pointe shoe fitter reacts to TIK TOK 40

[@Pelossm]

you know it's a good day when the pointe shop posts

[@AriahOwusu]

So reallllllllll

[@MissIssay]

We need an entire crossover episode of Josephine reacting to Master Ballet Academy!

[@lanuitbleue640]

Seriously!!! They are amazing and hilarious over there!!

[@npats550]

I would LOVE that!

[@AngelaSmith_1970]

Yes 🙌🏽 I love them so much, everyone is so talented 😎🫶🏽

[@levidashawty]

YES PLEASE

[@A.nony.Mouse2]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@brainsetaflame]

The ballerinas at the nursing home are from the Bolshoi. Stanislava Postinova aka Ruby Tear is one of the featured dancers.

[@labradorite8256]

That made me tear up. What a beautiful thing to do.

[@NightWink129]

That dancer has her own official nickname?! That's so cool!

[@theawesomenessofyou]

After 80 years: Josephine be like"TikkkTok oonneeeee hunndreddd seeevveennttyyyy"

[@Scarletiscool]

Fr 😂

[@Midoriventure]

80 years?? Try 80 months...

[@theawesomenessofyou]

@@Midoriventure 🤣🤣

[@TheMoonbeats]

Senior dancers, like high school seniors on pointe, will go to local nursing homes and do their senior dances for the residents. It's cultural and it's a community event. and you will not find a more supportive, receptive audience. . it's really cool.

[@stephanie-fh5qv]

Beautiful, Society forgets that they were young once…in sweden there is nothing for the elderly in this sence. Beautiful that your community do this for the nursing homes.

[@mahenonz]

I did this as a kid doing highland dancing. Others do piano recitals and all sorts of things. I think it’s quite common in my country for ballerinas to visit, as one of the chief sponsors of our national ballet is a retirement home company.

[@skp7577]

Josephine, the lady with the tutu trees at the Royal Ballet does not have a British accent. She is called Freya and is a tour guide at The Royal Ballet and Opera House in Covent Garden, London. She sounds Canadian or American to my British ear. But she is elegant, lovely and speaks beautifully. I enjoy seeing her in other Royal Ballet videos. I’m in London next week. I wonder whether to book a tour. EDIT: It’s two months since I wrote this. I have since seen Freya in another video where she states that she is Canadian.

[@oneshoej3]

Yes, as an American I agree she sounds like she's American or possibly Canadian. I think it's a little confusing because her speech is unusually "clipped" (don't know if that's the word, but I mean she hits a lot of "t" sounds [e.g. in "simplicity"] and sort of separates her words rather than running them together). There's also something about the overall rhythm of her speech that is kind of unusual. I almost feel like she's emulating the rhythm and pacing of a news presenter or documentary narrator, maybe specifically a British one. Do you think there's anything to that idea?

[@skp7577]

@@oneshoej3 I think she may have lived in London for some time and picked up some English rhythms and pronunciations. There is one word she says which sounds very like an RP English accent.

[@niseplank4527]

That can be me after literally watching one English video.

[@Appaddict01]

She sounds like a standard upperclass American to me.

[@Babyluthi]

Mid atlantic american accent. Think Frasier and Niles😀

[@mariontheantiquarian7849]

I have always loved the male dancers… If they are on stage I see nothing else. There’s something about their strength, their ability, their grace, & their talent that is just mesmerizing.

[@Kayjee17]

Mikhail Baryshnikov started my obsession with male ballet dancers when I saw the routine he did at the beginning of the movie White Nights - not the modern dance one he did with Gregory Hines (although that one is fascinating for the contrast between how a tapper and a ballet guy do the same dance), but the ballet one he did at the beginning. After I saw it, I found everything I could that showed male ballet dancers as well as the ladies!

[@mariontheantiquarian7849]

@@Kayjee17 I’m probably a bit older than you. & I danced as a kid… but yes he was one of my favorites. If he’s on stage, it might as well be a solo. 💖🤷🏻‍♀️

[@margareth1504]

Me too - love watching male ballet dancers because besides all the perfection everywhere there - the height and strength looks like much more than us females would be able to do. Watching makes me wonder how you could get to be that good. Just so amazing to me.

[@heidibaltom8138]

Im absolutely convinced that gravity does not exist for male ballet dancers. Also I cant believe its 40 already

[@lanuitbleue640]

I love it every time I see Master Ballet Academy and Eva on here!! 💙

[@anniek4681]

As a Dutchy i can tell you that well crafted clogs are more comfortable and warm then you might think. Not a lot of people know this, but there is a difference between a mens and a womans clog. The "typical" clog is the mans clog. Clogs worn by women have a bigger opening and instead of the wooden rim to keep the clog on the foot there is a precicly placed leather band across the arch of the foot.

