Pointe Shoe Fitting Guide (and an Amazing Shoe Hack!) | Kathryn Morgan
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- Pointe Shoe Fitting Guide (and an Amazing Shoe Hack!) | Kathryn Morgan
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Here is my guide to proper fitting pointe shoe. I was recently trained by Mark & Keri Suffolk, owners of Suffolk dance and legitimate pointe shoe masters. They taught me how to fit shoes properly and an amazing pointe shoe hack that will change your life! I take you through length, width, toe pressure, how to properly put on a pointe shoe, and what to expect during your fitting. Asking the right questions can make all of the difference. Don't be afraid to speak up!
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Is it weird that I don't find dancer feet ugly? Maybe it's cuz I'm a dancer, but I think it displays the hard work it takes to be a dancer.
not at all. i don't dance but i find ballet dancers' feet amazing to look at. people say they look scary but i think that yeah it shows all the hard work they've done over the years
I don't either. It really shows how hard dance is.
I totally agree with you! That girl has really pretty feet for a ballerina.I have seen very caloused and damaged feet, however they get by.I have another profession and my hands are calloused and damaged,but it, comes with the trade. Same for Ballerina's.
I’m just starting out after being away from ballet since I was 9. I never had a good experience at my ballet school and the kids around me moved me to quit. So I’m starting again after finding this channel and remembering how much I actually loved the dancing part. Thank you for reminding me just how much I love ballet.
This may sound really silly but I was just given the ok to go en pointe for the first time (I'm 20) but I am SO scared to go for a fitting. I feel like the fitter will be judging my technique and think that I'm too old to be at such a low level and just think I'm bad or tell me I'm not good enough to go en pointe even though my teacher said I was. Can someone tell me what exactly they ask you to do at a fitting? Knowing exactly what is to come will help with my anxiety lol
I have the same problem
You can check out people having their first fits on youtube. Just type "first pointe shoe fitting" and many will come. Hope it helps and good luck by the way~~
They will often ask you to do:
-simple rises in 6th position
-rises in second
-rises in first
-they may ask you to do other position but it ISNT hard because they know it’s your first time if you tell them !!
Make sure you tell them and all will be ok. If anything they love you even more because you havnt given up !!!
Don’t be scared ❤️
What this video says is very good advice! Be vocal and specific, and ask lots of questions. My advice as an adult dancer fairly new to pointe is to make sure you are getting fitted by a good fitter (ask your teacher for recommendations) and to make it clear that these are your first shoes (they may assume based on your age that you know how to pick your own shoe). Ask to try a variety of different brands and shapes. Show your teacher your shoes before you sew the ribbons on so you can return them if she doesn't think they're right. If they give you a hard time during the fitting, go somewhere else. They most likely won't, the two fitters I've seen didn't make me feel uncomfortable at all.
don't worry! i'm got mine fitted last year. i'm 17 that started ballet young but didn't take anything seriously till i was 15. this means my technique and flexible is terrible. my turnout and pointe aren't good at all either. the fitter didn't judge me, and only focused on whether i felt comfortable in my shoes.
i was asked to pointe in barefeet (with tights on), plie in second, rise in parallel, and couru (couru was only at my second fitting when i was stronger en pointe). the only time i felt conscious was during the plie in second because my knees were pretty turned in. other than that it was fine :-)
also try to pointe as hard as you can when you're in pointe shoes so that you can get on top of the box (something that's difficult for me without breaking in the shoes and was pointed out by my fitter) and since it's more difficult to pointe in a pointe shoe.
good luck & hope i helped !!
Did they happen to mention the best time to go get fitted? I know it sounds a little gross, but I have told my girls to go get fitted after class because they can measure while their feet are still warm and can accommodate for possible foot swelling. I know when I was up on pointe my feet would swell a significant amount.
That's what I forgot to mention! A good rule of thumb is to have the dancers warm up their feet before trying on shoes. Some people's feet expand and actually some shrink. So getting fit with warmed up feet is the best idea.
