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[@lexiekaboom]

Try not to cringe challenge? No problem because Josephine will not cringe, she will just look ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED :)

[@Ilikethesmellofgasstations]

FRRR

[@sophiahohol]

Right!?!?

[@annettefournier9655]

Omg heart in my throat. A girl at my studio was in class and the shank of her shoe snapped and she snapped her entire arch in her foot. So many broken bones and ligaments. Ended her career. She had just been accepted into a ballet company. 😢

[@princemaggie5684]

Omg That must have been heartbreaking. The pain she must have felt, both in her feet and her soul

[@lisasharf1442]

I cringed so hard when I read this! 😬😬😬

[@KataPlaysRoblox]

@@lisasharf1442 same help 😖😖😖

[@Idk.-9]

@@lisasharf1442how can you cringe from reading??

[@jubbine]

@@Idk.-9 mental imagery? sympathy? it's pretty easy

[@andreamorgan5945]

I’m going to have to watch Josephine review one of the Barbie movies after this, because I can’t let this be my last image of Josephine for my day. She deserves better.

[@KateMaureen14]

Or the behind the scenes where they show the ballerina dancing for the animation!

[@katelynvcm6185]

yes😂😂😂

[@cynthiaandvern]

FYI, the second video of the girls walking on the tops of their toes, those aren't ballet dancers, those are rhythmic gymnasts. From a former RG and current dance mom 😊 and yes, her ballet teacher cringes every time she does it

[@Missab4000]

Where can we contribute to the Josephine’s Mental Health Counseling fund that needs to exist for when she does these videos 😂

[@lisasharf1442]

Or at least the wine fund…😅

[@Maddie52711]

yes 😂😂

[@arwaloves]

JMHC

[@frankiefavero1666]

Josephine, I'm in NZ and in my late 30's an I've always really liked ballet but never thought it was for me... But thanks to watching your content 24/7 while recovering from COVID-19, a month ago, I finally decided to give it a real go... And let me tell you, I've been (ballet) training, stretching and exercising every day (for hours) during the last month, and my instructor told me that it's time to get demi-pointe shoes, as she thinks my feet are strong enough and she wants me to achieve my goal of going on pointe (without EVER doing ballet in my life)! Thanks so much for giving me the inspiration and the courage to try ballet... My dream is to, next summer, fly over to the Bay Area and get fitted by YOU!!! Here's hoping, right?!

[@thesparkypilot]

I love this so much! I wish you the very best in your dancing and I really hope you get to meet Josephine! I'm left off with Ballet right as I was about to begin Pre-Pointe and just found a studio who is encouraging to adult dancers who want to advance past open classes.

[@frankiefavero1666]

@@thesparkypilot thank you so much! I'm really glad that you found a place for you! I'm in Christchurch (South Island of New Zealand), and for some reason, there were plenty of studios that cater to adult dancers. I do two one-hour private lessons and attend two (and one hour each) adult open classes a week. It is super expensive and I cannot afford any more, so I do stretching and strengthening exercises at home, every single day...

[@thesparkypilot]

@@frankiefavero1666 ahh the passion is incredible :)

[@dreplogle1]

I wish you both all the best. I teach recreational ballet classes at the University where I live. I have taught creative dance and ballet to students from age 2 to those in their 70s. I love teaching adult ballet because the dancers are there because they want to be. (No momma drama!). Btw- my ballet teachers danced with ABT, San Francisco Ballet, and studied with Balanchine. So bunheads, don’t disregard recreational ballet.

[@user-simping_for_fictional_men]

I'm in NZ too

[@LorraineStanton]

Josephine, you teach more than proper pointe shoe fitting. You actually teach how to be *nice* to other people.. how to say something kind and come from a place of showing concern, rather than saying something mocking or mean. I saw the blurb about your brothers being bullied and that it led you to have a no bullying policy. I think we all need to learn that lesson from you.

