Reacting to POINTE SHOE SURGERY

[@TheTimHall]

Ballet Dancer Breaking In A New Car: - Rips out the seats. - Jumps up and down on the hood. - Drives the car down some steps. - Drives it for 1 day. - Buy a new car...

[@christypurnell8193]

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! I love it!

[@decodolly1535]

Superb! This needs to be a series: Ballet Dancer Breaking in a New..... Someone more creative than me, please jump in with other examples.

[@RimFaxxe]

​@@decodolly1535Ballet Dancer Breaking In A New Laptop - Destroys the hinges - steps on the screen - yanks out the screen matrix - smashes the keyboard - bends the motherboard in half - barely gets to use the laptop for a day - buys a new laptop, cycle repeats

[@bcgrote]

Ballet dancer cooking: Smashes frying pan against the wall Slams oven door several times Snaps spoons and spatulas down to size Turns burners all the way up, leave on overnight Cooks 1 egg Buys new house

[@Yuxi_lixiii.]

Would be a good idea haha, the reply’s too

[@gardebot4710]

Aside from being able to feel the floor better, removing the outsole also helps a lot on the visual aesthetic (assuming it is not dirty af) because it will enhance the ethereal appearance and will actually make you look more "on pointe". It makes it really slippery, however.

[@feral_vlogs]

thanks for elaborating on that!!

[@pisicavesela1346]

That's what I was thinking, that it is probably done for esthetics.

[@ChronicallyCassidy]

A smaller box would have made my foot look nicer, but my foot needed a really strong box to withstand all the pressure it took from my archy feet. Wish I could have used a v vamp too but was no point due to excessive need of vamp elastic-Ing for that. My feet were not weak at all, they were strong but small and so flexible. Actually making the vamp longer made my feet look better because my insteps would show an even more noticeable “pop” out of the top of the vamp. But it kept my tiny feet in too!

[@Victrola929]

I grew up taking from George and Maria Giacobbe and danced for them in their company Delta Festival Ballet. We were allowed to use suede-tipped pointe shoes. I still have a couple of pairs with the suede. They were always my favorite when I could find them.

[@xuefensun1117]

Ok... but as you wear it, it would get quite dirty. Also, wouldn't removing the outsole make it really slippery? And, in that video, we can see the excess satin that was glued down under the outsole. By removing it, and then wearing them, wouldn't that satin come undone and just start flapping? Seems rather dangerous to me, so if you do this please explain why as i am fascinated

[@doggo_mommo]

Please keep these pointe shoe hacks coming. I'm not a dancer, but I wanted to be back before I became disabled. Watching these videos feeds a part of my soul.

[@SobrietyandSolace]

Same here hun

[@MystiPanther21]

Ditto!

[@Idge68]

I feel u; I love watching these clips and ballet in general but it's something that I have only ever been able to dream about for myself but hay that's okay as we all aren't supposed to be the same & luckily for the human race my mum said that there could only ever be one of me, LOL I'm *special * apparently but my twin the poor thing is only normal. I wonder what feeds his soul or even if he notices. LIVE LAUGH LOVE ~☆~ AND KEEP DREAMING..... hugs to u all 💋💙❤

[@kara7197]

I don't know why but from the title I thought people were getting feet surgery to fit better in their pointe shoes!

[@emilyesnyman]

Is also thought that....

[@ChrisSunHwa]

From the title and the picture, I thought it was about people having their arches surgically altered.

[@thefloridamimi9278]

I thought the same thing 😂

[@anootnoot7192]

that, my friend, is called clickbait. both the thumbnail and the title were intentional.

[@staceyhunt6769]

Me too!

[@_lady_melz]

Please don’t stop doing these pointe shoe hack videos, they’re my favorite. They fill the hole in my heart left by the old irl pointe shoe hack videos featuring all the different ballerinas

[@karenneill9109]

As a beader, the STRONGEST thread, hands down, is Fireline. It can handle being rubbed against glass beads, and it’s WAY stronger and thinner than dental floss. Something to try…

[@sskipstress]

Would it cut through the satin and elastic?

[@kacronbiggy4092]

Maybe. It has no stretch (intentionally) and will not break except by scissors, especially when doubled up. You can get some for pretty cheap to test it out. If it works you'll have enough to last you a while.

[@juliemichaud8990]

I use filament, fishing line the 15-20 pound stuff.Strong, won't break easily, & very fine, small gage. This might work on ballet shoes as well! I use it for beading.

