5 POINTE SHOE BRANDS - 1 DANCER

[@coolguyhino92]

I'm just gonna say it: You could upload 20 minutes of, most likely anything, and 97% of us would be MORE than grateful.

[@jaziybabe]

Very specific number 😂

[@coolguyhino92]

@@jaziybabe You're the only one who noticed. I tried to make it a weird percentage, XD

[@frstarz]

@@jaziybabe lol

[@pengii6804]

Where did you get 97% from?? And as my dad always says, you can’t make up numbers without evidence. *help me please, I can’t use false ‘facts’ around him without having a 40 minute lecture to follow it*

[@mimiduquette8786]

@@pengii6804 Sounds like you've got a pretty good, typical Dad!!! I can tell you from experience to really cherish your Dad and listen to his advice!! Give him a hug every now and then, I bet he would be pleasantly surprised!!!!

[@marshatomkins7989]

When you discuss the needs of dancers, I’d like to see their bare feet more. A visual works better for many of us than a description. I don’t dance any more, (72 yrs old), but I love your videos and I indulge in some nostalgia.

[@ruthiemay423]

Same here. I'm 72 as well. 😊😊😊

[@mimiduquette8786]

61 yrs here!!

[@missygee531]

Oh Marsha! I don't dance anymore either. I stopped when we were all home bc of covid restrictions. Dancing on pavers was tooooo dangerous and the carpet didnt work either..so I stopped We are similar in age and I too enjoy Josephine's videos and fittings. Her store is only an hour away from where I live and I'm so tempted to make an appt with her. I am friends with 2 photographers and they frequently request to have me in their studios (it wud be fun to have new photos!!). I love new Pointe shoes and I believe we dancers first fell in love with our pink satin pointes which probably got Mom to sign us up for classes (remember - please Mom please!) ... How fun for us all to have Josephine here on YT. She helps to keep our memories (and our dreams) alive. 💕

[@matthewmoore9257]

She might be worried about people making it weird if she shows more bare feet. She probably doesn’t want to be a haven for people with foot fetishes

[@IATEALLTHECHEESE]

@@matthewmoore9257 this is a pointe shoe fitter. The entire thing is about feet. People are always going to have a fetish for one thing or another, it shouldn't stop educational and important info

[@kittylynndale5264]

My first pair of pointe shoes, it took 2 hours to find something that fit. They ended up going with Gamba (G97, I think, but it’s been a while), but even that fit wasn’t quite perfect. I only got to use them for two weeks before I lost them in a house fire, and then I ended up having massive health issues and never got to go back to dance class. It’s been 20 years, and I just put on a pair of slippers the other day and I’m starting take adult classes!

[@lathy3870]

Wow!

[@mwai608]

when you say Gamba, we know how long it was..my first two pairs were gamba too ;)

[@elizabethhooten2142]

So awesome that you're getting back into it! How's it going? (PS - it took me like 15 minutes to get my first pair. I tried 5 different shoes. 2 hours?! I don't have the patience for that!)

[@kittylynndale5264]

@@elizabethhooten2142 I’m more sore after a 30 minute lesson than I am after a 12 hour shift as an EMT. And I’m loving it, lol. I’m just glad I kept my flexibility up for all these years! And apparently short, wide feet with super high arches made for a harder fit, at least in rural Alabama. At the time I still wore a 3 wide in kids (I’m up to a 3.5 wide these days) so that may have added to the problem. They were all really nice about it though! In the end, it took 3 different ladies to help with the fit, but they kept gushing about how pretty and tiny my feet were, so that made it a little better. And the fact that one of them ran out and got us all milkshakes and turned it into a party to celebrate my first pair of pointe shoes made it one of the most fun experiences I’d had in what was a terrible time in my life.

[@Jordan-nv6hb]

@@kittylynndale5264 I feel you I have high arches and wide feet and its a pain to find pointe shoes but I currently have suffolk and I think thats a pretty good brand for me so if you dont got it already I suggest trying them on!

[@chiara4243]

Hii! I’m brazilian so if anyone was wondering here’s how you actually pronounce Só Dança 🥰 Só: like the “so” in SOcks or kind of like you’re saying “saw” but with a less prominent W Dança: this means dance in portugese! It’s pronounced like done-sah or duh-n-sah. The a kind of has the sound of the a in ballerinA.