Kathryn Morgan I’m getting tomorrow after class and I’m taking a teacher with because if never done this before and I’m kinda new to ballet
Great job explaining about the bunions. I can’t tell you how many times fitters have tried to put me in a wider shoe than I need. Where I live there are no decent fitters. So I am so glad you are sharing this much needed info with dancers everywhere so they can know how to tell what is working and not working. 👍
my feet cramp when i get en pointe i dont know if thats normal
how long have you been doing ballet? I’m wondering how long it takes as an adult ti get to point 😅
where was this video back in my dancing days??😂 im glad there's a video like this now tho
I’m wearing Suffolk sonnets right now. I wore Suffolk stellars before and they were too wide for me. My feet are very wide and I have very short toes but I needed a little bit of tapering to keep me up a bit. I love these shoes so much !!!
Amazing video! I also have one foot wider than the other.
I have extra bone growth on my one ankle so it’s hard for me to get good shoes
You should do a how to pick a variation video
Redding Martinson-Bequette agreed!!
Oh my god, Katie! The hack is LIFE SAVING!! I was a little skeptical at first but then I tried it and it makes the world of difference! My shoes feel so tight and snug and I have NO slipping heels anymore! This is brilliant, thank you soo much! Love from Germany ❤
xSilentHope I‘m from Germany too :D
i am so glad you made one of these!!!!! i love your videos they are so inspiring. thanks!!
Thank you so much for this!! I’ve been trying for a while to find the right shoe, so I’ll be trying some new things while keeping this video in mind.
This is beyond helpful! I would love to hear more about this! (Though this was entirely helpful, indeed) love love love all the pointe shoe knowledge! THANK YOU! 🙏💕
Omg thanks for all the tips! I took a break from dance, I'm just coming back and this will help so much when i get the strength to go back on pointe
Thank you sooooo much I just got my first pair of pointe shoes and this is helping a lot!!!
I love this! So informative, thank you so so much for this! Those shoes looks so good on your feet!
I've worn Bloch Hannahs, Suffolk Spotlights, and Grisko 2007s. The first two pairs were fitted by a... not so good store. I recently went to a small store and was actually fitted by the owner, and it's the first time I've actually felt like a shoe fit me the right way. She even made notes of shoes she wants me to try as I get stronger. A good fitter makes all the difference for sure.
I followed your tips yesterday during my first fitting and was able to find a shoe that feels and looks great in about 15 minutes, thank you for posting such helpful videos♡
I'm so glad I found your channel! I can't wait to make my way through your library, what a great resource for teachers!
Brilliant video! Thank you so much for all the info!!
This video is fantastic! Please continue to do more videos with the other specifics you have learned, especially with any tips you can give teachers to help students with pointe shoe problems if there is not a qualified fitter available. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!
This is the most helpful video ever! Thank you katie!!!
Thank you for such an informative package, Katie xxxx
I really love your videos and ballet!
Thank you so so much for this!!
i’ve been waiting for this video!!!
I just got my first pointe shoe yesterday! Thanks I loved this video!
I've never taken just ballet classes, but I'm fascinated with it! Especially the shoes! I think they're so pretty, and I love learning more about them and ballet!
It is really great to hear about all those things. I am from Brazil and here we have difficulties to find good pointe shoes. The first thing is that those are really expensive and we can´t afford to buy more than 2 per year. The other thing is that the brands that are easy to find only have stores at São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro, and this is a BIG country. So, what happens is that we order them by the internet and find out if they fit during class. There is one Reppeto store here in São Paulo but the price of the pointe shoes there are similar to my rent expences. Its sad that something that could have so much positive impact on the communities (like ballet classes to the children on social risks) and even bring joy to them, can be so out of reach.
Keep up the good work. U r amazing.
Hey Kathryn! I JUST got my Pointe letter yesterday and love watching these videos!
Me too.
thank you sooo sooo much this has helped me so much everytime i get russian pointe and i break in the shoe my bunion starts to poke out and i always thought i needed a wider shoe but now that you have showed what problems and misconceptions people have im so looking forward to having a much better shoe and fitting. thank you so much 💘😇😇
not a dancer, just an 25 year kindergarten teacher..and Just love watching how you teach..You would be a great primary aged school teacher.. Just saying. Love ya girl!
