I'm really enjoying these longer chatty videos. Very interesting to hear your thoughts like this and not be distracted by watching some poor young lady wobble and my toes are crunching in sympathy.
I also love both shoes for beginners. I also have a few advanced dancers with very strong feet but not very flexible arches that do well in the Ava's. Am thrilled that Capezio is now making the Ava in a harder shank - sure wish they would also make the Ava with a tapered box option as I have several dancers that would thrive in that shoe if it weren't for that rather square box.
Josephine, it was such an honor to meet you today! I love your videos! Thank you so much for the offering online fittings for everybody! You are so sweet! 🥰 -Ella
Yes! I love Capezios! I got super excited when you said the Ava’s. You fit me in the Ava’s over a year ago. They’ve worked best for me, they’re really great pointe shoes.
Josephine can you do a video and pull out a few different brands and put them side by side? I am not a dancer so they all look very similar to me but I know they aren’t so I’m curious about the visual side by side views 🥰
Josephine! So so glad for the online fitting yesterday! So great and heartwarming to have met you in person. Keep it up please, spreading your wisdom and tips. We're listening!!! :)
I enjoyed this as much as your fitting videos! Really interesting to see the details of the various shoes. I'd love to see more videos like this - with or without the makeup!
my teacher likes her beginner students to start with capezios and i love them! i am currently in cambrè ‘s they are amazing! they are a hard shoe so maybe not for beginners 😃
I wear Capezio Aries and Phoenix, they are amazing! I have a really strong foot, they support and fits my foot perfectly. Oh and yes they are so hard to sew...😫
Have you done any historical comparisons (e.g contemporary shoes vs. really old/deadstock type shoes)? This is my go-to "away from the real world" viewing and I'm a costume historian by schooling.
@@ThePointeShop This is something I think about like, once a week, legit😂 I really love recreating historical garments (including hand-turned shoes and North American indigenous moccasins), and have a massive interest in making traditional pointe shoes throughout their evolutions in history! 😍 I'm a pointe shoe fitter at The Leotard in Portland Oregon, feel free to reach out! Love you🙏🏼💕
Capezio bought Selva back in the day. I LOVED Selva when I was little. They fit perfect and I didn't have to fuss much. They also had suede on the tie, which Capezio had a long time ago, which they called Duro toe. The only brand I've found that has suede is the Russian. Though, Capezio is my go to for years, wish they had the Duro toe, I'm a lazy dancer!! Lol
Calling from a Pointe shoe? Gonna try that too 😂 Hang on there josephine ❤️💐 BTW I have a question: during quarantaine I tried out all my old shoes that didn't work for me. And it turned out that most of them works fine for me now. Should I save money and go through all of them till they all die? Or should just stick to my current pairs because I do need a few minutes at the barre to get used to a new model every time. Looking forward to the next video ❤️ thank you and wish you all the best 💐
Hi Kay! Yes for sure go through your old pointe shoes. That happens all the time! Where certain pointe shoes do not work and work later on. Your feet/ankles are always changing so it's useful to go back to it. Thank you for your comment :) I hope you're staying safe!
@@ThePointeShop thank you for the advice josephine ! ❤️Will defo go through all of them and share with you and the community if I find anything interesting! 😊
I remember at my first pointe shoe fitting I was given one capezio shoe after given the shoe I ended taking home just to make sure no other shoes were better, and I stood up and I immediately had a look of disgust on my face. through my ask my fitter knew I was in too much pain in that shoe to even go en pointe in them.
My first pair were capezio! But it did break low so I switched to Gaynors for a while before finally getting fitted at a bigger shop and getting grishko 2007s.
Thank you so much, I would be interested in hearing your thoughts on the Phoenix model. I have 2 students wearing them, and I have tried them on myself, they feel quite strange. The glue is so loud!! What can we do about that without ruining the shoe?
I wear kylee’s (which I was fitted for by Josephine!). I like them a lot, but the heel is definitely very low and for me sits in an awkward spot. I never use to put tape on my heels but I do now to help grip the shoe and prevent heel blisters. Anyways, I also struggle getting on the box because I have flat feet and inflexible ankles and the kylees have helped me.
Hello and thank you for your most interesting videos. Are the boxes of some point shoes squishier than others when the dancers are on point? I was watching videos of Russian ballerinas and it looked like the tips of their point shoes were flattening out when they were on point. They looked ‘softer’ than other point shoes I have seen. Best wishes to you during this very tough time and stay healthy. ❤️
My daughter wore Kylee for a 3 month period. They looked lovely on her feet but the heel would not stay up. She had to rosin her heels when putting them on and sometimes again during class. We sewed the elastics back as far as possible. We switched next fitting.
You look fabulous! Love love love J. I bought 5 pairs of Grishko Dream Pointes last year... the newest pairs have a lower vamp and a squarer box, I don't mind. but Grishko customer care denied having changed the model in any way! Because I am insane and not a ballet company, whateverrr...
Oh man... You are definitely not insane. Sometimes the models totally change because of a lot of reasons (different factories, different makers, different cut... etc) But they don't often say :( That's the price you pay for handmade items!