[@Midoriventure]

My dad used to have a friend who grew up in the snow wearing clogs. He said his mother would knit him these thick wool socks, and he would wear them in winter with the clogs, and they were for all the world as excellent today as when their ancestors wore them, insulated and great for the weather. I always thought that was a rather cozy image honestly, and I want to try it someday.

[@loviebeest]

There also exist a modern day variant were the sole is made of wood but the part is made of leather or some other kind of material. Sometimes there is a rubber layer on the wood so its not as loud. Clogs are still worn by farmers and a lot of frisian villagers in general. I have the same pair of clogs for 12 years already, I specifically asked for it as my 16th birthday present lol.

[@anniek4681]

@@loviebeest Yep, i got both at home. I wear the one with leather on top more easely because you can wear that one barefood. While you need socks in the other.

[@SilverDraco]

Wow, I hadn't thought of the insulation factor in the wooden clog. And as someone else mentioned, with thick woolen socks and the thickness of the wood even toes would be warm and toasty. But I imagine the purely wooden ones are very loud to walk in on hard flooring.

[@Peachzany]

Josephine has ultimate hair goals ❤

[@isabelleblanchet3694]

That is post-pregnancy hair. Hair stops falling while pregnant and for about 3 months after so we get full thick hair. In a few weeks she will start to loose it by clumps. You loose 12 months of hair that was supposed to have fallen plus regular hair loss in a matter of weeks.

[@Appaddict01]

@@isabelleblanchet3694Her hair always looks like that.

[@ryanart5425]

I usually dont comment on videos. I just love Josephine, I love how she celebrates everyone's beauty, and when she cries, I cry, lol. She is a person i would love to be friends with , she is in my opinion a great lady,

[@pragyasingh2297]

Also I am actually sobbing at the ballerinas in the nursing home. I had to pause and take care of myself emotionally for a couple minutes 🥹❤️ the most beautiful way to share your craft

[@madisonevans7950]

Wow it is wild to watch those bois do their thang. THe amount of pure STRENGTH that is needed is insane. They have worked so hard to get to that point.

[@Franny-oh]

"Is there anything more attractive?!" EXACTLY! Why do all non-dancing guys talk badly about male dancers? Its SO masculine!!!

[@annasahlstrom6109]

Why am I in love with the wooden clog maker video?! It's like La Fille Mal Gardé in real life!

[@icarusbinns3156]

They are shockingly comfortable. If you have the right socks. I wore a set of wooden clogs all around my neighborhood for several nights when my aunt brought me a pair from the Netherlands. I did get blisters the first night, as they are truly wooden shoes. Not the greatest for arch support. Thick wool socks were a must, to keep wearing them

[@SimpleDesertRose]

Pretty sure Josephine is going to have a tutu tree this Christmas 😉

[@elizabethahearn6038]

I want a tutu tree & I don't even dance! They're just so pretty!! 🤩

[@SimpleDesertRose]

@@elizabethahearn6038 you and me both only I haven't danced in about 20 years.

[@ChrisSunHwa]

I was thinking about that as well! 😁

[@e.goldmanhilbert9233]

I love you Josephine!!! Love your videos. I grew up in ballet too and it is such a part of my heart now as a fifty year old woman . Thank you!!

[@pragyasingh2297]

I can actually spend all day watching Master Ballet TikToks. The kids are so incredibly talented and the teachers are so loving and supportive to growth! ❤ they’re also hilarious and sassy, love them so much

[@feerahuri4184]

I Love Freya so much! She is so passionate... I can listen to her for hours

[@BmaGrl]

Josephine, in the first video, there are tears rolling down his face!

[@margarethoughton]

Oh my gosh! We are so defined by our professions! While you, the Pointe girl, was exclaiming at the young man's perfect feet, I the nurse was going on and on about his perfect posture and great complexion. He's clearly strong and well hydrated lol

[@vemovasnena]

Love that the tutu lady is just chilling in LaDucas as her every day shoe

[@howdy_partner1]

I LOOVEEE how when josephine reviews a pointe shoes she has SOOO many hand movements

[@marielacamacho5011]

2:14 - 2:20 that's Misha Broderick and at that time i think he had just came back to dance after a 4 year break, like.. I cry everytime

[@blackalectrona]

4-year break? My god what happened

[@genlala]

- I wish I can be this elegant, - said one of the most elegant ladies I saw in my entire life. Please, tell me you were joking!

