoes 😂

[@MindfulMya]

The developpe at the end. Omg 😅😂 it’s too much

[@michelehart5678]

And when you’re done with “An American in Paris” and “The Red Shoes” …both of which should be part of every ballet dancer’s education… find a copy of “Tales of Hoffman”. Not just for the ballet sequences, but for the entire amazing film. There is a restored version that screened in L.A. a few years ago.

[@LeeBeeDeeTree51]

Leslie Caron says she started out as a ballet dancer but ended up a "hoofer." I assume she meant that the fraternity of movie musical dancers - even when they had extensive ballet training like Leslie Caron, Shirley Maclain, Gene Kelly, Tommy Rall and Cyd Charisse - always fondly referred to themselves as hoofers. It was a loving tribute to show dancing's Vaudeville roots. They were superb classical artists but first and foremost, they were entertainers, and proud of it.

[@stephanievc3883]

The contemporary dancer😂 yep, layers upon layers