[@Upstaged07]

There was a girl whose shoe came partly off during her performance at YAGP this year. She was trying to keep going but thankfully they stopped her and asked to her to leave the stage before she got hurt. Then she came back later and was able to dance again. I think all competitions should allow this rather that making a dancer try to continue with a damaged shoe.

[@pamohara284]

I am not a dancer… never was never will be but I LOVE your videos and now I know what a “dead” point shoe is!😅

[@puddingwitch3617]

Second video sent me hard flashbacks as a former rhythmic gymnast…a russian rhythmic gymnast. You don’t want to be called “iron like feet” so we always walked like that to improve the arch. (Btw I quit cuz some girls dropped a heavy 6ft bench on my foot and it was broken to pieces

[@cynthiaandvern]

Yup, second video is definitely RG, and that is practiced in Canada too. My daughter quit when she realized that she would have literally no life except for rhythmic gymnastics if she wanted to continue.

[@kensantos4439]

I hope Josephine is recovering well, post trauma. 😅 I'm usually too distracted by Jo's reactions but even I was horrified by this one. Well done! 🎉

[@softailpatti9522]

Thank You Josephine! Your videos are so heartwarming and fun to watch! Hello, from Florida, US 🩰

[@ThePointeShop]

Thank you so much!!

[@lisaknell1809]

I’m not a dancer, but I love Josephine and her channel. These reactions are a riot! 😂😂😂 FYI- I used to dance on my tiptoes in my Converse tennis shoes when I was a kid in the 70s. 😂

[@sophiahohol]

Same

[@gogreen4348]

As a former rhythmic gymnast, I can confirm the on the second video where their walking on their knuckles that we had to do the everyday, and it was torture.

[@gabrielladoucette4124]

can we do a nice video of josephine reacting to beautiful dancers? i think we all deserve it after this lol.

[@lostie9866]

I definitely failed the no cringe challenge on all of these. Horrifying! lol

[@MooshroomDragonzArt]

I love how Josephine laughed so hard at the first one where she threw the shoes she almost choked😂❤ 1:16

[@itzmia.j]

YOUR FACE THROUGHOUT THE VIDEO WAS PRICELESS 😭😭😭

[@PrincessOfSwords]

3:47 absolutely made me jump out of my skin, I am personally triggered. It wasn't pointe, but I did have a dancing-related incident where I broke the middle three metatarsals in one of my feet which you can only do by going completely over on your foot like in exactly that way but with weight on it. That was like 20 years ago. My entire being has left the stratosphere with this reminder regardless. Mine was just a cruel accident involving sliding on the stage floor, that person's shoes are like a horror movie in one image. Edit: Oh no, there was much more. Actually dying inside Edit: I honestly think it's worse to watch than to do. Like, was I also a nervous wreck watching that ballerina continue to dance like a pro with the one heel loose? Yes. Did I continue my dance to the end in the above story? Also yes. No one knew anything had happened until I finally got backstage and only at that point did I break down.

[@jenniferharris1280]

LMAO predict whether she'll cringe? my immediate thought was oh, Josephine is going to give us ALL the emotions! I was not wrong. Love you!

[@C-SD]

watching the cup videos gets me, too. I keep waiting for someone to twist a foot off. Which hurts a lot, btw, and takes a long time to rehab due to more than one surgery and 2 different casts after.

[@marimayaflor]

This was eight minutes of watching Josephine's ballet soul leave her body, but I was also cringing with her haha!

[@AestheticallyAndrogynous]

Those wicked dead shoes snapping was a damn jump scare 😂

[@ToNoodleOrNotToNoodle711]

I gasped every time you did Josephine.😩 I feel for you.

[@gigiis_cool4592]

That one where the girl lifted her leg from her knee, I realized I can do that too! I think it’s just about being double jointed in the legs because my friends can’t do it.

[@Izabela-ek5nh]

I can do it. Not a dancer and tbh stiff as a log. It's just how my knees work. And elbows. And fingers...