[@sarabartel4285]

I work in a theater, and we love spiderwire. It's extremely strong and won't break with friction.

[@DJFPhantomPhan]

As a beader too, I agree with this.

[@carl65ca]

I am impressed with how well you can differentiate between the various brands just by sight. :) I look at them and the only thing I see is "its pink." :)

[@GingerNinja1]

I would think when you sell them it becomes 2nd nature. I'm sure she's just about seen & sold them all. Like you, I see pink. 😂

[@michelleburchfield1420]

Okay Josephine - as both an RN and a dancer I can answer the "WHAT is that toe pad" on that quick clip in this video :) It's not a toe pad at all, but Medipore tape that is commonly used in medicine that she has formed around her toes in lieu of a pad. it's not proving any padding at all, but would prevent any rubbing. The way she's done it makes it almost like toe socks, she's given herself webbed toes. Not a bad idea, actually. IMPO way better than individually wrapping toes as it would prevent a lot of extra bulk. Think, wrapping all five toes in two pieces of the Medipore (the widest it comes in is 2") and then pressing it together slightly between them.

[@br6480]

Thank you. I came here to say the same thing. We use it all the time in the OR.

[@michelleburchfield1420]

@@br6480 Us too in the ER! :)

[@triciadenson49]

Also, we use 6 inch and 10 inch wide medipore tape sometimes in home health.

[@br6480]

@@triciadenson49 We do as well. It just depends on the size of the wound.

[@RedPandaHomebody]

Oooh! *makes note to self for regular life* (I have little toes that want to slide under the next toe and create blisters between them, so I’m always looking for new solutions - the toe socks was a game changer but I want to look into this as well!)

[@mermaidsnailgrotto]

Pretty sure that white toe pad at 0:27 you were referring to is called Mefix. It's a medical grade adhesive fabric that doesn't annihilate the skin so much when you're constantly removing and reapplying. I had to use it last year when I had an infection and was constantly changing my bandage. It was life saver!

[@msebk]

Hypafix might be another brand name, but it's the same stuff. Handy for me because that and Tegaderm are the only adhesives my skin tolerates.

[@MaggieBer]

i know that tape as hypafix and its pretty much the only medical tape THAT DOESNT SLIDE on a foot even if you wear shoes. i used it when i was having skin issues on my foot that i didnt want to spread around and to keep the medication in said area.

[@user-el2nh5uo1w]

Pointe shoe hacks was my gateway video into ballet. I really love watching them. Never stop “shoe hacks.”

[@Irenikashula]

I'm a ballerina from LatinAmerica and here most of the floors are wooden like the one on the video so rosin and suede tips are IN otherwise its just too slippery. Few studios have marley floors and usually make pointe shoes wear out SO quickly I prefer rosin

[@janesmith4617]

I spend a lot of my days sewing, and have no experience dancing. I can only suggest better tools to use to make these modifications. Don't use dental floss for stitching anything as it's too slippery and the stitches won't grip. They'll just come undone, really quickly. Use button thread instead, or linen bookbinder's thread, which are both really sturdy and strong. For added strength run it over a block of beeswax a few times before using, and it will last a lot longer AND grip better. And for undoing the stitches on the outer sole thingy, get a seam ripper. They're really good at undoing stitches. It's what they're for. Far easier to use and far more efficient than the tools used in the video, which look like toenail clippers to me!

[@TheresaTV1]

I think she used the toenail clippers because she DIDN’T want to rip the threads.

[@rebelmama37]

Good suggestion but pointe shoes don't last very long - you would def be replacing the shoes before any thread breaks.

[@kiminimuchu__]

Most professionals will replace their point shoes after just a couple of uses (some after a single performance day), so there's no point in using something that lasts longer when the shoe is gonna break down from the heavy use and be replaced in less than a week.

[@jamestown_se]

i love that it's a weird party trick almost that josephine can name all the shoes make/model and she's disappointed when she cant 😂

[@aprilshowers1987]

I love your insight into point shoe surgery and hope you get to keep this series! Thank you for expressing yourself and giving a highlight to the work dancers put into being their best.