[@folkmoreswiftie]

Thank you!! ✨

[@shining_valoka]

The ç is such a tricky letter, figuring out how to say it without being native is quite hard. It doesn't really make that much sense, to be honest, but that's just how every language is lol

[@chiara4243]

@@shining_valoka haha for sure! As a kid I was taught it replaces the “ss” sound in English but it’s just more complicated to explain lol

[@Jubarnm]

Tá de parabéns com essa explicação, amei kkkk

[@chiara4243]

@@Jubarnm brigada!! Me esforcei kkkk

[@danielleyale15]

AHHHH I’m 24 years old, started ballet at 21 and yesterday my teacher (an adorable old lady, used to be a solist dancer here in Portugal) told me I’m ready to go on pointe in 2022 🤩🤩 Then, she started explaining me, very passionately, about the particularities of a pointe shoe (not knowing I knew everything she was talking about because of YOU josephine haha 😂❤️) And then, I said I knew quite a bit about pointe shoes, brands and everything because I was addicted to watching you, and I asked “and just out of curiosity mrs., what is your take on Gaynor Minden’s? 😉” She laughed and said “well, they’re expensive, and I know why you’re asking, but they can’t be your first shoes, you’ll have to work these feet miss!”

[@lindseykelly8091]

I love that we got to see the same dancer in several different brands! Please do more videos like this one!!!

[@persephonexx]

When I saw the thumbnail I was like “The 4th shoe is definitely Freed.” And it was! Freed is definitely the most beautiful pointe shoe brand in my opinion. :)

[@Noraaboraa]

When I saw the russian pointe bravas I got so excited!! I just got my first pair of pointe shoes and got rp bravas!!

[@ruthiemay423]

I LOVE to watch these videos and see dancers who appreciate quality shoes. I have not been on my toes for over 60 years. I planned to be a pro but sidelined by major health issues. LOVE The Pointe Shop!!!

[@wandat.7309]

Has anyone else watched Navillera (kdrama) yet? The series was so good!! Synopsis from wiki: Navillera tells the story of Shim Deok-chul (Park In-hwan), a 70-year-old retired mailman who decides to pursue his life-long dream of learning ballet, which does not please his family. At the dance academy, he meets Lee Chae-rok (Song Kang), a 23-year-old dancer who became interested in ballet after trying out different sports - his mother was a ballet dancer before she died of disease when he was young. He is struggling financially and thinks of giving up ballet until meeting Deok-chul, which changes his mind.

[@hanbigim]

Sounds interesting

[@Kimberlykeepsdancing]

So true that what worked previously may not work later. I was a die hard grishko 2007 fan, then I wore freeds for about a year, moved on to bloch Hannah’s for a year and now I am in RP Brava. Feet keep changing for sure.

[@wheniwatchtheworldburn3184]

I had blochs the first time, and the second time I was like yes I don't want blochs I want something else, and all my friends liked griskos. But then I tried on all the other brands (I mean maybe I should have tried more sizes in the styles) but I just went back to blochs because they felt the best. However in tbe shop near me they didn't hsve such a huge range as you

[@pjbottoms8095]

I like that you are talking about brands!!!!!

[@emilyepperly]

Can you do a video wear you open tons of pointe shoe boxes and review them and tell us which of the shoes are best for which kind of feet. That would be awesome! Btw I love you channel

[@cmw611]

I was staring at her feet, not because of the shoes but because I am always in awe seeing a graceful dancer on pointe! (btw...I got to visit the FREED factory in 1989...it was a pretty awesome experience..even for a non-dancer like myself).

[@carlapr1tchett]

I just started pointe and I have got freed pointe shoes and I got them in central London

[@hayleyhessen6642]

Thanks so much!... very interesting to see the different brands

[@mayochupenjoyer]

wowww… i just really want to be fit by you now, but i live across the country in massachusetts

[@PoisonedApathy]

She does online fitings! There is a link on the description box

[@floorjanssen5336]

I fitst danced in capecio but The always slipt of now I dance in Freed and i love it

[@karine3578]

I would have liked to know how the Bloch eurostrech fit her so since you had mentioned it fit her kind of arched and flexible foot especially the disappearing heal.

[@madivvvv]

Could you review Russian Pointes and the foot type they fit best??? Tysmmmmm

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

I have very long and narrow feet (street shoe size European 42) and Russian Pointes and Siberian swans are the only pointe shoes that work for me. My pointe shoe fitter says that they are great for long feet 🦶 Would also love to know what Josephine says about it!

[@heyryanisonx3141]

I have wide feet and Russian Pointes fit me best. They have such a great range of sizes and they tend to have harder shanks

[@lizziesmallwood9395]

I was fit into the nikolay stream pointe as my first shoe recently!

[@juliaheischy]

This is so interesting! Thank you!!

[@drayagohagon2021]

you should give her the ring on the elektras! I twist A LOT so when I put on the ring it was pretty much perfect

[@shilohpetersen2468]

I have similar feet to hers. I wear Brava’s, and so far nothing else works for me 😂 I’ve been lucky in my selection choices over the years. Do you have any recommendations for alternatives during this time when Russians are hard to come by?

[@diggermd1]

Do you model the gaynor minden?