[@KateandBree]

The teacher cat had me in stitches. If only there was an equestrian version. 😂

[@AllyssaButhmann]

2:35 yes, a hockey player doing ballet to strengthen their body is way more attractive!

[@gabriellebrown-v5x]

Sounds like a movie reference 😂

[@BalleRINA2]

1:34 I loved snape it was hilarious

[@bessonovafan6454]

I'd love to see another reaction to rhythmic gymnastics if you're interested!! Specifically, Anna Bessonova. She is a fabulous gymnast, one of the most elegant.

[@niseplank4527]

So beautiful, so robbed.

[@sebumpostmortem]

Yes, please. Can I add some non mainstream elegance queens suggestions? (From the past to the present times). Yelena Sudakova. LONGEST LEGS EVERRRRR. Yelena Shamatulskaya Oksana Kostina Olga Gontar Elena Vitrichenko Tamara Yerofeeva Nataliya Lipkovskaya Marina Specht Irina Tchachina Viktoriya Mazur Anastasia Mulmina Darya Svatkovskaya Deng Senyue Ekaterina/Katsiarina Galkina Vlada Nikolchenko Boryana Kaleyn Wang Zilu 🖤🖤🖤

[@bessonovafan6454]

@@sebumpostmortem I will second all of these gymnasts!! I think she'd love Deng Senyue, she's been compared to a ballet dancer before

[@Girlsturniolo]

Josephine you need to look up the ballet dancer on the Savannah Bananas baseball team, he is phenomenal

[@nikkiclark8123]

I need more Josephine lol. These videos are just too short!

[@Shinigumi]

I would absolutely live for seeing you do a pointe shoe fitting for Spencer Lenain!

[@tahirabellydancer]

I used to take the mens classes because, in the words of my teachers, I have jumping thighs. The guys have great, dynamic movements, which I love.

[@ItsJustLisa]

I have a pair of hand carved wooden shoes. They’re almost 40 years old and yes, I wore them. I used to work at our local renaissance festival and they were great for days when the ground was sloppy.

[@EmmaThw]

Josephine: "is there anything more attractive?!" Josephine's actual literal baby daddy: that sign can't stop me because I can't read

[@MM-jo8pc]

I just watched Josephine's "Ranking Ballet Movies" and was going to post on that video but now I can't find it, so I'll post here. I loved Center Stage as well. Most people have probably not seen the ballet miniseries "Flesh and Bone." It is really, really good. Great ballet and the story line is something else. Highly recommend.

[@hmb4325]

I love the fact the the tutu lady is wearing LaDucas!!!!!!! (those are my favorite shoes ever)

[@AshleyB-o7g]

Omg hi Josephine! I love your videos so much and you have taught me so much about dance/ point shoes! Pls keep making videos! ❤

[@Cantetinza17]

Why do I want a copy of every Harry Potter/ballet creations? I need them in my life and on my walls.

[@Girlsturniolo]

Any other eva nys photography fans

[@laurelsayler2647]

Now I want a tutu tree for Christmas and I don't even like Christmas, but that is amazing.

[@masterwarden2827]

That last one took me out 😂

[@RainbowCat2357]

josephine…. no…😂❤ i thought u were choking when i heard the swallow 😊

[@ecoria-x9113]

The evil part of me kind of wants to send Josephine the x-rays of my ankle fracture for halloween, proper scary :P For context, my shinbone split in half lengthwise towards the knee, and my foot was skewered on the left split part of my tibia, sticking out near the toes - doctors had to "pull my foot off my leg" hahaha - it's funny now, but not so much at the time :P

[@callabeth258]

Did it heal ok? That sounds like an injury that would be very hard to fix.

[@estherhall3307]

Yowzers!! I'm healing from a compound femur fracture due to a work injury. You're so lucky if you can still walk without a limp or anything. 🤗

[@EmL-kg5gn]

Omg that is…. That is extremely ouch. Can I ask what happened?? I really hope you’re okay and somehow recovered fully!