[@corvid_gremlin]

0:40 the "hole" in the top of the foot could be a blister/wound caused by the drawstring rubbing against the foot, it happened to me when i didn't wear tights with my shoes during rehearsal and i still have a scar where the blister was (it opened and bled then left a scab, then a scar)

[@emilystevens2016]

Please keep pointe shoes hacks and tips coming ❤ as an adult ballet dancer who finally started pointe in August 2023 (began ballet in March 2020), I am SO grateful for all the information ❤🤗 Will have to ask my fitter about shaving the outer soles bc I definitely rock in my shoes and it makes me feel so unstable on flat!!

[@TheChloe1331]

I used to remove the outsole and replace it with suede. Did the heel bigger and all the way over the toe. Basically making duratoes and dura-heels. Plus the suede could be baked in the oven with Future Wax or replaced if needed. The original outsole would sometimes crack in the oven

[@gerihall6683]

The "white padding" is called medipore tape. It is used to secure large dressings of a wound or after surgery.

[@eddymarie]

Hi Josephineeee, so, regarding your confusion towards the gruesome hole in that dancers foot xoxo, a similar thing happened to me after a bad fall X ballet. Basically, i tripped on the foot of one of my dogs and the tops of my feet scraped along concrete, it was very painful but only a minor round peel. My first day back to ballet after the fall went smoothly, until i had to take my shoe of, SOMEHOW my TINY scrape, had OPENED UP while i was dancing, leaving the sensitive skin to LITERALLY FUSE WITH THE CLOTH henceforth ripping out a few layers of the scab and healing part, i was stupid enough to do nothing about the situation until overtime my friend pointed out the small hole in my foot. I’m ok now it wasn’t a big deal, just a funny story lol. (Im only this comfortable about these kinds of things with you btw)

[@lalaithan]

Eeeeee, I remember how painful a ballroom dancing mishap was. I remember using gauze that stuck to it and wanted to scream as it opened everything again.

[@lyreparadox]

If fabric or gauze is sticking to a wound, you can usually wet it down and get it to come loose without reopening the injury. Might not work with pointe shoes though, since you don't want to get them wet.

[@dianamackintos6185]

as an orchestra player seeing the rosin destroyed before my very eyes I'm crying

[@summermedina4291]

The irony, something so pretty has to go through such a “traumatizing” process to be useful and perfect for creating beauty! Uhg always hated breaking in my pointe shoessss

[@Musicfreak1ify]

Yeah, I'm in Costume making, and we have a similar thing in that you should never see something you've made after its been art finished. Art finishing is the process of ripping, tearing, painting and burning a costume to make it looked lived in. If you've just spent 3 weeks beautifully finishing a costume, you don't want to see someone pull it to pieces, better to just keep it finished in your mind.

[@sumyrda2772]

Pointe shoe hacks are great, please keep them coming! The hole on the foot? I'd guess a slide on a bad floor dancing or practicing contemporary.

[@Singingbutterflies]

I had the same thing on my foot from an ill-fitting pointe shoe… it can happen

[@celestriisilver9517]

This brings back such good memories, including the dance teacher yelling at us for trying to break our shoes lol. She would say, only try to soften the vamp with a tiny bit of water... and no toe pads,... just a paper towel to absorb your sweat!

[@tenaocean4713]

That white, holey looking "pad" at beginning is actually "soft surgical cloth medical tape", it comes in sheets or different height, rolls (with perforation lines to tear into squares, which is what it looks like that foot had on, and certainly the cheaper option). (Not to be confused with medical paper tape, nor medical cloth without holes, tho that cloth tape would work similar, but not quite as much flexibility without wrinkling).

[@AlottaBoulchit]

😂 I'm not even a ballet dancer, but I love ballet hack videos! I just love getting to learn the quirky things y'all are doing for your craft! ❤ Never stop making these, please! ❤

[@vermillion9nelson188]

I love pointe shoe hack videos. Reactions are fun but for mind boggling weirdness, this is where it's at!

[@loftyradish6972]

I love point shoe hacks. I'm not a dancer. You did inspire me to try going on point in my rock climbing shoes and it works. It doesn't look good, but those shoes take being supportive to a whole new level.

[@brittanypinsonneault1241]

My highschool had a dance class. We had polished wood floors and we could slide so good for parts of our dances. We would only practice on the marley floor on the auditorium stage for dress rehearsal and performance. So we had no time to adjust to not being able to slide. I never understood it. But I loved the flooring.

[@amyhull754]

I LOVE this so much! Watching these customizations? It's FASCINATING. Please keep doing them!

[@amityjoy3732]

I love this series with you Josephine!

