How Ballerinas Customize Their Pointe Shoes 

Omg so true

@@edurneelurreta5087 It really is like that. I just violently smack my pointe shoes and step on them for a solid amount of time.

That’s just how it is😂

But you have to do that or you can’t pointe properly

No that’s really accurate

It be like that sometimes 😔😔😔

😂😂 Same here

I swear, dark skin ballet dancers have the nicest feet! They always look good! I’m low key kinda jealous.

Lol

@@yourlocaltexan0887 say that to me I'm dark and I'm tape dancer and its HARD😤

I read this as soon as she starting smacking the shoes against the wall🤣

lol! I was looking at that wall in amazement! All the abuse....haha! The cracking sound of bending the shoe back and forth was a little disturbing for me because it seemed as if she was breaking bones....haha! However this is very interesting to see.

Another drink I m giving in stupid things keep falling from my mouth oh oh oh oh one more drink. And I should go. Guess the song

2:57 well, it's apparent that the wall suffers 😅

I’m laughing so hard rn 😂

Nice

Awwhh congrats!! You must've worked hard to get to that point! Moving onto pointes take a lot of effort, and even more considering how much you need to train WITH them, but I'm wishing you good luck!!

@@chelsearamos3617 Thanks! It is hard yes but I love it 🥰

I’m starting pointe. Any tips on how not to break my toes first day?

I love this comment but most importantly I love that your name is Galileo Galilei and I'm now imagining an old man dancing gracefully XD

Dafuq? Lol

s m h lmao underrated comment-

s m h, this is prob the funniest comment I’ve seen on this video lol

Yo you have me about to died rn I can’t stop laughing. I think my depression is cured!!!!

Lol

yes thank you

finally someone said it :]

I'd say a little breaking-in, even for a beginner, can help. I took up pointe class again last year, I was fitted for the right pair for my feet, then I banged my shoes just a bit, breaking the shank a little so that it curves nicely and gives me a little more flexibility to go on demi-pointe. I also asked my teacher how much I could soften the box, and she told me how far I could go. Pointe shoes are not exactly comfortable, and even a non professional (I only take one pointe class a week) needs to adapt them. A brand new, hard shank will allow you to go up but will not have that nice curve that allows you to get on the tip of your toes yet have the support of the shank. But I may be atypical, I returned to ballet class at 58, after a 40 years interruption, and had 13 years of prior training. So I kind of knew what to do, and most of all how I wanted my shoes to feel. And even for a 75 minutes class, the time I spent prepping my pointes was well spent. I finished the class and even managed an équilibre ! Of course my feet hurt for 2 days, but I still went back the next week. Edit : during my last pointe class, june 29th 2021, my teacher asked me if I had a lot of experience on pointe, because "your position is very good, your feet look great, perfectly balanced on the tip" ! Which pleased no end, since pointes were never my forte when I was younger, and I hadn't gone on pointes in 40 years ! And the compliment came from a professional dancer and teacher with a rather impressive curriculum. So ladies (and gentlemen !) whatever your age and experience with ballet, if it's something you want to try, do it ! You may not like it, but you may also truly love it.

:D

Yes

They would have to be made specifically for each dancer, and that would be impossible to do. Some of the more famous professionals have special shoes made for them I think. But they still have to break them in

@@annebelleriedlmost dancers have custom shoes not just principals.

People have different feet

​@@user-gt8ft6vy5jyou're so very wrong. I'm a professional point shoe fitter.

The shoe is designed to be almost invisible from the audience, which if why it's form fitting.

Actually they are just making it to there preference so they dance better

they get it for free tho, they will use up to 3 pairs per day cause they don’t last very long

i use gaynor mindin shoes and they cost about 136 dollars

The ones i get are 120 dollars a pair, I literally dont even want to wear them when i get them

what a waste a money

yup. it only makes amends if ur a dnacer

To be fair non-dancers dont usually bash their shoes just to be comfortable in them

-HiddenCracks- Yeah. But I get why they break in shoes. People break in heels I think, and shoes get more comfy the more you wear it.

Serena Fonseca I meant how its fair for non dancers to not know that this is completely normal

sometimes I see girls take the entire shank out 😔

satisfying for you, not for us. (or at least not me, when i do it my feet hurt so bad pretty quickly.)

as horrible as they are they absolutely HAVE to be gross and stiff so the weight of the body can be supported on other things than the toes :( i totally agree its horrible they wear out so quickly and they're painful to wear but as a ballet dancer of almost 15 years i also respect what my pointe shoes do for me 😆

That's because we have not put anyone on moon yet

@@normanosborn3319 don't

@@normanosborn3319 i-

@@normanosborn3319 are you sure about that?

yes we saw this

Mntzk fn LMFAO

True

They bang their ballet shoes because they make loud sounds and that will be destracting to the audience and to get a softer texture so they can have a smoothe landing

That sounded so wrong

She has the gel squares at least.