[@estherhall3307]

​@@EmL-kg5gnIf this question is for me- I work in a mailroom. We actually physically go to the post office in a designated van and pick up the mail ourselves. We have carts with shelves that we move in & out of the van via a lift. On 6/25/24 I had just helped unload some of the large bins (tall, more square shaped) from the van onto one of our flatbed carts. Somehow the ramp at the end of the lift wasn't in the upright, locked position so I got a 500 (?) lb. cart fall right on top of me (gravity). I was very lucky I didn't have any broken ribs or my spine broken. I had/still have bruising on the top of my left knee and sore/tight muscles on the inside of my right knee where I had a puncture wound and my femur broken. I had whiplash-like symptoms for a few days after getting my surgery and released from the hospital. The worst was the first 2 weeks because I couldn't bend my right leg at all. My poor left leg was so worn out I wore one of those knee supports like people wear for tennis elbow. I'm done wanting to even use my walker anymore and started using my stabilizer cane yesterday. It's much easier to get around our house (I live with my mom) since the house is so narrow and long. ❤️

[@EmL-kg5gn]

@@estherhall3307 I somehow hadn’t seen yours so it was for the original commenter but thank you for answering! That is absolutely horrifying and I’m so so sorry that happened to you. Thank goodness it wasn’t any worse but it’s still awful 🥺 I really hope you recover well and that you’re getting the care you need without any financial trouble ❤️❤️❤️ I’m lucky not to have limited mobility but I do have chronic illness that’s very disabling so I just want to say that even if you don’t make a full recovery you can find ways to adjust and to live in a way that feels more okay with time. Hopefully you fully recover but I know it can be scary if there’s a possibility you might not!

[@greasei]

i just watched Barbie and the Nutcracker with my 2 month old daughter and i thought that i would love to see Josephine react to the documentary on the DVD, that they made from The School of American Ballet! it is so good!!!!

[@Moonstone1776]

0:45 how they do it is weighted squats

[@Ailieorz]

4:05 "that's what she said!" sorry but it had to be done

[@EllaGarmadon]

I danced ballet for 10 years 😅

[@veronicaread8051]

We had a dance adjudicator at our Eisteddfod who literally leapt up onto the stage instead of using the steps to give his adjudication to the dancers

[@kiarasimone123]

“I hope he won” “He did not win the election”😂😂😂😂

[@sirijaw]

I have some wood clogs from my great-grandmother, and she told me it was comfortable to work in.

[@Avary-y2d]

Came the moment I saw it🎉❤

[@Lily-1670-x7w]

1:49 lol

[@jane_edits13.]

4:47 i initially was wondering when was there a prof mcgonagall dupe 💀

[@keelykessler4089]

Hey Josephine!! I'm 14 and I'm on my second pair of point shoes. I got my first pair abt 3 months ago and they broke within a month of me having them and I only used them once a week during new pointe. my feet are VERY archie and I'm not very supported in my right foot. I started off with Bloch stretch, and now I'm in Nikolay tamara reinforced because I needed a harder shank and they're already broken in on my right foot. I'm trying to pull out of them as much as I can. what do you suggest I do?

[@virginiatruett7115]

I love wood sole clogs. I have 2 pairs with leather upper and they{ve been the best thing for plantar fasciitis.

[@Ailieorz]

Ballet companies visiting nursing homes and kid's hospitals should be more of a thing.

[@kimdean728]

Keep them coming❤❤❤

[@annettedavis5796]

In an earlier pointe shop vid you said Tamsin Soppet was dancing in Australia. Can I please correct you she’s a kiwi and her dance school is in Christchurch, NZ.

[@jaimevandusen9096]

I grew up in Holland Michigan where they have a Tulip festival every May to celebrate the areas Dutch heritage. There are a couple places that make wooden shoes but they are slightly automated (search for how it’s made wooden shoes). High schoolers and alumni do traditional group dances in authentic reproduction costumes while the wooden shoes. They wear around 8 pairs of socks to keep them on. 🌷

[@Alekathegymnast13]

Stop becuase I knew it when she was gonna say “HIS FEET”

[@petravermeer9328]

I love your video,s. Poor Cat at the end.

[@margheritagiorgini9638]

The wooden shoe are from Aosta Valley in Italy here we call them sabot

[@AbstractlyMe83]

Josephine, I did bowling all throughout high school. If you’ll let me try on a pair of pointe shoes and fulfill my little self’s dream of wearing pointe shoes, I’ll take you bowling and give you all the secrets and tips there!

[@honigmarmeladenbrot1]

Oh my gosh he did it --- he put it in 😏

[@balletmeli]

❤ ballet boys and dancers in the nursing room.

[@Alexiz2000]

Early! Hi Josephine!

[@larahodge8834]

I love you sooooooo much your the bestttttt🎉🎉❤❤

[@jesshowler9904]

I know men don't go on pointe as often but, is the fitting for men's pointe any different compared to fitting women? Also, have you ever fitted a man in pointe shoes?