[@IniaLynn]

As somebody who loves to learn about ballet, this is exactly what I've been craving to watch 😂 I like to see the why and the how of the sport/ art.

[@SpookyPharaoh13-gx1un]

I know that in Iceland most of us prefer suede tips opposed to rosin. I personally prefer them to rosin as well, but if I'm in a bind and don't have suede tipped shoes (for whatever reason) I could use rosin.

[@Livingtheinvisiblelife]

We had those newer Marley floors and weren’t allowed to use rosin, I was sad we could, I was the weird one who loved the small of rosin.

[@juanadanielagonzales30]

In argentina we use resin when its a laminated or any wood floor. Very few studios have marley and don't aloud resin.

[@EmmyOnline_]

Have never done ballet in my life but your content is so cool to me. I think it’s just interesting to see a community that I would’ve never had insight to otherwise.

[@MHester-m3f]

I love watching your expressions, hand gestures, etc, plus listening to you. Hilarious. Never danced, but so wanted to start by first grade when I saw classmates doing it. Would peek in a window and watch exercises they were doing. Ballet is so beautiful, and what dancers endure is heartbreaking many times. But don’t want it to stop.

[@RijackiTorment]

I am fascinated by this series. It's interesting to see what ballet dancers need to go through to bring all that beauty. Sadly, I only had a few ballet classes when I was younger and only as part of a PE dance unit. I wanted to take classes from a young age but my parents said they didn't want to inhibit my own dancing (or pay the cost of dance classes). I was far more inhibited in my dancing later on, I am so glad my brother and sister-in-law let my nieces take the dance classes they wanted (with one of their girls opting for sport instead).

[@triumphantpeanut5726]

You can start classes now, it’s never too late. There’s even free ballet barre videos on you tube. Look up Andrea Robertson or Action Jacqueline (be sure to type in beginner workouts)

[@alg94]

one year we did a contemporary piece on pointe in like, fleece footie onesies, and the grip was amazing. I never felt more secure lmao

[@justanotherpiccplayer3511]

5:20 if thats the same rosin that goes on string instrument bows I am not surprised they ban that from places. It's evil pixie dust, it sticks to everything and doesn't come off at all! Having your rosin shatter is just :(( Mine is green :}

[@s.s2943]

I used rosin all the time growing up. We had the little box in the corner. Not now with all the Marley. But it gets slick after a while too. We use gaffers tape at Irish dance as the Marley feels slippery.

[@ChrisSunHwa]

Advert: Marley - when your floors are more important than your dancer's safety.

[@Nytikibar]

I came across your channel by accident on you tube. I have to tell you that I have learned so much from you about pointe shoes and such. I danced for ten years when I was a lot younger but never pointe. I always wanted to, but never did it. Instead I did tap (my favorite), jazz and regular ballet. Your videos are very informative and entertaining.

[@amaterasu777]

OMG these are my favorite types of the videos you do! Idk why others wouldn't like it as much, but please keep doing these, I love learning from your expertise 9and that you can recognize shoes just by looking!)

[@seashelllune1076]

i darned on my tip. Took a while, but the whole tip is covered and feel it’s more supportive. I watched a youtube video on how to do it😮

[@sleepdeprivedjuicebox]

please keep doing thesse videos

[@shinyandnotpanicking]

I love pointe shoe prep videos. I have loved them for years. They're so satisfying!

[@marjmalcolm8598]

Back in the dark ages, when I was on pointe, we had lamb's wool only. It would shift. Today dancers have so much more. And choices. We had freed or gamba..that was it. So enjoy pointe..it is beautiful and hard work.

[@thanksforstoppingby]

When Josephine says"what is the Point of this?"😂

[@zan720]

I don't if it's the same cause, but I sometimes get the top of foot hole... turns out when I rehearse choreography that involves sliding down quickly into a kneeling position (ahem, Spanish), the bony part of the top of my foot scrapes across on the floor and becomes raw because I'm repeating the movement a lot and also floors are kind of gross and gritty like sandpaper. Eventually, the scrape starts to scab over, but I'm still rehearsing those kneels so the scab gets ripped off and then there's a hole... and then it starts to heal and and the whole thing repeats until I remember to slap a bandaid on it and let a new callus grow. If I were smarter I would just roll down my tights to cover my feet for rehearsal. But another girl in my class has the same problem and she wears tights...