I’m wondering if she wears paper towels on a massive performance

Chelsea Lin i-

Barefoot doesn't hurt much once you get used to it and make sure you're on your box and have enough support

SoFlare Gacha I wear grishko sand the iside is lets just say yikes

There should be a part of the wall that’s is cast concrete to take this abuse

Syd Brown bob ross is proud

Rest in piece, bob ross

unrelated but sunmi

SUNMI

Syd Brown omg yasss!! I was Bob Ross for Halloween this year. 😂

I'm

Char Ginn HAHAHQHQ

*she points a gun at the shoes* Thats how i tie them

Exactly.

😂😂😂😂

Hufflepufflover 14 I was like uhhhh??? That’s a little bit too hard lol

Hahaha yes 😂

How could you not 😂

Hello u r a potter head and I know one because I can smell Potter heads from behind the screen

EVERYONE DOES YOU IDIOT

Who also Like banging the Walls... With pointy shoes

pahahah

soft angel editing XD

ME

Me as a ballerina

I don't know if that's possible. They have to stay moldable.

Makes me think of my mother who is a hiker. I bought an identical pair of shoes to her and they've lasted me almost 3 years. They barely lasted her 2 weeks. Normal people just don't get the wear that pros put on their equipment.

BOB

I love this comment so much

Only true people will get this.

rip

asmr

AsianCow lol

Lmao XDD

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LMFAO 😂😂😂😂😂

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oof i get what you mean

i felt all of my fellow string players CLUTCHING their pearls

Ah yess! I'm not the only one! Pure unused rosin is glorious!

Daphne Rosales seeing her break the rosin tore my soul apart a little bit

Cora Stone Instruments similar to violins need rosin. Otherwise, the bow isn’t going to make a nice sound. After you finish practicing, you wipe the rosin off.

Clear Gold I never wipe the rosin off, I just keep it until it’s not there and I have to reapply the rosin

@@vicki6696 I think they mean the strings and body, not the bow itself

Naomiyaki ohh

Just another ARMY goat yes

i never abused my pointe shoes that badly (because i needed them to last, i never danced professionally) but the breaking in process is unbelievably satisfying

ARMY!!! 💜 heheh

love ur profile pic😂

Just another ARMY goat army 💜

@UCiNSW2o1Ry-bc2j5wfiqOvg ballet is not a white sport. u sound so stupid stfu

Terra Gray Girl what ..? 😭lmao ballet is simply a form of dance, anybody of any ethnicity can practice it, the same way even though hip-hop is a music genre and form of dance created by Black Americans, anybody is free to rap / or practice hip-hop dancing 💀💀. This is a harmless comment stop trying to create a problem where there isn't one -_-.

@@new-om9pq This’s not form of dance. Ok ??? Everyone can enjoy that is true

Заранее прошу прощения, если обижу Вас. Но не могу себе представить чернокожую балерину в роли лебедя Одилии в балете Лебединое озеро. К тому же, надо делать особый цвет декораций, чтобы чернокожая балерина выделялась на их фоне не только костюмом, но и телом, чтобы на фоне декораций были видны ее ноги и руки. Если чернокожая балерина будет танцевать в белом костюме при затемнённом освещении, которые требуется, к примеру, для танца теней из балета Баядерка, то будет виден в основном ее белый костюм, но не она сама. Так что какие то минусы для зрителя при просмотре балета с чернокожими балеринами точно есть. Но это не отменяет того, что девушки с любым цветом кожи могут быть талантливыми и хорошо танцевать. Просто, из за их цвета кожи, для зрителей будет дискомфорт на представлении

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😂 yeah

True

Lmaooo 😂😂😂😂

If that 😂

Serena Fonseca Fr lmao 🤣💀

Ikr

Serena Fonseca No we just wanna make a joke

No dip

well it's obvious u MUST be a dancer because you know sOO MUCH

Peachykeen It’s called breaking in their shoes, it’s so the shank and box will support them better. For amateur ballet dancers, they don’t usually break in their pointe shoes, because they will do the same with time. This process (breaking in) is to ensure they (the professional dancers) get the most out of their shoes, although that means that the pointe shoes would die faster.