I have the Capezio Kylee and I have some questions about them. 1. Everytime I go up onto pointe, the shoe sickles and it looks really weird. How do I fix that? 2. When I go up onto pointe, my heel seems to sink backwards, which doesn't look very flattering. It makes my foot kind of look like it has no flexibility (my feet aren't too flexible, but they have some). Do you know why this is happening? My teacher said that I might need to get a shoe with a 3/4 shank. Do you agree? Thanks
Hi Josephine! I was just wondering, do you have any tips for knowing when your shoe is too small? I just want to make sure I know since if this summer intensive happens, I'll be en pointe a lot and I want to have a good fitting shoe. Thanks!
Hey, Im about to get fitted for my first pair of Pointe Shoes, but my local Store only has Grishko ones... what do you think about that... what should I do?
Great comparison video Josephine! I was never able to wear Capezio brand before however, when I had my fitting with you (as well as Melissa in your SoCal location) I was so surprised that the Ava actually fit my foot. Agree that it has a tendency to break low which is a bit of a challenge since my foot wants to break low as well. At this pointe 😉 the Ava still works for me but will be interested in what you think whenever I see you again for another fitting. Stay safe!
as much as i think capezio shoes are extremely iconic, they hurt my feet a lot and i've not had good experiences so that sucks so much 😭 but your review is so good!!!
Like you need make up! You don't. Love the range of videos, you have a great personality, big on the education and that is why I love this channel. When I need a little uplifting something to watch, I use this channel to watch (OK and am a sucker for husky vids too), so thanks. X
What do you think of Gaynor Mindons? I have a pair that seemed an okay fit in a dance store (I won’t name the store) but ended up all wrong for my foot. I think my predictions were confirmed. The weren’t good my foot structure and I am not sold on the materials used. I understand that they work for many a professional dancer though. Just curious what you as to what think.
It seems that people love them or hate them. As long as they don't say it's a cheat shoe, I don't mind. No pointe shoe is a cheat shoe and being confortable is something that pretty new, but it doesn't diminish the art, it's just better for our bodies. Anyway, my 2 cents.
ua-cam.com/video/zTFDRoMRAKo/v-deo.html just made a video on it ;) A beautiful shoe, but not for everyone. Could say the same thing about every other brand tho!
Welp.. I just started point this year and I have the Ava... I went to go get fitted for the first time and it was very hard. My feet are wide but then very narrow. I don’t see many people that use my type of point shoes but I honestly love them. Hope that’s not a bad thing., 🥶
I would love a video on more beginner shoes, or the most popular beginner shoes! Maybe just a review of just the most popular Bloch's like the European Balance and Heritage.
Hi! Josephine I have a question. I was using the capezio Pavlova, but now because they don’t make them anymore, there’s not in my size, and I don’t know which one use. 🥺🥺 which one you think that is a good and similar to that model?
I have had the Capezio Donatella before and found them way too soft, they only lasted a class and a half. I do have some questions about three quartering shanks, though - when would it be beneficial to do this? I've been playing around with one of my almost dead pairs and found that I had a lot more control in the shoe and could manipulate my foot more with the shank 3/4. When would be a good or a bad time to do this, what's the main purpose of 3/4 a shoe? Also, can you explain jet glue vs shellac? What's the difference between the two, and when would you use one over the other?
Hey you lovely fitter :D thank you for your videos. how about capezio Glisse? why are that model not so popular like ava and others.? It was my favorite pointe shoe and dont know why its gone :'(
I danced during the 1970s/80s and my absolute favorite shoes were Capezio Assoluta's, Pavlowas and Nicolinis, in that order. I tried the ultimo one time, the toe box was too wide and I ended up losing both big toenails and had to dance swan queen with no toenails. I tried Freed's but again, the wider toe box did not work for me. I wish I could still dance, I miss it so much!
Hi Josephine, does the Ava run wider than the European Balance? I loved my Blochs (Serenade, Aspiration, European Balance, Eurostretch) but the problems I always had with them is that they weren't wide enough, their profiles were too low and their vamps too short (especially in the Serenade). I switched to RP Muse (and next time I'll have to go a width up) but I'd really would like to try GM and Capezio.
I’ve always loved wearing Capezio because I have wider feet and their shoes such as character and ballet shoes have always fit me best compared to other brands such as Bloch
@@ThePointeShop Isn't the Rubin a little larger? More like a Fouette in my feet's opinion. They cannot stand a 2007, but like the Rubin. I also have very long feet (Size 11.5 street shoes), so I might be very wrong!
What are you thoughts on the Airess Josephine? I am looking for a change from the Grishko 2007 hard shanks and I have been breaking them after only a few classes and breaking both high in my arch and low just behind the ball of my foot!
I definitely am not as talented as Josephine, but I am a pointe shoe fitter who actually wore an Airess for a while so I’ll give you my thoughts! Pros: Super strong shank, good for my strong and high arched feet. Pretty easy to balance on. Cons: Very “bubbly” in shape so not particularly flattering. Was far too deep for my foot. I have a wide bone structure, but a quite thin (as in no fat) foot. Would be much better on a thicker foot. The platform was so poorly made that it would become thin enough to feel my big toe through. However, this would have been back in 2016-2017 so they may have changed. My dance store does not carry them. This made my have to layer up padding which I don’t like to do. So basically I was not a huge fan. If I had to describe the foot that would fit best in it, I would say a thicker foot with a very slight taper to it and a dancer who is either very very strong or possibly a bit heavier in order for those shanks to live up to their potential.
