Ballerina Breaks Down How To Customize Pointe Shoes | On Pointe | Glamour 

I've ever done ballet yet I've watched sooo many of these "customizing pointe shoes" videos... They are so satisfying tho...

"they're $100 a piece" *shoves it in a door*

scout: my shoes have a really short lifespan me: oh okay like a month or so s: they last 3 days me: WHAT

So technically the shoes are only good for one day...

Am I a ballerina? No. Do I plan on being one? No. Do I intend to watch this video and listen like I about to start a not so successful career as a ballerina? Absofuckinglutely. 🖊 📝

I have never seen floss used before, she does a lot of unique adjustments. She also explained everything she does very clearly. She is also one of the few dancers I have seen leave the shank lone.

This brought back so many memories. However, “back in my day” there wasn’t any jet glue. The ugly misshapen feet I wedge into some shoes are a constant reminder of both the pleasure & pain felt with pointe.

This lady is a professional and her shoes are like gloves to surgeons. As an adult student, intermediate/advanced I can tell you that my shoes last up to 6 months and I use them 4 hours a week. 😅

Watching them customise their pointe shoes is so beautiful. It's like being able to bond with a shoe and get to know if before embarking on a journey together ❤️❤️

People need to watch how pointe shoes are made to understand why their lifespan is so variable. Most shoes are made with common durable materials: rubber, cotton, canvas, etc.. Pointe shoes may seem durable when you feel how strong the box is fresh out of the bag, but that's like saying a stack of papers is strong enough to stop a bullet (spoilers it's not). The box is basically paper mache and add in sweat and body weight, only then will you understand why the amount of time spent dancing and the type of dancing play such an important part in the shoes breaking down. Plus because every shoe is handmade and it's more of an art than a typical assembly line the price reflects that. Finding the right pointe shoes isn't as easy as grabbing the right size. Since they are handmade each maker has a particular feel, similar to handwriting the end result is the same but they way it is done is unique. Do they start shaping with their right or left hand, are they new or old in the business, who taught them? All of these are factors in the fit and feel of the shoe.

3 days... That's absolutely wild. I have no idea why I always assumed pointe shoes were super personal/"prized possessions" and lasted for years.

I always love that ballerinas get shoes designed to fit their feet perfectly and we're still like 'got to squish em, bang em, cut em, snap em' before we will even put our feet in them. Really shows the perfection in the art form

I am not near an advanced level. I use my pointe shoes for about 6 hours a week and they are normally bad after two months. As I don't have all the money to buy six pairs of pointe shoes a year I keep wearing bad ones with adjustments. We are always trying to make them last and professional dancers really need that. That's why some companies give the dancers pointe shoes. As it is very expensive, companies are constantly asking for donations so they can do that. The ballet world is very restricted because of the amount of money that it takes, but is such a beautiful art form. There should be more projects to encourage young dancers, and I'm glad that nowadays people value it more

Wait....THEY LAST FOR 3 DAYS??! Wtf! Someone needs to engineer some better freaking shoes!

I tried to arch my foot like she does and my foot seized and cramped BCHCHFUGJ

She is such an amazing teacher, I had her for a summer intensive for a few days and she taught me so much about ballet, pointe shoes, performance and she literally one of the kindest most amazing people I’ve ever met. Also she is just as bubbly in real life😊😁❤️

This is so fascinating, it would be really cool if you did a POC version of this to see their process of painting their shoes as well! Maybe including their thoughts on needing to paint their own shoes?

Imagine doing all that sewing basically every 2nd day

I’m so early the sassy comments aren’t here yet.

why are these videos of customizing point shoes so satisfying?

I feel like this is the extreme version of planning when the wash your hair to align with your plans. 🤣🤣🤣

as a ballerina myself my feet are real janked up, but her’s were fine!

She is the sweetest and most engaging dancers I've watched on these how-to vids. I love all the dancers but her constant smile throughout tells the audience of her love for the dance

What a darling girl! I met her father when he was volunteering to assist disabled passengers at the San Diego airport. A retired firefighter. He is so proud of her and well he should be. Don’t you love it when parenting children actually works?😊

I danced for about 10 years. I was never going to be a professional dancer simply because I was dancing for exercise and fun. The performances were great too. Thanks for all the info on pointe shoes. In the height of my dancing, I danced twice a week in class for 4 hours plus 8 hours a week of practice outside of class so that's about 12 hours a week dancing. My pointe shoes lasted about 3-6 months.