[@khills]

The hole in the top of the foot looks exactly like the wounds my husband had after coming out of an external fixator frame when he shattered his ankle last year. Makes me think the person had to have their foot and ankle immobilized in a certain way for a while.

[@theresegalenkatttant]

i think it's from contemporary dancing. I have hard skin/skarring on that exact spot from all the wounds i have had from dancing contemporary. Floorwork.

[@annettefournier9655]

I'm from the US and loved suede tips .

[@Female_2004gojo]

2:23 when I tried that my door just broke 😂😂

[@horseandco2135]

Ouch 😂

[@cece678]

Please keep the pointe vids coming! I'm not a dancer but I find it fascinating!

[@kerriemckinstry-jett8625]

I ended up ripping the remaining darning off the tips of my Bloch Heritages & gluing suede tips to them. I was having such a a hard time with sliding all over the slippery wooden floor! I had to order suede tips from a UK company because it doesn't seem like any US company sells them?? Why not??? They're literally lifesavers.

[@outside8312]

Tips are just the standard but it makes sense as Europe is covered with old historic raked stages

[@hannahcenepo-torres4930]

RClass outsoles are slightly thicker, waxed almost? and rounded so cutting part of the sole off, or removing it altogether, provides a sense of stability and connection to the floor.

[@aliceroared]

I’m in Australia and have danced at 2 ballet studios. Both used marley floors in their permanent studio spaces, but they both rented out a community hall for some lessons so we had floorboards there, since that wasn’t really under their control.

[@nani-os6gx]

The way I literally cried when I saw that rosin 😭(Former Violin, European Ballet, and Classical Chinese Dance student) I don't remember using rosin to avoid slipping on the dance floor because I only went on-pointe for a month before COVID hit, but I do remember breaking my violin rosin and literally internally crying when that happened 💀

[@smallroomartist]

Omg same.

[@mele4827]

I'm an armature player, for fun, and I also cry when my rosin breaks. I hold my breath as it goes to the floor and frantically pray it stays together.

[@dekusi1857]

THE BREAD BOWL VIDEO IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE VIDEOS ON THE INTERNET

[@itchykami]

How much do you have to pay for shoes that you have to repair before you ever even put on? I've had fencer's shoes; they're made asymmetrically with extra padding on the rear foot. Meaning there are shoes for left-handed and right handed people. But we never have to slam them in doors, or take pliers to them.

[@FronteirWolf]

Maybe it's like when you get your beret in Army cadets, you have to shape it, so it's got the slant to one side. Yeah, but what they do to those shoes looks way more intensive than shaping a beret.

[@thereseremus6849]

I accidentally bought quilting thread which turned out to be sturdier than regular thread. It might be a good product for sewing on ribbons and elastic.

[@maayanyaniv7539]

I can say I remove the sole of my ballet flats and it always bothers me how thick point shoe outsoles are!! Might try removing them😊😊 thanks !!

[@marry9027]

you are awesome! i used to do contemporany dance and a bit of ballet i never used point shoes but I know what it is because my classmates, i love your channel! thanks for sharing your content!! you are so fun!

[@OneDoodlingBug]

Id watch basically whatever series u put out but i really like this series!

[@kcjd8659]

0:19 That’s called toe yoga. I have almost no peroneal (tendons that run below ankle bones) tendon grooves, so I have chronic peroneal tendonosis, and toe yoga is part of my prescribed physical therapy.

[@kiwisweetheart71]

Tights over the leotard at the end, looked really strange. I almost forgot breaking pointes before wear, but it's been 30+ years since I gave up.

[@ChrisSunHwa]

I've always thought that tights over the leotard look very tacky, especially if there's crotch reinforcement.

[@Fatherdowling]

Pointe shoe hack videos are my favorite. My favorite favorite are when you talked to dancers about why they did each thing.

[@GingerNinja1]

Removing the outsole seems like it would make their steps quiter? I'm not a dancer, but I always hear the instructors screaming, 📣LIGHTER ON YOUR JUMPS!! LIGHTER I SAID!!! 😂

[@aeolia80]

omg, I read it as foot surgery for pointe work and I was about to go off the rails for a sec there, hahahahahahhah. Because when I was young in ballet, back in the early and mid 1990s, there was this really bad rumor that went around that the girls that trains with the Pacific Northwest ballet school had their arches broken, lol, to make their feet look better, hahaah, I'm not joking, I think we used to say things like "oh yeah, they used to break their girls' arches at PNB, but of course they wouldn't do it anymore, I don't think" and BS like that. But to this day, and I'm 43 now, I have no idea if there was any truth to that rumor, lol