[@KateMaureen14]

This is very random, but I would love a video on how to pose/model with pointe shoes. Mostly thinking for recital photos or maybe Instagram.

[@zahiarizk4612]

I’m beginning to think ppl are sending in these videos just to torture you hon. I’m not even a dancer and some of them make me queasy🫣🤢😅 You’re a trooper for watching 🫶🏽

[@WS102]

One of the more horrifying videos to be sure. Just about had a heart attack myself due to some of those videos. So much wrong! Your editors are monsters!

[@sladiewolf]

They’re absolute demons to her 😅😂 💀

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

Oh Josephine, why did you do this? You poor girl! Those clips were horrifying! I'm not a dancer and I only started watching ballet a few years ago so I don't have very close emotional ties to ballet shoes. I was doing OK with the first few clips were they were merely abusing the shoes, although I know how I would feel if I saw people casually trashing and mutilating sports or music equipment I love dearly. 🥴 Then, the sudden cracking of the feet in hideous position started. 😳🫣😵‍💫Honestly, I couldn't finish the video. 🤢 Please don't do this psychological torture to yourself again! It's not necessary for entertainment purposes. It doesn't matter how much you cringe or don't cringe! You're such a consistently sweet and kind presence on KZbin and you should not be treated like this! The professional dancer with the needle in her shoe, does she have a KZbin channel? What is her full name please? Thank you for making the video, but honestly, please no more - for your sake!! 🙏🌸🫶❤

[@Kaalokalawaia]

It's all fun and games until someone breaks an ankle.

[@kaede1924]

I want to 'like' this video because I want to support the channel, but Josephine looked like so much pain and I don't want her to be scarred for life 😭😭😭

[@Bllackstaarr]

I was shaking in discomfort at these videos but then laughing at Josephine's editing team and them playing with the sound effects in the video 😆 this was INTENSE

[@jasmijnverstegen5182]

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG “20 MIN. AGO” LESGOOOOOOOOOOO❤❤❤ 04:17 i’m mentally and feet-ly traumatised, does this person even have bones. I thought your feet could get further then this 05:33😭😭 thats just. I feel you girl😭❤

[@avlopez9239]

One of the funniest moments of this video is Josephine drinking wine from a straw😸

[@cahatlady]

No way that you couldn't cringe at this. Horrific!!!! I feel your pain!

[@flyingSkyflower]

00:04 and im sitting here, wondering WHY JOSEPHINE ISNT SITTING ON THE COUCH BUT ON THE CUSHION ON THE FLOOR?????

[@andream9470]

I can't tell if that's wine flush or sheer frustration on Jo's face 🤣

[@Gonshio]

second one is rhythmic gymnastics btw and we do that like every day and it doesnt really hurt 😊😊

[@gadeaiglesiassordo716]

I saw that and it was so obvious that it was RG

[@piro_travels]

Her face at 3:47!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Tiffany-Rose]

omg omg 😲😲😲 Those girls walking on top of their toes 😭😭😭😫😫 I was screaming "omg omg no" the whole time 🤣🤣

[@larsvontrash]

my jaw dropped at the dancer with the shoe falling off. like how?????? truly professional.

[@SimpleDesertRose]

Try not to Cringe Challenge Josephine: I got this. I have amazing self control. 2 videos in Josephine:😱😱😱😱😱😱 I'm gonna need a beer. You guys are driving me to drink My daughter and I both lost with them girls walking on the knuckles of their feet. We literally were screaming. Our dog looked at us as if we had lost our minds. 😅

[@andream9470]

Shoot she didn't even make it through the first before she was asking for alcohol 🤣

[@justinchristoph3725]

I think it's the sound effects that are getting to you more than watching these things happen. It's the crack and crunch that are making you squirm the most. Also, are you actually drinking wine or cranberry juice?

[@cutecheerfreak1]

I used to work for a foot and ankle surgeon and I’m just looking at these dead shoes and cups like why? Why do you hate your feet? Please love them, they love you!