[@becky2799]

I got point shoes a month ago and I twist but I got amazing shoes and I love being on point

[@MEYEAImashup]

How did you get started fitting point shoes?

[@h34rt1lly]

ah yes, i also have high profile, high arched feet and it's felt impossible trying to find a shoe that fits -- or at least, checks 85% of the boxes with one or two unchecked that i can live with :' )))

[@JGreen-le8xx]

Josephine❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😄

[@kaykomckayface1097]

3 out of this 5 are shoes that work for me! Can't get elektra here and freed studio is also too narrow for me. Interested to know which one works best for her in long term. 👀👀 Thanks for the Video as always ❤️❤️

[@EnchantingWings1]

I got virtually fitted for RP Brava and would be a perfect shoe, but the company couldn't get a the flexible soft version, and the medium was a bit hard for me. I fitted myself (not recommended, but fitters around here are terrible with my feet) into Grishko 2007s, and they are great for me. Only thing with them is the box being too long, but everything else works. What I found about most of my pointe shoes is that they are maybe a bit too wide. Fitters insist on putting me in widest shoes in Bloch, but I don't feel like the box hugs my feet in the widest widths. When I tried Serenade (because they were dirt cheap on sale), I got the medium width out of curiosity. And I really like the feeling of box hugging and supporting my feet.

[@serafinagazzoli]

I have Capezio Avas

[@flowmovementtherapy2096]

Oh to be a young dancer now and try on different brands. I think my first pair were Capezio and when I was in grades 11-12 I wore Freeds. Freeds really are so pretty. It would be a dream of mine to go to the Freed factory for a tour.

[@ashlynripikoi5826]

Capezio Daisy 👢 my fav.

[@Agnes_B96]

A question Josephine: it alwasy seems to me that the freed studios are ‘reverse arching’. Can this be an issue with the freed studios? Or is it just the outlook of the shoe?

[@illwriteamemo32]

These video make me wish I would've done ballet as a child. I've always been a "tiptoer", even just walking around the house. I wonder if children who developed that habit when young have a harder or easier time in ballet.

[@ashimochi]

As a tiptoer too and pointe dancer, ehhh, depends on a lot of things honestly, like resistance, when I started (14 years old) I had to learn HOW to use my strenght and where to put my weight for more efficiency, maybe the advantage was that I was already pointing my feet by default when doing anything, like you need to do in Ballet

[@melissapyles4750]

Can I be fitted with a large foot, I wear a street size ten and haven’t danced professionally in quite a few years but want shoes.

[@violettas.5402]

it would be amazing if you could fit someday Juliana Belissimo from San Francisco ballet

[@noonesbusiness1611]

My pointe shoes always twist and the shank is aways not strong enough for my flexibility feet😭😭😭

[@emiliaodette4756]

I tried last week go on fitting for so danca elektra, let me tell you, I didn't like, the shoe is pretty but not for me. So I stick to my long time wearing brand Grishko Nova Pro 2007

[@kourtnielizabeth477]

I started Pointe at the end of March with a Russian pointe brava. The shoe is already broken in after three months (one of those months I didn’t do pointe due to injury). Do you have suggestions for making shoes last?

[@poketvenus]

How many hours a day are you in them, and how many days a week? Because we sweat so much in shoes often they don't actually have time to completely dry out between wears once you are dancing daily. Having two pairs and alternating can help quite a bit. Did you wear out your shank or your box first? I always kill my box before the shank, and will jet glue to help make them last.

[@kourtnielizabeth477]

@@poketvenus I dance on them twice a week and probably for only a hour a week. My shank broke in this time but this is my first pair of pointe shoes.

[@JessieBanana]

This is crazy, four of these shoes are ones that I am experimenting with as well 🤯. I am trying the Freeds as, but the CPro and not the Studio. I am also experimenting with the new Victory, if my order ever comes in right. My feet have gottten really hard to fit as they’ve gotten stronger and I am sort of exhausting the inventory of stores around me. I had to suck it up and order a few sizes of these online to try, where I could return what didn’t work to get the variety I have now. I also have a similar problem with the heel. I realized at my last fitting that I spend too much time with the feel on pointe and I actually brought home and got dirty the Capezio Ava’s that were half a size too short. I need to pay more attention to the way shoes feel flat, cause of my heel. I will still try and wear them, but maybe more at barre and not in center. The Ava’s fit great in the box, but I think the shank will start breaking low quickly. I manipulated the shank with my hand to try and encourage it to bend higher like a 7.

[@underwaterhairdryer]

Your order will come in right … Moscow factory just didn’t have the dark nude binding in stock as the minimums are very very high to get the materials.

[@JessieBanana]

@@underwaterhairdryer Ahhh, sorry if that came off harsh. I understand, it’s just been really exhausting finding something in the interim. My feet have changed a lot.