The Pointe Shop I watched the video! Amazing as always. I love it when you review shoes that most people haven’t heard of/wear. There’s always those hidden gems that are just so amazing!
My Capezio shoes back in the Day we’re Pavlova 4A. When I got back into ballet as an adult buying canvas shoes I asked the fitter what people with feet like mine do with out Pavlova or Nicolini and she said girls with feet that small don’t go up ☹️
I loved my Capezios . It was really all we had but I have weird feet. I needed a low back. Im sure there were probably better shoes but the lady who fitted me said they were the shoes for me. I was ❤️❤️❤️❤️. They could have given me Wish and I would have been thrilled but it was 45 years ago. They were about $30 my mom was horrified at the price lol.
Hi, I‘m an adult beginner and started pointe a while ago. My teacher recommended Bloch Triumph and said it’s a great shoe for beginners, what would you say? I‘m not happy with it. I used to be a rhythmic gymnast and we were on high demi point all day bare feet, so I thought my feet are quite strong. But I feel so wobbly on point shoes and I‘m really frustrated 😩 Unfortunately, there is no point shoe shop near my home. No chance for a fitting, because of corona I can‘t go anywhere.. do you think I should go to a fitting first before I do some footwork? I‘m about to order just a couple of point shoes and try... because I don‘t want to wait for months. Thank you so much for your videos!! ❤️
Hi I am a ballet teacher I hope you do not mind me answering. Firstly I always have a issue when teachers recommend pointe shoes it then starts a unhealthy president for getting new shoes. Best thing to do is be fitted and listen to the fitter and how you feel in the shoe. T here are so many things to consider and brands differ so much .I would advise doing some strengthening there are many videos on you tube for this. You are probably wobbly because you say your a beginner and when you say you started pointe a while ago its not ideal really you should ideally have 2-3 years of ballet classes before pointe work. The reason is although as adults our bones have ossified we still need the strength to lift up on pointe, the shoe should not do the work for you it relies on so many muscles to be engaged and the shoe is merely a support for that not a crutch so to speak to hoist ourselves up on. I would advise not buying shoes as it is such a gamble. Virtual fittings like the Pointe shop has said and I think that would be a great for you. Josephine is in my opinion the Queen of Pointe shoe fittings even I am tempted to request a virtual fitting with her. It will not be month either before we are back visiting ballet shops. I work in the field of science also so take my word for it and all the very best. Again hope you did not mind me replying to you. I am also happy to help. x
Would love to virtually fit you and see your feet! OMG rhythmic gymnast demi pointe arches are GOALS 😍I wouldn't fit you like a typical first timer en pointe due to your training. Where are you located??
The Pointe Shop Hello dear Josephine, thank you so much for your kind reply! I would love ❤️ to have a fitting with you!! I‘m from a small town in Germany. Hopefully I can come to California at the end of the year and visit your shop 😁 My post was a few weeks ago, and in the meantime I had a virtual fitting with a shop. They send me a big box of pointe shoes to try on, and I now have very narrow Russian Pointes Rubin with a medium shank, and I‘m really happy with them. It was so so cool, I just put them on and bourred through the apartment 😂 With Blochs and Gaynors I can hardly take my hand off the bar, couldn‘t be more different!! My feet are really narrow and long (US street size 11 1/2), and therefore the choice of shoes was a bit limited. I am also going to try Siberian Swan, appearently they are also a good choice for narrow feet and they offer to customize them for no extra money, that sounds interesting. Love you 😘, thank you so much for your support!!
Debbie Carter de Bois Thank you so much for your answer! As written above, I have found pointes now that I‘m really happy with, my only problem is that they feel a bit slippery and I already had a fall on a turn. We are not allowed to use colophonium at our studio 😢 Is there any solution to this problem? You are right, maybe it’s to early for me to do pointe, but I love it. I‘ve had many years of ballet lessons when I was young, but that was very much adapted for Rhythmic Gymnastics and it was ages ago, so I would still consider myself as a beginner. But because I can balance and turn and jump on relevé, my teacher thought it was okay to give it a try. Our studio opened up again last week, and thanks to my new shoes I was now put in the intermediate pointe class for those who can already do center work. I feel like the grandmother there at 46, but the girls are really sweet 😅 In my small town there are very few classes for adults. Many ballet 🩰 teachers in Germany are not very helpful when it comes to finding the right pointe shoes. We don’t have many dance shops here, and those shops we have only sell two or three different brands. The teachers at my school are lovely, but they are from Russia. Where they were trained, they only had one brand of pointe shoes, and they just had to cope with it. They think that we are all a bit whiney and spoilt and fussy when we complain about our shoes 😂 But my teacher admitted that she didn‘t realize how bad my Blochs fitted me. When she saw me after two months, she was full of praise how hard I had worked during lockdown because I was suddenly able to walk on pointe. When I said that I hadn‘t really practiced at all and it was all due to my new shoes, she didn‘t believe me at first 😅
Think my first and second pair were capezio’s cause that’s all they had in my area. The first one was awful with a suede tip and were just so narrow for my big fat foot. My second pair were contempra’s I think? But they were so much better. That was decades and decades ago though. I couldn’t wait to try different brands.