I’m sure most of us don’t even do ballet. Why r we here??

She is an actual ray of sunshine

Scout is absolutely adorable

For everyone who shocked at the fact that she goes through a pair every three days, that’s actually a very long time being a professional most professionals go through about 10 pairs a week so for everybody like oh my God only three days chill it’s completely normal. No hate to anybody just correcting people and making things clear I’m a dancer on point so I know how it is.

Scout: "Nothing does what a point shoe does. Tiktok Ballerina's: *HOLD MY TUTU*

I’m not even a ballerina but I love these videos

Her shoes are so pretty and look so good when she wears them. Also her arches my goodness 👏👏👏💖

i think that it's amazing how there are so many ways to customize your shoes, and how much thought really goes into it.

The fact that a 100 dollar pair of shoes is only good for three days of use is just 🤯🤯🤯 I hope they recycle the material to make new ones

She's talking about the "arch" a lot, my arch is just non existend

It sounds like preparing shoes is practically a full time job in itself. I don't know why technology hasn't invented a better, more cost effective, as said, shoe. $100 per pair that may last for one day is utterly ridiculous.

Hi! I’m an Irish dancer most people don’t know what that is but if you know what Riverdance is then you are on the right track. Anyway we have two pairs of shoes, the first shoe is a soft shoes which is like a ballet shoe and the second pair of shoes is hard shoes which is like a tap shoe. With hard shoes you can go up on point just like pointe shoes and we actually have to dance on point on one foot. There are actually shoes that allow you to go on point!

i was so excited when this came out i’m pretty sure i’ve watched every pointe shoe video on here

"There's no other shoe that allows you to go over on your toes" Irish dancers: 🤨

She’s so eloquent and well spoken. Her personality is just so refreshing!

I don't ever watch ballet, never wanted to be one but I LOVED this video! What a beautiful dancer. I'll never look at point shoes again without thinking of dental floss!!

Her feet are frickin gorgeous!!😂

Who knew you had to be a cobbler, besides a professional athlete? Mad respect! It's not ridiculous to replace your shoes. You want no joint problems at age 60. Enjoyed the vid!

I love watching these videos because, I’m in the junior company for city ballet of San Diego (and I’m 12 😅) and I love the tips and tricks for my point shoes.

It's so cool to see different ballerina's show routines.

I literally just started pointe. I absolutely loveeee the way they look on me. I’m still breaking them in. Most people say that they hurt the most when they are stiff. I have a feeling that is true! Love watching these vids!!❤️

I need to get back into ballet, I unfortunately had to quit before I got my first pair of pointe shoes but I desperately want a pair. It’s so amazing to see the different ways dancers customize their pointe shoes 😊

Out of all of these pointe shoe videos I've watched. This ballerina explained the steps she took best

me watching having 0 dance experience: 👁👄👁 *shoes pretty*🤩

Every dancer seems to have their own style of breaking them in, which is so cool. But I can’t help but think someone really needs to invent a better means of pointe shoe, so they can last a professional longer than just a weekend.

My teacher would make me sew only to the inner lining! I was never able to go through both fabrics and it would take SO long to sew a pair. I can't believe you can go through both fabrics! I love it

To the people who may be confused: not everyone’s pointe shoes last three days. Some people need a new pair every week , and some can last a few months. It all depends on the way your foot is in the shoe/ how strong and flexible they are. Also shoes come in different shank hardnesses (is that a word lol) so that also has a lot to do with how long it lasts. Hope that helped clear any confusion people might have.

It’s actually pretty cool to hear the concerto I play in background when I watch this 😂🤙🏼

"Nothing can let you stand on your toes except for a pointe shoe." Cups: Hold my beer.

Such a coincidence that this video was just posted because I just had my first two pointe classes this week!

ballet is so beautiful!! I wanted to become a ballerina when I was little but my family couldn’t afford it. i watched all sorts of ballet movies and videos growing up! now i’m turning 20 and considering starting ballet. clearly not to become a prima ballerina or even dance professionally but just as a hobby. it’s really incredible and emotional.