Thank you for making this video, Katie! I had been requesting this video because I have tried so many pointe shoe brands and none had worked well. Coincidentally, just a few days ago, I was fitted by a different fitter and was put in Suffolk shoes! I love how they look and feel on my feet and I am excited to see if they help me to improve my pointe work.
Thanks for all the great tips
This video is the best! I'm stunned
This makes me wish there was an experienced fitter within my region - the two shops that are there carry about three models each (Bloch and Griskho) in only few sizes. And there are no fitters, they just give you the pointe shoes and you have to decide for yourself if they fit. So this is extremely helpful, as I have to order online.
This was great! Very informative. Thank you for doing this 😊
This video was helpful, I'll probably rematch this before my first pointe shoe fitting in December
Wow! This was so helpful! ❤💛💚💙💜
thank you so much for for sharing your knowledge.
wow... I've really researched into pointe shoe fitting, for myself and my daughter actually, but there are really stuff I haven't come across! Thanks for that! Also, the trick... mind-blowing!!!! And a small comment if I may... your feet look so much more beautiful and... fitting in these new pointe shoes. Your arch does look lifted plus it compliments your foot and leg shape so much. And you do have beautiful legs and feet. I am glad you found this pair, it really makes a difference to the spectator's eye, hopefully it equally makes a difference to the way the dancer feels !
Love the suffolks on you!
I am getting my first pair of pointe shoes in a couple weeks, and this video really helps!!!
I wear Suffolk Sonnet and I absolutely love them!! They are so comfortable and look so good💞
They are amazing
WONDERFUL information! I wish so very much that any of the fitters I've ever gone do would measure a foot so carefully. Ive only been approaching a better fit for myself through trial and error. This helps with knowing how to communicate in the future, though for the past two years I've been ordering shoes online, trying them on, returning them and trying again until I get something I feel is close enough to try in class. Hopefully I can find a fitter who has more training than dancers working part time at a dance wear store!
I'm going to get my first ever pair of pointe shoes in a couple months and I'm sooooo excited I've been watching pointe videos almost every night ever since my teacher said I could get them!
Need that SAB part two video! Loving the content Katie!
Thank you so helpful
This video came at a perfect time for me! I’m looking to change my shoes and have my appointment this weekend. Ps, love the new studio/office setup!
I just got fit with the Sonnet and I love it!!! Also this video is super helpful and interesting!!
Thank you so much for this video
thank you so much for making this video! this video will be very helpful ☺
My pleasure. :)
That pointe shoes hack. I’m quaking wowww
THANK YOU! I’m getting fitted tomorrow and my last pair didn’t fit at all. New fitter and hoping I will get a Better pair.
My last fitter didn’t do great fitting me at all, so I ended up with a bad pair for a while til they were dead, so now I’m hoping my next fitter will do good
i learned so much! thank you!
I'm so glad!
Thank you so much, Kathryn! As a teacher, it was terrific! I have 3 scheduled for fittings tomorrow, and this helps me greatly to understand about my students' feet! I would love to learn more!
are your feet like supposed to hurt hurt when your on pointe? my feet cramp when i go on pointe with my pointe shoes, they also swell
Thank you thank you for the video on proper sizing!! My daughter was convinced her pointe shoes were already too small and we watched your video and it turns out she wasn't putting them on correctly! Showing how to guide from the big toe saved me from replacing shoes that still perfectly fit 😁
I love how you speak with your feet ahah - a true dancer! Thank you for this video, it was incredibly helpful! Xx
Oh Katie, I am so happy seeing how your channel is progressing. Much love as always ;)
Thank you so much!
I am so so so thankful for my master fitting in Los Angeles.
First!! Love you Kathryn!!! ❤️
Your channel is amazing
Thank you!
It’s my dream to be a professional pointe shoe fitter 😍 this video is so helpful!
Thanks for all the advice. Really useful and easy to relate. Like the paler shade of Suffolk pink on you. 💃
thank you I just got point shoes and your videos have really helped me!