I know this video is three months old but, I wear Avas and they fit me pretty well except I feel that my arch looks a little flat in them. Do you have any suggestions?
question - what does it mean if my toes are curled and hurt just standing on flat feet and walking in the shoes, but when I am up on pointe, no problem? i have returned to pointe as an adult and have a pair of gaynor mindens (yellow). thank you! :)
I have a bias love towards capezios. Lemme explain: I was fit in the wrong shoes for my very first pair. My old studio told me nothing about pointe. I was shoved into a pre pointe class for two years and then was told I was ready. I was not. I went to get fitted that summer, and just like my old coaches my fitter told me nothing. Nothing about how it should feel, what to look for, etc. I went into pointe completely blind. My fitter finally chose shoes from Bloch, which fit me fine, but did not define my arch at all. I didn’t know, so I went home with those. I recently transferred studios and my first pair of shoes died. I got fitted a few weeks ago for a new pair, expecting to get a similar shoe. They had none of the same brand in my size, so we tried different ones. And thank god I did. They feel much more supported and do justice to my feet. My new pair are capezios. So thank you to that amazing fitter who walked me through what I should look for in my shoes, and thanks to capezio for my perfect pair
i have avas and in my opinion the “plush” inside is super annoying and it doesn’t grip my skin or tights like it is meant to. it honestly makes the heels slip off easier than another brand without that type of material inside. but other than that i love them
Can someone please explain to me the numbers on the capizio shanks??? Like the description will #3 shank, #5 shank or whatever and I’m so confused what that means!
This is going to sound incredibly stupid but, I haven't danced since my childhood ballet classes and I never danced en pointe. Always wanted to but, then, as children do, I lost interest and moved on to horses. I done know what drew me to your videos but, now, at age 60, I seriously am just wanting a pair of pointe shoes to play in. There's no way my body could dance now. I just want to know what it feels like. Is that ridiculous?
I'm really enjoying these longer chatty videos. Very interesting to hear your thoughts like this and not be distracted by watching some poor young lady wobble and my toes are crunching in sympathy.
HAHA Thank you. I'm glad. Because these are all I can do now.
I am 53 and my pointe shoes were Capezio in the days! Lovely memories💖😊 love from Germany
I also love both shoes for beginners. I also have a few advanced dancers with very strong feet but not very flexible arches that do well in the Ava's. Am thrilled that Capezio is now making the Ava in a harder shank - sure wish they would also make the Ava with a tapered box option as I have several dancers that would thrive in that shoe if it weren't for that rather square box.
That's a good pointe :)
Would love a review on the Suffolk brand. Thanks for the videos!
Yes. My daughter was wearing Stellar and Solo. Both Light.
Josephine, it was such an honor to meet you today! I love your videos! Thank you so much for the offering online fittings for everybody! You are so sweet! 🥰
-Ella
Yes! I love Capezios! I got super excited when you said the Ava’s. You fit me in the Ava’s over a year ago. They’ve worked best for me, they’re really great pointe shoes.
Late reply, but I’m currently in Avas and I love them!
Just did an online fitting and got sent in Ava’s! I can’t wait to try them! Been doing my research on them to learn more :)
Josephine can you do a video and pull out a few different brands and put them side by side? I am not a dancer so they all look very similar to me but I know they aren’t so I’m curious about the visual side by side views 🥰
Yes! That's a great idea :)
I wore Avas' at first then got fitted by you and got kylees. I really love both shoes for beginners.
I also did notice the different drawstring and I like it much better for comfort
Hi Claire! I'm so glad!
Josephine! So so glad for the online fitting yesterday! So great and heartwarming to have met you in person. Keep it up please, spreading your wisdom and tips. We're listening!!! :)
i used ti wear avas and you just recently fit me into kylees ❤❤❤
I enjoyed this as much as your fitting videos! Really interesting to see the details of the various shoes. I'd love to see more videos like this - with or without the makeup!
All we had were Capezio's in the late 70's. I wish you were around for me back then. Killer shoes, seriously.
I used to love the Contempora model, it was my go-to shoe for many years, but since they changed everything, I switched to Grishkos.
my teacher likes her beginner students to start with capezios and i love them! i am currently in cambrè ‘s they are amazing! they are a hard shoe so maybe not for beginners 😃
You must have very flexible feet! Cambres are very hard!
ya, not as flexible as some of my friends but i like to think i have a good arch 😆
I love these videos. Even though I never made it onto pointe just listening to you share your expertise is so invaluable.
I think it is so nice to hear your voice and just listening to what you are saying😌
I LOVED my Capezio pointe shoes. I never wore any other ones. I had 3E and I was always strong on my pointes.
I love watching these videos and imagining the smell of new pointe shoes 😂
I would love to see a review on the Capezio Donatella!
I wear Capezio Aries and Phoenix, they are amazing! I have a really strong foot, they support and fits my foot perfectly. Oh and yes they are so hard to sew...😫
Have you done any historical comparisons (e.g contemporary shoes vs. really old/deadstock type shoes)? This is my go-to "away from the real world" viewing and I'm a costume historian by schooling.
What a great suggestions! Adding it to the list.