[@madnatty]

It would be an interesting long term project to do a fitting, showing bare feet too, at a young age then follow them through 5 years and out the whole thing in a time lapse!

[@WhosKevona]

Why was there an fboy island ad before this video?

[@DuckyWucky0]

so what brand do you think is the best to dance in?

[@AllSportDogs]

Try the new Act’ble!!!

[@justinchristoph3725]

Do you have ways to check to see if you are not getting counterfeit pointe shoes? I'm sure there are some low-quality shoes that are falsely branded as a good-quality ones... and that you have encountered people who tried to sell them to you.

[@vanessaderenzio8541]

Freeds are my fave!

[@nora.j8506]

What about grishko??

[@EnchantingWings1]

Nikolay is Grishko, its a branding change for the US 😊

[@JustMe-qr9jj]

My daughter has feet like hers, the only shoe that works great for her is a Bloch Heritage.

[@bubbles9975]

Good morning beautiful people how are you doing

[@ashlynripikoi5826]

So Dancer. 👍 Capezio. Russian.

[@StarchildMagic]

I have no idea why this video was in my recommendations, but that's okay. The things I didn't know I would find interesting, especially when I have no background in ballet!

[@gwostt7552]

hi! i have a question, (if anyone has an answer please go and answer). my ballet teacher has recommended me for beginner pointe but there are a few things that I'm not that good in. should I agree or wait till I get better at them?? the main thing that I need help with are my passe turns :D

[@katylange2186]

hey, i'm sure there are a bunch of other various opinions on this, but i think if you feel comfortable with your feet strength and calf strength, beginner pointe could be good for you! pirouettes are obviously important, but when just starting en pointe, you really don't do much turning (at least with my experience). definitely work on your passé turns, but if that's what's holding you back from pointe, i encourage you to give it a go!

[@gwostt7552]

@@katylange2186 thank you! i'll definitely give it a try:D

[@katylange2186]

@@gwostt7552 good luck! pointe is so much fun!!

[@gwostt7552]

@@katylange2186 thank you :))

[@laurenclare9685]

I wish there were this many options when I was dancing.

[@ENZOvibing]

Josephine, please collab with or do a fitting with @Claudia Dean.

[@kiraph]

The stream looked the best on her feet. :)

[@emmysparks7307]

would you consider coming to our dance company in san angelo, its ballet san angelo and we have a very small company and an extremely amount of girls en pointe, with more coming en pointe soon

[@luisanacoronil4595]

What is your favorite brand?

[@topovi_podrostok]

весь выпуск ждала Grishko, потому что это просто шикарные пуанты, я мерила множество других брендов, но никогда так комфортно не было как на отечественных...

[@olyakush]

Nikolay=Grishko. Обожаю русские пуанты!

[@gailrivas762]

The first shoes I had years ago had a block of wood in the toe area. Was that a cheater shoe or something?Do any pointe shoes still have wood in the toe? Thanks.

[@tijay8507]

No pointe shoe has EVER had wood in the toe LMAO! they are made with layers of glue and material ...wood lol!

[@tijay8507]

I forgot to add cardboard too

[@gailrivas762]

Thank you for your answer. I wonder if my teacher added the one inch block of wood in the toe for balance for learning. Weird. And so much good information here.

[@tijay8507]

@@gailrivas762 Of course not! wood and young girls toes should NEVER mix! i bet they got normal ballet shoes and put wood inside! that is awful! your teacher should be ashamed! why would you think that wood helps with balance or we would all be using it! it was done as a scam or to hurt children on purpose either way it is terrible!

[@barbaramenezesoficial]

Maybe it wasn't wood? Cardboard can look like wood if you are expecting to see wood in the shoes (it's a common misconception about pointe shoes). The color can be similar. So maybe you just got confused, don't worry.

[@Maddy-os2sl]

46 minutes early!😅

[@mileyowens2383]

i’m sorry but i don’t know how to get my hands on some toe pads and point shoes without my family knowing cause they don’t want to use that much money to buy any and i don’t make any money,and i’m scared to ask what do i do at this point?

[@jessicatatum7769]

Talk to your teacher. Most of us hve soft spots for beginning pointe students 🙂

[@Ballet3]

Love you

[@ariannarodriguez9400]

At this point I can’t stand the captions. Instead of en pointe they say on point ughhh lol but love you’re videos you’re so hilarious and beautiful, thank you for the info! You have helped me understand my own pointe shoes and feet better! ❤️❤️✨

[@thereseremus6849]

Her feet are to die for.

[@raquelchavez2002]

my ballet teachers boyfriend died she is amazing and I hate to see her feel so sad

[@melissalund6198]

Really pretty feet and ankles!

[@athenaspencer4684]

❤❤❤👋😁

[@PrincessNebbia]

capezio used to be really good, that has changed.

[@miaataylorssversion]

earlyy