Thank you! I do pointe and it's nice to hear this. A lot of people don't consider ballet to be a sport, but I do.

Unknown Studios no problem. I do the same. ^^

thats what i have to go through xD

Every time someone says shank I think of shark and then i think of the baby shark song *swim away do doo doo doo swim away* *lost a leg doo doo doo doo lost a leg* *lost an arm doo doo doo doo lost an arm* *cpr doo doo doo doo cpr* *not working doo doo doo doo doo not working* *go to heaven doo doo doo doo doo go to heaven* *he's not there doo doo doo doo doo*

Same tho

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I do ballet and thats not legal

It’s very painful lmao

You get used to it after a while. You build up callouses which stop it hurting as the skin on your feet hardens. The worst part is when you have an ingrown toenail and have to dance on it

The first time in my life someone has said that and it made my day :)

I don’t use pointe shoes, i use flat ballet shoes, but ballet makes my arms and legs hurt

@@SeungminAddict it really does. My teacher used to say if it doesn’t hurt you’re not doing it right

HAHAHAHA

*violently bangs wall with shoe*

Yep

That's how it works.... Those shoes are made of canvas what do you expect?

Who tf says ballerinas are aren’t aggressive? They’re routinely depicted as cutthroat and competitive

dmoon I read that in the voice 😂

MattDJF yes!!!

Hahahaha me everyday with my pointe shoes

~FATALITY~

I can realate

AmandaIsNotAPanda meeeeeeeee I am a ballerina and violinist! My teacher does not know but sometimes I use my rosin for my pointe shoes

Ballerina and Cellists here! Completely relatable

I'm a string player and my little sister wants to be a ballerina.... I'll say no more

I used to be a violinist- my cousin does ballet- she uses my rosin for her shoes sometimes lol 😂

haha true

Well, as she said in the video, they’re already quite expensive per pair, and customising them would make them even more costly, and it’s basically impossible to make them long lasting since ballerinas have to bend their feet so much, and any strong material wouldn’t be comfortable :)

Im sure there's a way, but that'd be too convenient. Kinda like how F1 tires suck on purpose.

Right? I really wanna know where it's from 😫

Right

Probably from wear moì, ballet Rosa, yumiko or something

@@johnmao5172 this is not wear moi or yumiko 😉 maybe ballet rosa

It's so pretty!!!

Hahahahahahahaha

Now they cost over 115 dollars

Wait where y’all getting them for 80 mins are 100 at least

She said she gets them for free

@@iris-ep3qy yes, but dancers who arent im companies have to pay full prive for them.

I Use My Brother And Beat My Pointe's On Him

There’s like dents in the wall

Patricia Chickenugget there ARE dents in the wall

I quit ballet since I missed mum bc she leaves me for ballet lesson 😂

OofishJacelyn How old were you?

HexManiacMaylein they have. They’re Gaynor Minden pointe shoes and they’re fantastic. NYCB famously doesn’t use them because Peter Martins hates them. But they’re amazing shoes, the technology and the material are so good, they were created by a former dancer.

My #1 thought while watching this.

HexManiacMaylein but her feet don’t look like they’re hurting, she just has to customize them

HexManiacMaylein there are Gaynor Mindens, they’re more durable.

HexManiacMaylein Dancers have different preferences that would they will feel more comfortable with. So pointe shoes that are suitably flexible wouldn’t really work. Other ballerinas want them dead, hard, etc. So I’d say ballerinas would prefer customizing then instead of having a ready made one that they wouldn’t feel comfortable with.

Wow 2k likes on your comment and still no reply xD LoL

She's pretty extreme with those shoesxD

I felt so disrespected at that rosin part because I’m a up coming violinist

NO_BC RRodneYY me too lmao

lmao i'm both so like if I crack any rosin I can just use it for my point shoes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

she said they're usually hard.

ALJSKSKS

Shelbellm you do realize it’s a part of the job

@@chelseasimonevlogs yeah its called a joke

who the hell ever told you that pointe shoes are weak

GIMMIE YOU FACKIN MONEY

@Cleo Mullings lmao thank you. Tbh I thought someone would have taken it already

@@sweatyskeleton7390 I DON'T HAVE ANY

@Caitlin Lipscomb DUN DUN

I was thinking about the Elmo vine,with the little girl beating Elmo with a bat

Thats what i thought too 🤭 she does take care of them.