@@ThePointeShop This is something I think about like, once a week, legit😂 I really love recreating historical garments (including hand-turned shoes and North American indigenous moccasins), and have a massive interest in making traditional pointe shoes throughout their evolutions in history! 😍
I'm a pointe shoe fitter at The Leotard in Portland Oregon, feel free to reach out! Love you🙏🏼💕
Capezio bought Selva back in the day. I LOVED Selva when I was little. They fit perfect and I didn't have to fuss much. They also had suede on the tie, which Capezio had a long time ago, which they called Duro toe. The only brand I've found that has suede is the Russian. Though, Capezio is my go to for years, wish they had the Duro toe, I'm a lazy dancer!! Lol
Calling from a Pointe shoe? Gonna try that too 😂 Hang on there josephine ❤️💐 BTW I have a question: during quarantaine I tried out all my old shoes that didn't work for me. And it turned out that most of them works fine for me now. Should I save money and go through all of them till they all die? Or should just stick to my current pairs because I do need a few minutes at the barre to get used to a new model every time. Looking forward to the next video ❤️ thank you and wish you all the best 💐
Hi Kay! Yes for sure go through your old pointe shoes. That happens all the time! Where certain pointe shoes do not work and work later on. Your feet/ankles are always changing so it's useful to go back to it. Thank you for your comment :) I hope you're staying safe!
@@ThePointeShop thank you for the advice josephine ! ❤️Will defo go through all of them and share with you and the community if I find anything interesting! 😊
I remember at my first pointe shoe fitting I was given one capezio shoe after given the shoe I ended taking home just to make sure no other shoes were better, and I stood up and I immediately had a look of disgust on my face. through my ask my fitter knew I was in too much pain in that shoe to even go en pointe in them.
My first pair were capezio! But it did break low so I switched to Gaynors for a while before finally getting fitted at a bigger shop and getting grishko 2007s.
Thank you so much, I would be interested in hearing your thoughts on the Phoenix model. I have 2 students wearing them, and I have tried them on myself, they feel quite strange. The glue is so loud!! What can we do about that without ruining the shoe?
I'll do a review on the Phoenix!
I'd like that as well. My daughter almost got those yesterday at a fitting. She ended up In Russian Pointe Lumina instead.
I wear kylee’s (which I was fitted for by Josephine!). I like them a lot, but the heel is definitely very low and for me sits in an awkward spot. I never use to put tape on my heels but I do now to help grip the shoe and prevent heel blisters. Anyways, I also struggle getting on the box because I have flat feet and inflexible ankles and the kylees have helped me.
Me: *hasn't done ballet in over ten years*
Also me: Hmm yes tell me more about how the plush lining makes it difficult to sew ribbons in 😂
Hello and thank you for your most interesting videos. Are the boxes of some point shoes squishier than others when the dancers are on point? I was watching videos of Russian ballerinas and it looked like the tips of their point shoes were flattening out when they were on point. They looked ‘softer’ than other point shoes I have seen. Best wishes to you during this very tough time and stay healthy. ❤️
GREAT observation. Yes. I will address this in another video ;)
The Pointe Shop Thanks so much. I will keep my eye open for it.
My daughter wore Kylee for a 3 month period. They looked lovely on her feet but the heel would not stay up. She had to rosin her heels when putting them on and sometimes again during class. We sewed the elastics back as far as possible. We switched next fitting.
Disappearing heels are so tricky! The first release of the Kylee had a cotton drawstring, now they have elastic so its a bit easier.
that happened to me! i used to wear the kylees too
i have the capezio kylies and love them so so much! even though it's my first time they look so beautiful on my feet
I just got my first pointe shoe yesterday and it’s the Capezio Kylee ☺️
Thank you so much for your Videos. Could you please include a review of the Capezio Contempora as well?
Thanks so much... always great to see your videos!
Thank you!
You look fabulous! Love love love J. I bought 5 pairs of Grishko Dream Pointes last year... the newest pairs have a lower vamp and a squarer box, I don't mind. but Grishko customer care denied having changed the model in any way! Because I am insane and not a ballet company, whateverrr...
Oh man... You are definitely not insane. Sometimes the models totally change because of a lot of reasons (different factories, different makers, different cut... etc) But they don't often say :( That's the price you pay for handmade items!
@@ThePointeShop THANK-YOU Doctor! 😀
I have the Capezio Kylee and I have some questions about them.
1. Everytime I go up onto pointe, the shoe sickles and it looks really weird. How do I fix that?
2. When I go up onto pointe, my heel seems to sink backwards, which doesn't look very flattering. It makes my foot kind of look like it has no flexibility (my feet aren't too flexible, but they have some). Do you know why this is happening? My teacher said that I might need to get a shoe with a 3/4 shank. Do you agree?
Thanks
h the dog mmm you might be in the wrong size. I don’t know about the 3/4 shank unless I saw your feet.
Love your videos! Would love to see reviews in Suffolk and Fuzi pointe shoes!
I would love to see one of these reviews for Russian Pointe!
I second that! I love my Muses! (A bit low-profiled for me though).
Yes my Rubins and Radiances are awesome!
sadly my feet are too wide for russian pointe 😔
wore them for my first pair but after that my feet said no❤️
Hi Josephine! I was just wondering, do you have any tips for knowing when your shoe is too small? I just want to make sure I know since if this summer intensive happens, I'll be en pointe a lot and I want to have a good fitting shoe. Thanks!
