everything u need to know [1ST PAIR POINTE SHOES]

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[ThePointeShop]

New year, new series?! 🧐 Let us know if you like this 'everything u need to know' format.
Comment below suggestions for any other tutorial/instructional videos you want!!!

hope your holidays have been very happy & wishing you all a merry new year ♥

[eideanbotha]

Been on pointe for 13 years, and honestly letting your foot break the shoe in is the best when you are a student. It lets you know where you need to get your shoes to soften in future and helps to strengthen your feet. I only break my shoes in if I have a show, otherwise I let my feet do the work. The shoes are also more comfortable that way in my opinion.

[sissi]

I just got fitted into my first pair of pointe shoe and I am 26. I am honestly so relieved by what you just said about adults getting their first pointe. The lady fitting me was more than surprised as well, she said I am as joyeous as a 3 year-old about it and it is so overwhelming to see such passion in adults. At first, I was like "will they think I'm crazy", but then I just went with it, because we all have only one life. All my life I have been told by my very conservative family that I cannot do ballet because I don't have the BODY for it. I was never slim, but not fat either. But since I never had slim legs, they said " oh hell no, you'll look like an elephant or miss piggy ". I never got the chance so I am giving myself the chance now.

Funnily enough, the lady fitting me has been doing ballet for 20 years, she doesn't have slim legs either and she said having muscular legs like mine are actually a great help in ballet. lol @ my family

[HAlC-uphm]

With so many potential issues around how a pointe shoe fits in class, especially for students new to pointe, have you considered making fit cards for the teachers and students? Imagine a card/diary you fill out that may provide words and pictures to describe something they wouldn't know how to themselves. Teachers can send students back with the card if something isn't quite right and you don't have to rely on an inexperienced student to relay that information. The students then can also begin to recognize patterns so if something changes it's more apparent. Kinda like a food sensitivity journal: I did this in class and it felt like this in my shoe.

[lisabrattoli]

Im soon to be 54 years old and my teacher just approved me to get my very first set of pointe shoes. It’s been a dream since I was a child. I will be getting fitted at The Pointe Shop and wish I could get fitted by you but I understand that probably won’t be feasible. I cannot wait to be able to prepare my shoes, it’s like an initiation. 🥰. So happy!

[JessieBanana]

Just a tip. I actually really like using a safety pin to decide where I want to place my ribbons and elastics. Not only does the safety pin hold them in place so you can actually try them on, but it keeps it in place while you sew, so they don't move and end up some place you didn't want them. Just make sure you're using large enough safety pins so they don't come apart and poke you.

[fancydancer]

Man, I needed you when I was on pointe, back in 1982! I was attending class six days a week, and I was put in Capezios that were bricks. Mom didn’t want to pay for that much ballet and knocked me down to two days a week. During that time, the store where I bought my shoes was out of the bricks and I got a pair of Freeds. They were divine! After those died (very quickly) I was back to the bricks that cut my feet up. We had three nights of recitals in a row, and I was literally a bloody mess. Mom and dad had to pay me to stay up. I couldn’t properly roll through without it chopping into the sides of my feet and my toes bleeding.
And then I quit and started taking jazz classes.

[rininrin]

I literally don’t even dance, I figure skate, but these videos are too addicting. Also these are all questions I’ve had just as an outsider to the ballet world. Thanks for the new information!!!

[serenasalme]

Josephine, I am ready to be your joy! 🤣 I am 50 and started ballet again almost two years ago and just started on pointe again on may 2021!🤗🌸

[Mater_Lachrymarum]

I’ve always loved ballet, even after getting kicked out as a kid for having too much energy to be disciplined in it, and your last question about adults getting their first pair of pointe shoes made me tear up. I want so much to learn and get en pointe and I just worry I’ve gotten too old. This gives me hope! Maybe one day, I can get fitted by Josephine if I take the plunge and get involved!

[princemaggie]

I'm an adult dancer 😀 got my first pair of pointe shoes a couple of months ago, and low key it was the best day of my life 😂 because I'd been watching your videos for a while I knew what felt good and what felt bad, I'd ended up with a great pair! Although because of my very flexible feet, the shank had to be harder which has been a pain to break in 😂

[heysookie]

I stared attending ballet classes as adult after 30 - most of the time I enjoy every moment, but from time to time I compare myself with teens, their flexibity, no fear of turn en pointe, their stamina etc etc, and fall into self despise. It's sooo true not to compare :-) hope to get to have a fitting with you ♡♡♡

[DaisyNinjaGirl]

Dear Josephine, I was inspired to try out an adult beginner's class from watching your videos. It's been a year, I'm loving it (my body's loving it), and I've made some wonderful friends along the way. Thank you, and have a lovely New Year!

[alsa]

WHERE WAS THIS when I first started pointe?!?!?
I also spent 3 hours sewing my first pair because online instructions are so vague. Thank you for showing EXACTLY how to measure elastics and ribbon with your foot, and how to stitch around the satin and drawstring. This is so detailed and amazing. Thank you Josephine

[tammygant]

I so needed that advice and encouragement for the adult dancer on pointe for the first time. I started this summer and, well it didn't go so well. I'm starting again in a few weeks and I'm even more excited and more prepared than last time. It's a sprint, not a marathon, a journey and not an event. All the best to all adults starting pointe for the first time!

[nikkirooks]

love the message to adult dancers in this ❤ also, quick tip if you're having trouble threading your needle: rotate the needle 180 degrees and try to rethread. When needles are manufactured, the eye is punched out so one side will always be easier to get the thread through then the other

[purplemoondanse]

Very good video, it would have helped me 4 years ago when I had my first pair of pointes... In France we don't have the same way of doing things but that would have given me the basics. But i'm sure it will help a lot of people!

[Jayeda]

Thank you for this and the many other videos. I love ballet, but was discouraged from pursuing ballet both as a child and later as an adult because my body didn't exactly fit the "type" (was told my butt was "too big", though the teachers complimented me on my feet, long arms, neck and legs.. ). So, I now vicariously enjoy ballet through watching performances and your videos! Keep doing what you do, as you are bringing the joy of ballet to many. 💙

[lisabrattoli]

I commented a few months ago I was approved to get my first pair of pointe shoes. Well last month I rolled my ankle at work. Just found out yesterday a bone in my ankle is fractured. So no getting my first pair of pointe shoes for me. All of my classmates just had a pointe shoe sewing party tonight. I’m so happy for all of them, they all worked hard for it. My dream was almost a reality. Oh well everything happens for a reason.

[lovableladyfish]

Thank you! I'm 35 and ballet was my quarantine skill/hobby that I learned. This channel has been key in my understanding of the mechanics of ballet footwork, as opposed to simply knowing the movements. Anything technical that further explains how footwork plays into ballet and how to strengthen certain parts of the feet for pointe would be most helpful! Thank you for everything you do!