Nick Nance What brand toe shoes ,
Did u get custom fitting ?
Fascinating. And I don’t do ballet. But I always wanted to.
I love these shoes.
I used to work at a dance store and fit pointe shoes. Everything that she is saying is what we would look for when fitting shoes!
Wow! Thank you for all the tips!!
Of course!
This video is so helpful to me! I had my first pointe shoe fitting this past June but they fitted me at my dance store with Suffolk Spotlights. The problem is they have long boxes and I have short toes. They are uncomfortable and I can't get over my box without trying really hard, so I'm just waiting for them to die so I can get my second pair. But for my second fitting, I'm really excited and this helps a lot.
Very informative ❤️👌👍
I live in a small town and very far away from a good pointe shoe shop. So I arranged an online fitting for them, and it was surprisingly easy! I took photos of my feet and drew a picture of them and measured everything, then we had a long phone call. They sent me a huge parcel with like 10 pairs, I put them all on and we had a nice video chat.
I ended up with Russian Points, and I‘m so happy, they are perfect for me. Great shoes for adult beginners! (First Rubin is very soft and good for bars to start with pointe. For center work I started with Rubin, which is the same shoe but a lot harder)
Thank you so much for this video! I am determined to watch this at least three times during the week before i'm going to buy new pointe shoes and this time, oh THIS TIME im going to get me shoes that wont make me cry during the first 5 minutes! :D In my city the dance store doesn't have professional fitters so they are just doing the best they can and that is why i'm currently in shoes that are too narrow.. You were 'en pointe' on explaining how it looks and feels when you have too narrow shoes! :)
Loooove the background 😍
This is so so helpful! When are you going to post the part 2 for the SAB video? I am going to the summer intensive and I want to soak up as much knowledge as I am looking for a year-round Balanchine school that I can attend before going back to SAB.
This is so helpful tomorrow I am getting my first pair of shoes
I wear Grishko elite’s. I have INSANELY wide short feet, but a very narrow heel, and I could find nothing. I also have a pretty low arch and weak foot. My vamp is also very short. Grishko elites are actually the only show that decently works for me. I’ve tried everything. Loved the video Katie ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Dicas muito úteis. Obrigada.
mega valid point about shoe sizes ... I'm a UK 7 or 8 / EU41 / 42 in street shoes ... and i'm a 7 in my (Grishko) pointes ( ironically i've got wide feet and short toes due to certian , ahem, endocrine issues ... ) , and a 6.5 D in Bloch soft blocks...
Thank you so much! Just bought my first pair of pointr shoes as an adult, and this video is very helpful.
Pointe shoes, that is.
So glad this helped Bethanne! xoxo
Great video! I'm in Capezio Donatellas at the moment and I feel I wasn't forthright enough at the fitting; I have a naggy sense that I can't quite connect with the floor and I'm really looking forward to moving onto a better fitting shoe
Wow. This was so helpful. Thank you for so much valuable info and thank you #Suffolk
THANK YOU! The first time I got fitted my shoes were PERFECT! (Russian points grande, man I loved that shoe) but of course THEY DISCONTINUED THEM and I've never found another shoe that fit me well, I do have wide feet so maybe next time I need new shoes I'll ask to try some blochs
I’m curious how you can become a professional pointe shoe fitter. Do places offer seminars?
where did you get your bally show
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a friend of mine is getting trained at the moment. for her, she's worked at a dance wear store for years and now their training her to be able to fit pointe shoes. they already had professional fitters, and now they're teaching her
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"Your fitter will help you with this"
In my experience, that wasn't the case.
