Models Doing Ballet is NOT the Problem (pointe shoe fitter reacts) 

I'm literally dying laughing!!!!! That commercial in Spanish is from Argentina (where I am from) it is a commercial for a medication for hemorrhoids!!!! He's literally talking about how this problem hurts your butt when you feel it. That was epic, thank you Josephine!!!!!

We need to start a “save the models” campaign, save them from potential injuries and the embarrassment of “performing” in pointe shoes. Just hire real dancers, I know there are several dancers who also model, it shouldn’t be so hard for companies to hire the right people for the job 😭.

For what it's worth, I used to know a lot of female models back in the day, and a lot of them were former dancers, or had studied ballet when they were young. I think their agencies don't realize the risk of putting someone in point shoes that hasn't danced in years (if at all), they just remember hearing about such and such model taking ballet. Or, it was listed as a "special skill" on their resume. Bottom line, hire actual dancers if you're going to put them on point!!!!!

5:26 it's a commercial for pills against hemorrhoids in Argentina 😭😭 it's like a series of commercials featuring people doing different stuff and how hemorrhoids don't affect them anymore since using the product, honestly it's hilarious to watch but the pointe shoes are so uncalled for 💀

Josephine, I continue to be puzzled. Why not just hire a professional dancer (if dancing is required) for a commercial?

Advertisers don't understand that Point shoes are not accessories or clothing. They are tools( in my opinion). They are tools that ballerinas use to do a performing art. Like other tools, you need to know how to use them so that you don't get hurt.

The craziest thing is that ballet dancers are more often than not absolutely gorgeous and they're all trained to emote and act as they dance so they could be featured in all these commercials without even batting an eye. I'm sure there are tons of student dancers out there who would love the opportunity. Ok, maybe not the ones at schools affiliated with ballet companies, who may not be allowed to work elsewhere, but there are thousands of dancers out there who have enough talent to do these fairly simple jobs even though they're not in major schools.

Translation: Having hemorroids is suffering in silence. You can't think of anything else. It hurts, it's annoying, it itches. You have to constantly go to the bathroom (I think this is what it says, this is where you cut in to speak so I wasn't able to catch it all sorry!) But I discovered something that has changed my life forever. Contractil, look. I'm sitting here without a cushion, doing what I like. I can't ask for anything more. The man's voice cuts in and explains the health benefits of the cream, yadda yadda. The end!

The one in spanish is about hemorroid medication, they've actually did an open casting for the dancers in the video, a few of my friends wanted to audition until they found out about what the product was, so nearly everyone turned down the offer. They eventually recreated and replaced the commercial with an actual professional dancer

"Showing feminimity on the waves... by murdering the pointe shoe?" With your most exasperated pointe shoe mom face is GOLD 😂

I'm an old lady who took ballet as a kid and even I understand where you are coming from. Some of these poor models have been put into a position, literally, that could cause harm, to say the least. On another note, I have really been enjoying your videos, thank you!

Honestly, putting a model on point (in shoes that don't fit and/or with no training) should be an OSHA violation. #whodidthistoher

So many of these commercials are just confusing, like I can understand going for the whole elegance/feminine aesthetics, but there's a time and place for it, and those commercials weren't it. 💀 The Spanish commercial was about anti-hemorrhoid pills. 💀💀💀

The Spanish one was a HEMMEROID PILL COMMERCIAL!! AAAAHHHHH LOLOLOL😂😂

According to that de Balets commercial, there are no professional ballet dancers in all of Taiwan. (Of course there are and one of them should have at least been paid to *checks notes* tell them to not film the commercial)

Ahhhh yes the world of marketing. I've always been into horses and over the years I've certainly seen a LOT of inane ridiculous commercials for all kinds of merchandise using horses in the most absurd campaigns. I feel your pain.

The Bobby pin stuck to the computer tho 😂😂😂

This stuff is also really frustrating because it makes ballet seem like a joke.

Props to the models for having the confidence to try really, really hard to get a good shot / look like a professional ballerina!

the bobby pin attached to the laptop on accident is so real LMAO

People try to defend the fasion agency saying “It’s not the dancers job to be a model.” Well being a dancer isn’t the models job. Meanwhile dancers practically know how to model, because of taking pictures for dance. Had to improv a pose for my dance costume pictures almost 2 months ago. Dancers are more than worthy to be a model. They know the proper technique, how the body should move, and especially the ballerinas know how to go en pointe. Models however? Unless they take dance lessons or ballet in their free time besides modeling, they don’t know the proper technique, how the body should move for it, or know how to go en pointe. The models can seriously hurt themselves by going en pointe, since they don’t have the proper training. Though being en pointe hurts for dancers, they’re trained to go through the pain, make it look easy, handle it, and how to go en pointe correctly without seriously damaging their feet.