Will add to videos to film list :)
@@ThePointeShop Thank you!
My First pair of pointe shoes were Capezio. So long ago I have no idea what model.
Hey, Im about to get fitted for my first pair of Pointe Shoes, but my local Store only has Grishko ones... what do you think about that... what should I do?
Great comparison video Josephine! I was never able to wear Capezio brand before however, when I had my fitting with you (as well as Melissa in your SoCal location) I was so surprised that the Ava actually fit my foot. Agree that it has a tendency to break low which is a bit of a challenge since my foot wants to break low as well. At this pointe 😉 the Ava still works for me but will be interested in what you think whenever I see you again for another fitting. Stay safe!
chris c. Hi!!! I’m glad it’s working for now. I hope to see you again soon :)
as much as i think capezio shoes are extremely iconic, they hurt my feet a lot and i've not had good experiences so that sucks so much 😭 but your review is so good!!!
Do you cover your kitchen with a partition or curtain when you do fittings Josephine?
Dafna Copelovitch lol no. Is that ghetto? I definitely offer people tea too 😂
@@ThePointeShop I love that. Haha
Like you need make up! You don't. Love the range of videos, you have a great personality, big on the education and that is why I love this channel. When I need a little uplifting something to watch, I use this channel to watch (OK and am a sucker for husky vids too), so thanks. X
What do you think of Gaynor Mindons? I have a pair that seemed an okay fit in a dance store (I won’t name the store) but ended up all wrong for my foot. I think my predictions were confirmed. The weren’t good my foot structure and I am not sold on the materials used. I understand that they work for many a professional dancer though. Just curious what you as to what think.
It seems that people love them or hate them. As long as they don't say it's a cheat shoe, I don't mind. No pointe shoe is a cheat shoe and being confortable is something that pretty new, but it doesn't diminish the art, it's just better for our bodies. Anyway, my 2 cents.
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just made a video on it ;) A beautiful shoe, but not for everyone. Could say the same thing about every other brand tho!
Welp.. I just started point this year and I have the Ava... I went to go get fitted for the first time and it was very hard. My feet are wide but then very narrow. I don’t see many people that use my type of point shoes but I honestly love them. Hope that’s not a bad thing., 🥶
Yes I have the pro flex and it is the same thing that you said
I would like your review on the Russian Pointe Lumina.
I would love a video on more beginner shoes, or the most popular beginner shoes! Maybe just a review of just the most popular Bloch's like the European Balance and Heritage.
I absolutely love how vast your knowledge is to just pick up shoes and talk about them!
Do you think you could do a review of Freed pointe shoes?
Hi! Josephine I have a question. I was using the capezio Pavlova, but now because they don’t make them anymore, there’s not in my size, and I don’t know which one use. 🥺🥺 which one you think that is a good and similar to that model?
Can you talk about the tiffanys and Donetella. A lot of people at my studio get put in them but they dont last long
I have had the Capezio Donatella before and found them way too soft, they only lasted a class and a half.
I do have some questions about three quartering shanks, though - when would it be beneficial to do this? I've been playing around with one of my almost dead pairs and found that I had a lot more control in the shoe and could manipulate my foot more with the shank 3/4. When would be a good or a bad time to do this, what's the main purpose of 3/4 a shoe?
Also, can you explain jet glue vs shellac? What's the difference between the two, and when would you use one over the other?
This is a really good topic. I'll actually do a video on that! Thank you for the suggestion
Hey you lovely fitter :D thank you for your videos. how about capezio Glisse? why are that model not so popular like ava and others.? It was my favorite pointe shoe and dont know why its gone :'(
Sine Lindstorff Kjeldsen oh this is a great topic. I’ll do a video on discontinued pointe shoes and why they were discontinued :)
I danced during the 1970s/80s and my absolute favorite shoes were Capezio Assoluta's, Pavlowas and Nicolinis, in that order. I tried the ultimo one time, the toe box was too wide and I ended up losing both big toenails and had to dance swan queen with no toenails. I tried Freed's but again, the wider toe box did not work for me. I wish I could still dance, I miss it so much!
Hi Josephine, does the Ava run wider than the European Balance? I loved my Blochs (Serenade, Aspiration, European Balance, Eurostretch) but the problems I always had with them is that they weren't wide enough, their profiles were too low and their vamps too short (especially in the Serenade). I switched to RP Muse (and next time I'll have to go a width up) but I'd really would like to try GM and Capezio.
I’ve always loved wearing Capezio because I have wider feet and their shoes such as character and ballet shoes have always fit me best compared to other brands such as Bloch
Hello thanks for this, could you please review the capezio aria wide pointe shoe? Many thanks!
Josephine, can you do a video reviewing the Capezio Phoenix?
Yes :) Certainly
Yes please!
@@ThePointeShop thank you so much your channel is one of my favorites
Ironic that I was in elementary school with a set of twins named Kaia and Ava. I'd love to see more content on Russian Pointe.
what are some pointe shoes that have lower crown than grishko 2007
2007 is pretty low. But other shoes are Donatella and Rubin are pretty low too
@@ThePointeShop Isn't the Rubin a little larger? More like a Fouette in my feet's opinion. They cannot stand a 2007, but like the Rubin. I also have very long feet (Size 11.5 street shoes), so I might be very wrong!