[@alexandriawest]

Most Brits, at least my age, grew up dancing on slippery wooden church hall floors and, later, wood dance studio floors. I hate marley with a passion, to the point I've deliberately chosen to dance somewhere else that doesn't have it rather than dance on that sticky monstrosity and constantly feel like my knees are twisting because my feet are stuck! My dance studio before my professional training allowed rosin, but then I had three years dancing full time on basically an ice rink. I saw three broken ankles in one semester! But I'd still rather that than marley and if I show up somewhere and find it has marley, I will make my bad mood everyone's problem 🤣

[@ChrisSunHwa]

I didn't experience a marley floor until I was in college. They're really sticky on bare feet if you also do modern dance. It tears off the skin of the toes during turns. 🤢

[@katemcmanus4182]

I LOVE this series!

[@justinchristoph3725]

Congratulations on getting to 300K subscribers.

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

The HAMMER on an industrial strength chain in the Pointe shoe room, ...... hahahaha Well they can't say they're not being looked after lol

[@LadyBlack22]

I LOVE the pointe shoe vids! They’re so helpful for me and everyone at my studio! Please keep them up! I like suede tips on my Pointe shoes. I glue them onto my suffix, and I make them out of crafting leather that I get it like Hobby lobby. We are allowed to have resin on our floors, but I prefer the suede tips because I feel like they are more similar to the bottom of a flat shoe, and I slip less. I live in Ohio.

[@kay123kay]

I prefer this series so much! No more cup trauma plz 😅

[@JonKey-q2i]

30 yearold man here.. Watched the whole video great content never knew

[@PiskeyFaeri]

I saw one ballet dancer on tiktok that sews herself into her pointe shoes when she's on stage, and then has to hurry to get out of them them off before her feet swell. Just literally sews the ribbons together.

[@jessaglenny]

A lot of dancers do that to make sure the ribbons don't come undone - or just to prevent getting pigs ears (where the ends of the ribbons pop out and show).

[@laurelsayler2647]

​@@jessaglennyI would assume it's probably required. Their headpieces are probably sewn in too. The last thing you'd want is to have your ribbons come undone or your headpiece flying off or shifting. I was in colorguard and we had to double knot our shoes and pin our headpieces on. It was a pain, but we never lost a headpiece or had our shoes come undone.

[@blueberry8910]

Could you please make a video on actable pointe shoes?

[@EricaGonzalez-cr7xv]

I’m dying at how she just pulled the pointe shoe out from under the table when she was talking about suede tips lmao 😂😂

[@skyefirenails]

I can't dance anymore, but I LOVE this series!

[@bellev687]

We had this tiny little girl at my studio with the hardest shoes. The head teacher was slamming the door trying to break them in.

[@odesstoes8263]

Coming from Australia, as somebody who has danced at a few different schools and also as friends at more, the general consensus is suede tips - I've seen *one* place that sold rosin at their front desk but everybody wore suede tips anyways.

[@katherine4283]

The studio I was at has a box specifically for using resin

[@minicookiebites]

In the uk we have very slippery floors!! Unless it’s a professional dance studio most floors are shiny so it’s almost impossible to dance or do anything in second without suede tips!! But I don’t think suede tips look the prettiest tho 😂😂

[@ChronicallyCassidy]

lol I got really bad abrasions on the top of my foot, like my instep because of having very archy feet. When I would bow, kneel, since my feet would point so much that my toes would lift off the floor when kneeling even with very hard shoes, so my instep would be pressing into the floor a lot and rubbing on the floor and would tear the skin. Of course it never had time to heal and even with gauze and tape it would continue to have the pressure and bleed again. Then if it ever got to the point of getting almost healed, it would peel off. 13 years later and I still have a mark on my right instep from (nicely) landing on my knee after a step over turn, my foot never slammed the floor but like severe “floor burn”. Started to bleed at a competition during open stage and right through my tights of course, and it was taped. Had to quickly put on new tights before my variation! And cover it extra good without showing weird through my tights. lol! It was worth it. I got a scholarship to a summer intensive that year.

[@Rachel-art-and-design]

I love all your ballet content. I wish I could do those toe exercises but my toes don’t move anymore from Charcot Marie tooth disease. I did ballet as a child and I love the sport of dance. ❤ Even though I can’t do it I like to watch those that can.