My feet are the following:
Broad all the way to the arch and narrow in sharply
Narrow heels
Slightly tapered toes (apart from the pinky toe, they are only about half a centimetre apart)
Low profile
Larger foot (UK size 8)
Low arch
Compressible when they are are warm and in pointe shoes
My feet have boggled my fitters so much that they couldn't find the right style and shank strength for me. So far, I've been in Bloch Triomphe twice, Aspiration twice, Gaynor Minden Classic Fit and Bloch Hannah. It has truly been a nightmare, but hopefully, I'll find the perfect shoe tomorrow. Some fitters didn't look at how I point my feet, some only went by how it looks rather than how it functions, and one sold me soft shanks despite wobbly heels. GM shoes were too wide at the arch point up and snapped my drawstring trying to tighten in just before a performance. When I got my second pair of Aspiration, I was truly done at that point with pointe. I wanted to give up so badly because the shank was so hard, I was not going over my box. Hannah had the worst problem ever - blisters between toes, first during a class where I had to do a lot of releves. It is a soft and flexible shank, so I sometimes could not get to 3/4 point without wobbling.
NataliaEnchantix I have hard feet too for a multitude or reasons but I also have strong and archly feet so I go through shoes like paper and it’s really hard to find the right size in my box bc I have wide ish feet with a hide profile and my toes shape like a diamond at my metatarsal and I have a big toe bunion and pinky toe bunions. I promise just keep trying and you’ll find a shoe.
maybe you already know this channel, but fi you want you can check it out for advice.. it's really amazing..
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Hello, what you write reminds me very much of my feet! I have also started with Bloch Triumph and Gaynor Mindens and it was a complete disaster. I was struggling so much and got sooo frustrated, because I I thought I was just a hopeless case.
Russian Class (R-Class) Rubin changed the world for me! I put them on and started to dance, I almost cried 😂😭😍 because I was so happy
I know this comment is old, but if you live in the southwest US, you could get fitted by the Pointe Shop, they’re on UA-cam and they do really great fittings :))
I’m getting my first pair on October 19th!💗
The new Suffolks look really good on you. Very clean fit.
Katie!! I had to go back to the pointe shoe store 3 TIMES for my first pair!! the pair I ended up with are Suffolk Spotlight LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!! I feel so so stupid!! I didn't know what I was doin😂😂 it was my first pair and was so confused
I’m getting my first pair of pointe shoes this weekend! ❤️ I’m so excited! But sadly my dancing is on a 2 week break so I will have to wait until we go back to have my first class but still :)
Third haha! I love freed's so much, but I have to buy pairs from other dancers sometimes so my toenails are sore but they work! I can't wait to get re-fit.
I love this channel
Thank you Veronica!
NICE!!!
I’ve still got my first pair….won’t tell you how old I am now, but they are so small! I treasure them. I was SO excited when I got my first pair
Wow. Pointe shoes are complicated. I would also have liked to see you interview the fitter. Thanks for your demonstration.
I have a few different Suffolk shoes I love! Haven’t tried the sonnet yet!
i accually was happy when i got a different brand of point shoe then my class
I love Suffolk's so much! I have tried on basically every pair of commercially available and the only shoes that work for me are Suffolk Spotlights. I am so glad that you got the opportunity to fit them.
I really love Suffolks, too. I wish I had worn them while I was with NYCB!
They were the shoes I started in. I tried Freed's for a while but they just did not work for my feet. In the end, I went back to Suffolk's and I am so glad that I did.
There are no professional fitters anywhere in my area bc there's only one ballet shop and they only sell one brand... the last pair I got through my dance teacher but I no longer take dance there and my new studio doesn't do this stuff, although that's not too big of a deal since my shoes weren't right anyway, so I'm going to have to fit myself... because of this information I think I will do a decent job and hopefully will come out with a pretty good fit. thank you for the guide Kathryn x
Hello I saw you do the red shoe 👠 it was amazing your amazing
Sometimes you have feet that are two different sizes. Or, you can have compressible feet with long tapered toes that make it extremely hard to find a pair that fits. I got tendonitis on one foot because of an ill fitting shoe before I figured out that i needed two different sizes. Sometimes the fitter doesn't know and another thing that i suggest is bring your worn out flat shoes so they can tell where you have the most pressure on your feet.
Shorter vamp! It took me 2 years of pointe class with 2 different models (one softer, one harder) but both had long vamps and I could neveeeer get over the shoes. One of my colleagues pointed it out to me ( that maybe my issue was the vamp size) and I nearly cried yesterday after sewing on the ribbons on my new, short vamp shoes and trying them on at home. It was so much easier!