I was curious if you tried on the shoes that you review.
Myself, and our team of fitters, all try the shoes we review before adding them to the collection we fit and sell from.
What are you thoughts on the Airess Josephine? I am looking for a change from the Grishko 2007 hard shanks and I have been breaking them after only a few classes and breaking both high in my arch and low just behind the ball of my foot!
I definitely am not as talented as Josephine, but I am a pointe shoe fitter who actually wore an Airess for a while so I’ll give you my thoughts!
Pros:
Super strong shank, good for my strong and high arched feet.
Pretty easy to balance on.
Cons:
Very “bubbly” in shape so not particularly flattering.
Was far too deep for my foot. I have a wide bone structure, but a quite thin (as in no fat) foot. Would be much better on a thicker foot.
The platform was so poorly made that it would become thin enough to feel my big toe through. However, this would have been back in 2016-2017 so they may have changed. My dance store does not carry them.
This made my have to layer up padding which I don’t like to do.
So basically I was not a huge fan. If I had to describe the foot that would fit best in it, I would say a thicker foot with a very slight taper to it and a dancer who is either very very strong or possibly a bit heavier in order for those shanks to live up to their potential.
Could you review Merlet pointe shoes please? Great video! I love this channel!
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The Pointe Shop I watched the video! Amazing as always. I love it when you review shoes that most people haven’t heard of/wear. There’s always those hidden gems that are just so amazing!
Great video! Thank youuuu!!!.....One question - is Capezio American? Italian..?🤔
.....just curious.....and you look WONDERFUL with or without make up....😁🩰
American :)
This was really interesting. Thank you!
could you do a bloch review? Thank you!
My Capezio shoes back in the Day we’re Pavlova 4A. When I got back into ballet as an adult buying canvas shoes I asked the fitter what people with feet like mine do with out Pavlova or Nicolini and she said girls with feet that small don’t go up ☹️
Can you please give a review on the Airess Tapered Toe pointe shoe by capezio
Rubin Radiance!
Luv ur videos jospehine.
Can you do video reviews on. Russian pointe almaz
I loved my Capezios . It was really all we had but I have weird feet. I needed a low back. Im sure there were probably better shoes but the lady who fitted me said they were the shoes for me. I was ❤️❤️❤️❤️. They could have given me Wish and I would have been thrilled but it was 45 years ago. They were about $30 my mom was horrified at the price lol.
Hi, I‘m an adult beginner and started pointe a while ago. My teacher recommended Bloch Triumph and said it’s a great shoe for beginners, what would you say? I‘m not happy with it. I used to be a rhythmic gymnast and we were on high demi point all day bare feet, so I thought my feet are quite strong. But I feel so wobbly on point shoes and I‘m really frustrated 😩 Unfortunately, there is no point shoe shop near my home. No chance for a fitting, because of corona I can‘t go anywhere..
do you think I should go to a fitting first before I do some footwork? I‘m about to order just a couple of point shoes and try... because I don‘t want to wait for months.
Thank you so much for your videos!! ❤️
Hi I am a ballet teacher I hope you do not mind me answering. Firstly I always have a issue when teachers recommend pointe shoes it then starts a unhealthy president for getting new shoes. Best thing to do is be fitted and listen to the fitter and how you feel in the shoe. T
here are so many things to consider and brands differ so much .I would advise doing some strengthening there are many videos on you tube for this. You are probably wobbly because you say your a beginner and when you say you started pointe a while ago its not ideal really you should ideally have 2-3 years of ballet classes before pointe work. The reason is although as adults our bones have ossified we still need the strength to lift up on pointe, the shoe should not do the work for you it relies on so many muscles to be engaged and the shoe is merely a support for that not a crutch so to speak to hoist ourselves up on. I would advise not buying shoes as it is such a gamble.
Virtual fittings like the Pointe shop has said and I think that would be a great for you. Josephine is in my opinion the Queen of Pointe shoe fittings even I am tempted to request a virtual fitting with her. It will not be month either before we are back visiting ballet shops. I work in the field of science also so take my word for it and all the very best.
Again hope you did not mind me replying to you. I am also happy to help. x
Would love to virtually fit you and see your feet! OMG rhythmic gymnast demi pointe arches are GOALS 😍I wouldn't fit you like a typical first timer en pointe due to your training. Where are you located??
LOVE hearing others' feedback!!! Agree with everything you've said. Please let me know if you want a virtual fitting!! 😍
The Pointe Shop Hello dear Josephine, thank you so much for your kind reply! I would love ❤️ to have a fitting with you!! I‘m from a small town in Germany. Hopefully I can come to California at the end of the year and visit your shop 😁
My post was a few weeks ago, and in the meantime I had a virtual fitting with a shop. They send me a big box of pointe shoes to try on, and I now have very narrow Russian Pointes Rubin with a medium shank, and I‘m really happy with them. It was so so cool, I just put them on and bourred through the apartment 😂 With Blochs and Gaynors I can hardly take my hand off the bar, couldn‘t be more different!!
My feet are really narrow and long (US street size 11 1/2), and therefore the choice of shoes was a bit limited. I am also going to try Siberian Swan, appearently they are also a good choice for narrow feet and they offer to customize them for no extra money, that sounds interesting.