[@songmarysmith]

Has anyone tried the rubbery "shelf-liners" that have some grippy on the pointe shoes?! I think that might be cheaper and more plentiful as a means of traction.

[@Waffilicious]

I saw a reel on Instagram where a dancer was fully washing her pointe shoes and all I could think was “Josephine would HATE this”

[@drgskates]

I just love watching you enjoying or being horrified at the videos lol

[@sashahera5679]

I sometimes shave the edges off the outsole … some shoes have outsoles that to me feel too thick

[@Romana-xo5je]

Congratulations Josephine on expecting your baby 🎉I'm sure he or she will be a lovely dancer. The ouch pouch I used to wear was plasticy and felt like it was full of clay but I need some as have a hammer toe I am ex pro from England and now teach...by example..any idea please

[@Schnurpsy79]

I‘m not a ballet dancer and have a question: If the fabric will be cut of tips anyway or (if not) will be destroyed during dancing why are the tips covered with fabric in the beginning? I mean wouldn’t it be easier for the dancers and maybe also look better / cleaner when the shoes would be produced without the fabric on the tips? 🤔

[@elisabethm9655]

I’m wondering if manufacturers will ever change up the basic materials so the shoes won’t need to be half way destroyed before they can be used? I can understand using these materials ‘back in the day’, it was all they had. - Don’t we now actually have materials possessing the strength and flexibility to support the feet for longer than the current antiquated models being produced from traditional materials like, wood, leather, paper, suede and glue etc? We have plastics and silicones and all sorts of modern materials nowadays that might actually last longer and create a superior performance potential.

[@liannedehart2889]

there is now pointe shoes made from plastic but a lot of dancers still perfer the old one. i myself never had a plastic one but it breaks down different and that can not work for some dancers

[@jessaglenny]

Those alternative, synthetic shoes already exist. That's what Gaynor Mindens are. But the traditional materials mould to your feet, and dancers actually like the customisable-ness.

[@terramarini6880]

They exist but somehow just look wrong, almost sneaker like but not (sort of an uncanny valley thing). However, for practice or non professionals they seem like a good way to save money as you only need to replace the shank and you can get whatever length shank you wish.

[@liannedehart2889]

@@terramarini6880 you refer to another one, there is Gaynor Minden that look like normal pointe shoes

[@elisabethm9655]

@@liannedehart2889 thanks for all these replies…I was on point for only a couple of years in my early teens - this was back in the sixties and of course, the shoes were different - but not? Anyway, you answered my questions. Thank you!

[@Crochetby_Angel]

I get those cuts and blisters on the the top of my foot when we have to slide on the floor and we keep doing it over and over to learn the exercise so it keeps rubbing until it starts bleeding

[@177639]

Pointe shoe hacks are my fave, especially when you interviewed dancers!

[@marianne3024]

I’ve had bleeding holes on top of my foot from transitioning from standing or in B plus to ballet kneeling in Flower. Obviously using too much weight on the descending foot. 😞

[@Adventures_in_AK]

I love watching these videos so much even though I have never done ballet.

[@JackdawWishesTTV]

I would love to get fitted by Josephine because apparently I’m a fitters worse nightmare. Diamond shaped foot. Very tapered disappearing heel. Broad forefoot with insanely short toes and a ridiculously high instep.

[@pegaseg70]

She offers online fitting from what I saw on her website

[@jenniferb585]

I think the issue with some studios having super polished floors is because they're mixed used areas. When I took hiphop in my teens, the "dance" studio was used for all types of dance plus yoga and meditation and all kinds of things, so we had a floor like that. I did mixed dance in high school and the floor was super polished because we were sharing the *drama* theatre. So it was literally the auditorium stage floor. So that could have some issue with the rosin/suede tip debate.

[@msguineapigsrus]

The dance studio i grew up dancing at had multiple studios and all of them were marley but one, which had sprung wood. You didn't need resin on the marley as marley isnt slippery. The wood floor we had a resin box for a while but they got rid of it and discouraged using resin when i got to high school because they were worried about the damage to the floor. Which is kinda silly considering they did tap classes in that room, which is way more damaging to the floor. What i did is i would take scissors and score crisscrosses on the satin to give it a bit more grip. I wore gaynors though so i didnt have to worry about the satin fraying.

[@TamaraWagle]

6:23 I do it when there DEAD and wen I don't need they and to like strengthen my feet !