[@ayajade6683]

Because the shoes are expensive and you can kill them in a week

[@nlkeyser]

Josephine kept looking to the heavens lol

[@Pickle_Vlog]

Why the POINTE SHOE TORTURE😅😅😢😢😢

[@pennyhosmer6206]

I have been dancing for 11 yeard. I'm 13. My teachers just gave me permission to get my shoes tiday. I'm so excited!!!

[@AveryAnna.13]

Not me drinking apple juice and making bracelets and josphine screaming internally

[@warcatfurever101writeroffanfic]

AHHHH I WAS JUST WATCHING URE OLD VIDS. I get a new vid after school, I’m blessed 😭❤️

[@slaypurryass]

Bro her hair is literally always so shiny and healthy 😭😭😭

[@oceaneo4603]

@3:10 : " _ make sure you don't have any kind of needles stuck in there. _ Huhh.. yeah girl ! " ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️ More seriously, I never had any blister when I was on pointe. I can't stand pain, so I had a big ritual, which included nail trimming, massages with a cream, streches, bandages on the first and second toes... And I would always wear thight or socks to let the foot slide in the shoe with no frictions, which wouldn't caused heat, then blisters. I never danced professionnally, but I would expect more care for the feet and body in all as your art grows with you. Am I missing something ?

[@emhoj97]

It's just wild to me that these kids are valuing following a trend more than the risk of career ending injury. Dead shoes and cups are d a n g e r o u s, please stop before one of you slip and break a leg 😭

[@moustachmallow559]

At least none of them are dancing that Sleeping Beauty suite. You know what I'm talking about.

[@sumrakdievca]

Can we all just pause for a moment and appreciate the pain and suffering that Josephine is willing to undergo for us to provide us with quality comedic content? 'Cause I seriously think that this might be the video that sends her to therapy for some sort of trauma...

[@ozziee245]

1:17 SAME JOSEPHINE SAMEEEE

[@marim0y]

Poor Josephine... The torture! 😂

[@patriciahunter1566]

I cannot tell you how many times I jumped out of my skin. I am traumatized for life!

[@monkeband]

"You are driving me to dRiNk!"-Josephine 2023

[@pisaun]

I have been binging Josephine’s videos and I just wanna say shout out to the editor for using music from Overcooked for the background music in all of these 😂 It’s perfect for the level of chaos 👌👌👌

[@ozziee245]

4 mins agooooo!! I love josephine so much she makes my days❤

[@superdaisy3dworld46]

Ballet core:🩰💕💗💞💝 Real ballet core:🩰😭😩🦶🤕🥲

[@dogsBFF]

me eating cereal and covering my face with the bowl

[@starkennedy7590]

i love your videos so much :)

[@Jadead23]

The BOMBASTIC SIDE EYE

[@wally4life760]

I have never done ballet I know nothing about ballet and I never intend to do ballet but I love these videos with all of my heart 😅

[@judegarcia6657]

Ok can we just talk about the missing cushion on the sofa behind Josephine 🤔🤓

[@ysejj]

I'm fairly certain she's sitting on it.

[@andream9470]

There was a bit in the very beginning saying they pulled the cushions off for her

[@malissahyatt2425]

Whew!!!! Ok. Thank you. Much appreciated.

[@judegarcia6657]

@@ysejj it’s probably the only cushion she had 😉 Jo needs more cushions!!

[@rubydoo3307]

Take a sip every time Josephine looks up at the ceiling.

[@CobbleCreek21]

This is my guilty pleasure channel. I am not a girly girl but I love this channel

[@5thumbsup137]

My knowledge of ballet is very limited and watching these videos with you, stressed me out!

[@alexajamieson304]

I would love it if you reacted to first position!