[@MissShinyLemon]

✨Real men lift men✨

[@shieldmaidenforchrist1310]

Don’t worry, the other cat obviously doesn’t care that much as he didn’t even react yet before the clip ended.

[@twistedbambi2370]

Emma Watson was actually in the movie ballet shoes.

[@DumitrițaBoldureanu]

Hi everyone, i am getting my first pair of Pointe shoes in two weeks do You please Tell me which are Best for begginers, hope u see this Josephine

[@KayoEll]

The best for beginners are the ones that fit you and compliment your particular strengths and areas where you need to develop. Unfortunately, it's not like a car where we can say "this brand has the best reliability and this brand gets the best gas mileage." It's a lot of, seeing how short your toes are, I would immediately say we should go with A. However, your foot is also really narrow, so that is not going to work for you." (Just randomly throwing stuff out there, not saying that combination would ever be a "thing.")

[@DumitrițaBoldureanu]

@@KayoEll tysm

[@decodolly1535]

Not really related but possible interest for a ballet audience: Went to a screening today of "A Resilient Man - Dancing Back to the Light" a documentary about Royal Ballet principal Steven McRae's recovery after snapping his achilles tendon in 2019. Absolutely fascinating, thoroughly recommend it. (One proviso - in the rehearsal footage, don't look at Sarah Lamb's pointe shoes. Bunions spilling over the wings, yuk!)

[@h.b16]

4:55 She doesn’t have a British accent😂

[@candyquinnzell]

people ask to me once 'why there are so many boys in when you go on ballet class?'

[@shaliekk]

0:13 ⬇So true though...

[@JGreen-le8xx]

Josephine ❤❤❤❤❤❤ 😊

[@NeverlandSystemKitten]

Boys do ballet because girls in leotards and tights... and we LOVE that they do cuz guys in spandex and tights!

[@Scarletiscool]

We are in the 40’s now 😢

[@elioraimmanuel]

I love you Josephine and I love ballet, but what is attractive and hot is my hard working, blue collar hubby who adores me and works his rear end off, sacrificing for us and our large family.

[@grumpygurl276]

Anybody know what tiktok account that is with the nursing home?

[@zoehannan7469]

The pointe shoe is a 10 but the foot is a 2.... 😂

[@KayoEll]

Okay... here's my question. Obviously, the majority of pointe shoes are made via the turn-shoe method utilizing a variety of different makers. At what point did Freed say, "most companies shoot for reliability and consistency in their product so the customer can be assured that they're going to get the same thing every time. This is especially important in ballet where we are building artist's tools, because artists can be... exacting. But what if we just let y'all do whatever the hell you want to and make the shoe in your own unique way and tell people this is a good thing?"

[@llamasugar5478]

WHERE did tutu tree lady get those shoes she’s wearing?!!

[@AthenaPlayz]

Tiktok 40!!!

[@anniek4681]

I dont think that the Tutu-tree lady is brittish. She is probably Canadian. Brits have a more measured way of speaking. You can hear it best when she is pronounsing the R. I like to think that i have a good ear for accents. So please correct me if i am wrong.

[@RarityBuckman]

2:20 Is it just me or can guys jump like 4 feet in the air😂

[@MrsBrit1]

Tutu tree lady does NOT have any British accent. At all. 😂 She sounded very proper and enunciates well, but is absolutely not british. I assume she's just American.

[@veronicamaine3813]

I think she got confused because as you say it’s a very well enunciated formal accent and also I think it’s from the royal ballet account.

[@gdanzer13]

... It's been awhile since some cups.... *ducks*

[@namtellectjoonal7230]

8:39 Okay but technically paper is made out of wood soooo 👀

[@scloftin8861]

Why do guys do ballet? Because for a brief moment you can fly! and then stick the landing before moving on ... Also, apparently, makes them better on the football field ... Edward Villella played in college? and did ballet and convinced teammates to also do so for strength and agility.

[@PujaDas-rx7to]

Then why did you say ewww😅😅😂😂

[@anneharrison1849]

I just noticed I wasn't subscribed, this is horrifying, I might have missed stuff.

[@Coco-roblox69]

early? And can I get a hi plss

[@CrystalFier]

What on earth is happening with the audio???

[@shaliekk]

Point shoes are made out of PAPER?!??

[@AriahOwusu]

OmGGg YASsSsS

[@lbrando18]

Why does she think that lady has a british accent? Shes clearly American? Lol