Love you 😘, thank you so much for your support!!
Debbie Carter de Bois Thank you so much for your answer! As written above, I have found pointes now that I‘m really happy with, my only problem is that they feel a bit slippery and I already had a fall on a turn. We are not allowed to use colophonium at our studio 😢 Is there any solution to this problem?
You are right, maybe it’s to early for me to do pointe, but I love it. I‘ve had many years of ballet lessons when I was young, but that was very much adapted for Rhythmic Gymnastics and it was ages ago, so I would still consider myself as a beginner. But because I can balance and turn and jump on relevé, my teacher thought it was okay to give it a try. Our studio opened up again last week, and thanks to my new shoes I was now put in the intermediate pointe class for those who can already do center work. I feel like the grandmother there at 46, but the girls are really sweet 😅 In my small town there are very few classes for adults.
Many ballet 🩰 teachers in Germany are not very helpful when it comes to finding the right pointe shoes. We don’t have many dance shops here, and those shops we have only sell two or three different brands. The teachers at my school are lovely, but they are from Russia. Where they were trained, they only had one brand of pointe shoes, and they just had to cope with it. They think that we are all a bit whiney and spoilt and fussy when we complain about our shoes 😂 But my teacher admitted that she didn‘t realize how bad my Blochs fitted me.
When she saw me after two months, she was full of praise how hard I had worked during lockdown because I was suddenly able to walk on pointe. When I said that I hadn‘t really practiced at all and it was all due to my new shoes, she didn‘t believe me at first 😅
I’m the one that texted you on Instagram about coming to Kentucky 😂
Email info@thepointeshop.com if noones gotten back to you :) Our team gets lots of inquiries!
Can you do a review about Freed Studios?
Think my first and second pair were capezio’s cause that’s all they had in my area. The first one was awful with a suede tip and were just so narrow for my big fat foot. My second pair were contempra’s I think? But they were so much better. That was decades and decades ago though. I couldn’t wait to try different brands.
I know this video is three months old but, I wear Avas and they fit me pretty well except I feel that my arch looks a little flat in them. Do you have any suggestions?
I’d love to hear what you think of the new Capezio Phoenix.
Are these the same as Demi pointe?
Please do a review on Suffolk stellar pointe shoes! =)
Josephine❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😄
You put on makeup more than I do. LOL. But you look great!
hahaha thanks
Can I take ballet classes once a week for 3 years and then get my first pair of pointe shoes? 🩰
question - what does it mean if my toes are curled and hurt just standing on flat feet and walking in the shoes, but when I am up on pointe, no problem? i have returned to pointe as an adult and have a pair of gaynor mindens (yellow). thank you! :)
Hmmm, sounds like there might be a width issue. Hard to say without seeing your feet!
I have a question please! I have REALLY long toes, my knuckle is exposed in an ouch pouch. Is there anything out there longer??
Yes! Cozy toes are the largest right now - but also very thick. You can always use lamb's wool too.
I love these comparison videos!
Do you know a shoe that tends to break higher?
You should do bloch!!!
Can PLEASE do Suffolk’s
Do you have experiences with stretch pointe shoes? How do you think about them?
PLEASE make a video a video about the Elektras (smash ‘em 🙊)
I love watching yourvideos
Thank you!
Used to x use to can only be used with did or didn’t. Don’t hate me! Xxx
I have a bias love towards capezios.
Lemme explain: I was fit in the wrong shoes for my very first pair. My old studio told me nothing about pointe. I was shoved into a pre pointe class for two years and then was told I was ready. I was not.
I went to get fitted that summer, and just like my old coaches my fitter told me nothing. Nothing about how it should feel, what to look for, etc. I went into pointe completely blind. My fitter finally chose shoes from Bloch, which fit me fine, but did not define my arch at all. I didn’t know, so I went home with those.
I recently transferred studios and my first pair of shoes died. I got fitted a few weeks ago for a new pair, expecting to get a similar shoe. They had none of the same brand in my size, so we tried different ones. And thank god I did. They feel much more supported and do justice to my feet. My new pair are capezios. So thank you to that amazing fitter who walked me through what I should look for in my shoes, and thanks to capezio for my perfect pair
i have avas and in my opinion the “plush” inside is super annoying and it doesn’t grip my skin or tights like it is meant to. it honestly makes the heels slip off easier than another brand without that type of material inside. but other than that i love them
On the flip side, lots of 'sweaty feet' dancers love the plush bc it does grip with moisture ;)
Can someone please explain to me the numbers on the capizio shanks??? Like the description will #3 shank, #5 shank or whatever and I’m so confused what that means!
Hahaha.... "Re-VAMP-ed their pointe shoes..." 😜😜😜😜. You didn't even catch your own pun dear duck. 😂😂😂
Everytime I watch you, I feel nostalgic and always think about Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses
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This is going to sound incredibly stupid but, I haven't danced since my childhood ballet classes and I never danced en pointe. Always wanted to but, then, as children do, I lost interest and moved on to horses. I done know what drew me to your videos but, now, at age 60, I seriously am just wanting a pair of pointe shoes to play in. There's no way my body could dance now. I just want to know what it feels like. Is that ridiculous?