How does anyone have enough patience to sew these in one sitting? When I first started out I took me about a weekend to finish mainly because I kept getting bored but you know lol

I really wish someone taught me this back when I did pointe!! I have CRAZY high arches and I was never taught where to see my elastics! That would’ve been so helpful, as well as darning the box since my satin would fray in like, a week. This makes me want to go back to dancing

She is absolutely delightful. I love the way she explains everything

Scout is just THE most adorable, very relatable (despite the fact that I am in no way a dancer). Love her series!

I appreciate the ingenuity, craftswomanship and discipline of this video!😊

I love scout! She’s so sweet and such an amazing dancer! ✨💛

i like how detailed she is on explaining why she does some things, not a lot of pointe shoes customization videos do that so great job! 👍👍👍

I love scout so much; i’m not even a dancer but her passion and personality is contagious

DEFINITELY enjoyed it :) Thanks Scout! It was uplifting and informative. It's so cool learning about other professions. I never knew ballerinas had to roll up onto a pointe. Thank you!

This was such a nicely produced and edited video! Best pointe shoe video I've seen on YT and so thorough!

The way she was able to articulate all of this so well… just wow. Girl I love you 😩🥰

The way she explains everything is really fantastic!!!

I love that a youtube channel is showing a ballerina and her techniques! it really helps students like me who are newer to pointe shoes

She’s so pretty 🙂 love watching pointe shoe care!

YAY Scout!!! I love her, she has such good energy!

Scout needs her own channel! Very entertaining!

well done video. pointe shoes preparations are ceaselessly interesting

The level of passion

I love watching ballet videos and all about pointe shoes! I’ve never done ballet but I’ve always been fascinated by this dance!

This was Amazing! I’ve always wanted to know where the elastics go ! And now I really understand what it means when they say the shoe breaks down! Thank You! 💕

Omg more scout she’s great

Have her comment on TINY PRETTY THINGS! The Netflix show!

Love every single video of Scout!

I love Scout videos! Shes the cutest & such a talented ballerina

This is so fascinating!

Whoever is reading this, stay safe!!

I could watch her talk about ballet for hours 😍 so fascinating

So interesting. Never knew that much went into a shoe. Cool and thank you for sharing.

The way her bare foot curls is unreal.

This makes me miss dancing in the studio so much 🥺

This was fascinating and so well explained! 🩰👏☺️

Elastic ribbons saved me. I’m someone who has strong feet/ankles, but they’re not that flexible. When I used to do pointe, my shanks were too hard and the ribbons were too restricting and aggravated my tendons. My magic combo was a flexible-soft shank and elastic ribbons. I cried the first time I tried them; it was amazing.

wow i’ve never seen anyone cut the vamp before! that’s cool!

Does anybody remember this show about a mouse that was a ballerina 🩰 i think it was called Angelina

Scout does such a great job on these videos.

Glamour, Scout is awesome! Keep creating ballet content.

Yaaaay scout!!

Not all ballerinas go through pointe shoes this fast! She is a professional, so to her, her pointe shoes are like a cook needing to constantly re-sharpen their knives. As an advanced late teenager, dancing 5 classes a week, I was going through 1 pair a month on average, so I had to special order my Russians with a stronger shank so they didn’t die so quickly. Depends on the weather too, in summer they die faster because of the heat/sweat. And also, I encourage everyone who wants to try ballet or any other form of dance to just go do it! If you’re an adult, a beginner or whatever, just try it. It’s an amazing athletic art form that teaches you so much about your body and life. There’s always more to learn and you never perfect it, because there is no way to, in fact, be perfect in ballet. I’m going on 16 years dancing ballet and it’s honestly my most favorite thing in the world😊🩰

I think i just watched all scout’s videos on different magazine channels lol she is so refreshing to watch. ☺️

When I had my pointe shoes my studio had their students sew on one elastic that stretched around the foot. But I have really high arches and so my dance teachers told me to double up on the elastics like she does here. I loved my pointe shoes and dancing with them so much. I’m trying to get back into it

my family: complaining about me needing new running shoes every month scout: my shoes last 3 days

Ballerinas: “Now we’re going to break in our point shoes.” The shoes: 😳😳😳

Awesome instruction presented the best way I've seen any instruction given. You're an excellent teacher,.

Thank you so much for sharing !!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️