You can wear spacer and a lot of things to protect feet now

mik zed McMahon

I used to be in a ballet company. (Guy) The girls were all beautiful, but had nasty, semi-gangrenous looking, witch feet.

I came to the comments section to say that but then i saw your comment😂😂

OMGGG

That took a second 🤣

Hahaha

Your profile pic matches this comment perfectly

Masha Well LOL

Same

Are you an army 😊😊😊I love them

army

ARMY

Who's a milky piggy? Me me me

Ikr

Lol

Kim Nam Jams 😝😝😝😝

*when ur Asian mum saw u got a A-* Edit: *Its scary when she gets that wooden slipper*

@@vynn6767 😂😂

nirvanaa more like the ballet shoes

crxckhead enxrgy omg, I’m crying 😂😂

😂😂

Lmao

Na she just has a great husband ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

😂😂😂

Are you from England?

First murder the shoes

Ya why didn’t she just hit the floor!?!? 🤣🤣🤣

Harper Spies so that the floor doesn’t get ruined while they are dancing and it will be holes on the floor so the pointe shoes sink in the holes

imane habinshuti more like 80%. this shit hurts lmfao

110 percent?

In total 110%?

lol you cant even count

Thats really not ballet at all

Your mom wanted you to have a life.

@@genxx2724 you can have a life while still having a hobby lmao what

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Who even finds troll faces funny anymore

@@bluj8566 moms who post minion memes on facebook

baby breath Appearantly this guy too lol

Umm

Meep Meep my cousins on Halloween raiding the neighborhood. 😂

Deaaaadddd af

Lmao the music made it funny as shit 😂

I am dying😂😂😂

Ahahahahaha I died

They are roses of steel.

A Person a

Lol hahaha 😂😂😂

Lol one of my friends said he was scarred of ballerinas cause of how much pain pointe shoes give us.

You have 999 likes

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@penile 1 Yeah, non-professional dancers still 'break them in' so to speak, they just don't do it to the same extent that professional dancers might. It is true that non-professionals try to make their shoes last longer though.

@penile 1 You are so loud and wrong in this comment section. It's really obnoxious.

Annika Dalley Yes, because they’re too expensive to break😂

yeah, i would assume most professional studios get them for free so that the pros can use them to their full extent and not worry about being careful not to let them die too quickly

It depends honestly of your foot strength and curve, I break the boxes but not the demi-pointe and just a little bit the shank because I have quite a strong and curved foot, so it really depends

Lol

I did that with a hammer....

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I cried from laughter thank you so much for that comment😂😂😂😂

Michelle. B yes there is

LMFAOOO TRUE

Fr

True thoooo

L I T E R A L L Y

That brings back memories

Carolina Belle I

actually her feet are soley based on how much she bends the shoe and her pointe , second skin and paper towels are there so she doesnt get blisters i dance in nyc on pointe daily:)

no.. almost every dancer needs padding not the same and thats problably one of the weakest padding ive seen. shes really good

She probably not an atual ballerina cause she does not kniw how to handle a point shoe

you cant even spell pointe.

My stomach hurts lol i cant stop laughing

Same

Kkkkkkkkk

Dannysmokes 🤣

I can’t breathe 🤣😂🤣

Eh fixing dents in holes in the walls is pretty easy

that is funny

it’s really just drywall some spackle patching will do the trick within a matter of hours.

Yea...I was annoyed by that. I’ve never seen anyone in ballet damage walls to break in their shoes. 😑🙄 I’m sure the repair cost is reflected in the ticket prices.

You honestly think she would be banging her shoes on the wall if it weren't allowed for her to do so? I'm more annoyed by these silly criticisms coming from viewers who have absolutely no idea what they're talking about.

now: 100% *EXTREME WALL BANGING*

yea

@@auroraallaby-deziel9441 yea

Yea

I am a dancer

′• V •′ they don’t die like that. It’s actually what we do to soften them

Judith Bellantoni it was a joke I’m pretty sure

I mean, they die that quick anyway

Judith Bellantoni Whøøøøøsh! 😁

@@tatooine8059 Hai >w>

same and your hands are full of rips and calk( but chalk washes off )

My feet are always bruised from ballet

Her feet are the same as yours, the melanin just hides varicose veins and surface bruising. It also looks like she takes additional conscious care of her toes to avoid the typical dancer/gymnast ugly foot syndrome.

Guys .. you can still see bruising on black skin .

Jewelzbabiii guys let me be offended.... Shut up. No one said you cant. But they have to be more serious than any little thing that shows up on white people - love a black person.