[@gigi.robertsonofficalx]

We need more, i love these videos and tiktok reactions xx

[@kirst4666]

When they bend their toes backwards I’m cringeing along with Josephine. Girl you and I cannot do poker faces

[@MistyNightglow]

I’m starting to feel pointe shoes that DIE during the performance can either make or break the show but they will NEVER DESTROY ONES CAREER ❤

[@Emily_Edits11]

I loved that the second video is of Rhythmic Gymnastics

[@clarajulia1391]

The second one was not ballet, it’s rhythmic gymnastics. The intense training that these little girls have to do for that sport makes me want to cry. It’s like torture

[@khills]

My husband badly broke his ankle three weeks ago - trauma surgeons were describing it as a new, crunchy ankle on top of his existing ankle - and I cannot see these solo cup "point shoes" in the same way ever again. PEOPLE. YOUR ANKLES. AAAAUUUGH.

[@ChrisSunHwa]

7:17 Wow! Props to her for getting through that!

[@claire.swiftie13.]

at one point when i was younger my friend (yes she did ballet) came up to me and just said "I found my moms old pointe shoes and she's teaching me how to use them!" i don't even dance and after watching all these videos that is KILLING me

[@Jessaminjensen]

OMG! I bet that was really hard to get through that. Go take some time for yourself and forget everything that you saw. ok.😉

[@laurenbashoura9575]

I didn’t realize the first video was showing bullying at first… I thought it was a poorly executed example of breaking in pointe shoes! 😂

[@juvii1328]

1:56 Imagine doing a pirouette on that😭

[@ArloTheDancer]

She went through 5 stages of grief in this video.

[@brennanrentz]

I just love when she would look up to God like help me take me away strike me down don’t make me watch this girl😂

[@ragdollrose2687]

We need a cup counter at this point Ngl, I kinda expected the whole video to just be cups 😂

[@ChrisSunHwa]

2:20 reminded me of a scene in Wishing Stairs from the Whispering Corridors series (#3, iirc) in which a girl has a piece of glass in her pointe shoe. 😱

[@RuthHorseLady]

No wonder you were horrified, those were TERRIBLE! I was crying out simultaneously with you! 😵‍💫

[@shalacooper1535]

I actually love Josephine in full cringe mode! 😂

[@grahamjones5400]

I accidentally found this channel today, now im fascinated by it and wanna see where it'll go.

[@Hehehehehehe57854]

1:31 my cousin can do that and it’s honestly terrifying because when I come over she greets me like that

[@burnedveggies4376]

that 2nd video is rhythmic gymnastics not ballet and that is a surprisingly common warmup! it happened at my gym here in the US but judging by the intensity that's probably Russia, it does look like they're too far back on their feet tho

[@angelicandlovu852]

WE NEED MORE TIKTOK REACTIONS PART 21

[@shyeahright]

Omg gasped my way thru that 😅

[@Qwertylol]

I don’t dance, but have always wanted to. I don’t quite have the right grace or physical control of my limbs to dance (maybe someday I’ll do a barre fitness class or something) I’ve watched so many dancing movies and TV shows, I would love to see what you think of Dance Academy (the first clip made me think of Tara pointe shoe slapping someone, if you know, you know)

[@latent_memories]

We go over our toes like that in contortion too haha

[@patperrier9640]

OK, so I'm hypermobile and I can actually put my foot down like that one person (not the one with the "hand/foot")... I'm a yoga teacher and I cannot TELL you how many times I've hurt myself because I just don't have a sense of when I should stop. I have a new hip, which my doctor says, "Is your ONLY NORMAL JOINT in your body!" Hypermobility is no joke, and for decades, I treated it like a "parlor trick." Some of these things had MY heart in my throat and I'm not a dancer!

[@-angel-458]

This is always so funny I love it so much can't enough of it!

[@kivzzzz]

I don't want Josephine to cringe, it makes me really sad :( Let's try a wholesome challenge!

[@paganbornspiritbear8249]

These “try not to cringe” vids are going to be the death of our Ms. Josephine.

[@rowdybliss]

3:47 I screamed the biggest scrome that ever scrumt

[@mburls5571]

That second to last one, her calves were working overtimeeeee