The thing I don’t understand is why not just hire a ballet dancer. There are so many beautiful girls with the proper skills, who are just as gorgeous as any model. I am sure there are models who specifically have ballet training, or ballet dancers who understand at least the basics of modeling (I understand that the model sometimes needs to understand how the lighting and the camera can affect them, but with a proper director and skilled photographer, I think it would be much easier to coach a dancer into professional modeling and get amazing results, than to use a model who doesn’t have the skills needed. Especially someone who is a ballet dancer because they should be very used to taking direction to make small changes based on observations and they should have a heightened awareness of their body. I don’t see how at this point it’s not just a niche in the modeling industry, it’s safer too.

Omg! The Spanish one was of an anti-hemorrhoids medication. Aaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! Full translation: “To have hemorrhoids is to suffer in silence. You can’t think of anything else. It really hurts, bothers you, itches.” (There’s a part here that was muffled by Josephine asking someone to translate) Then… “Well, the worst is when you have to go to the bathroom. But I found something that changed my life forever.” (Seriously, how long has this girl had hemorrhoids that this was life changing. 😅) “ CONTRACTIL. Look, I’m here. Without a [butt] pillow. Doing what I love. I couldn’t ask for more.” The rest is just the guy voiceover explaining how it works from the first sip.

To your question about why the advertisers insist on pointe shoes - In my opinion, ballet is beautiful, but seeing a ballerina dancing and twirling in pointe shoes is magnificent! Breathtaking! It's the ultimate performance! It can make my heart race and evoke an emotional response! Pointe shoes "ups the ante". And, I believe, the advertisers see it the same, and are hoping consumers relate the epitome of dance to the value they are trying to convey to their products.

I am just weirded out to see Josephine sitting on a chair and not the floor, I have grown so used to it. But yeah, hiring people who professionally dance to pull off the poses and moves makes 1000x more sense

I got my first pair of point shoes Thursday and thank you, Josephine for inspiring me to continue doing what I love ❤️

Pointe shoes, long sleeved dress/swimsuit, surfboard, ocean…of course this was going to be an ad for tampons!

Not the Argentinian HEMORRHOID commercial 💀🤌

I’ll admit I stood in for a ballerina in really low budget productions. I wasn’t paid for the role but I at least had done some adult ballet classes. I did extremely limited static poses en pointe and consulted dancers on ballet forums to check I was over my box, turned out correctly etc I was lucky the Amazon shoes fit to an acceptable level but having someone fit and break the shoes in correctly (or use dead or semi pointe shoes) it will be easier for the models to get over and have banana feet. like ideally a proper dancer would have been better, but what I don’t understand is how they couldn’t even have a ballet instructor on set or have them do ONE lesson at least as it would make them 10 times more convincing. Like how hard would that be as a compromise if you still want to use models? And then you are also hiring people in the ballet world

This is how I feel every time, there's a computer/hacking/programming scene in a movie.

Why can't these companies just hire real ballet dancers???

Models Doing Ballet is just about my favorites Instagram account. Thanks for sharing them (several months ago). I'd love to see you get to watch ads like these that actually use REAL dancers. A side by side comparison would be great.

Reminds me of all of the commercials showing old people being active by surfing and posing on the beach. After surfing for 40 years, I can say that I've never seen anyone like the people on the commercial out there in the surf. It's the same kind of annoying.

I do Les Mills Barre classes at the gym and last week, I bought myself a new pair of split sole canvas shoes which I absolutely love! I couldn't help but ask the shop owner about if there was an increase of people wanting to buy pointe shoes but thank god, it's not THAT common at her shop. She knew about your channel too :)

At some point(e), we're going to see someone attempt en pointe in non-pointe shoes, and I just think we should start emotionally preparing Josephine for that now.

the bobby pin stuck to the computer is a MOOD

Translating the argentinian comercial: Having hemorroids is suffering in silence, you can't think about anything else. It hurts, it bothers, itches, but the worst comes when you have to go to the bathroom. And now I discovered something that changed my life forever (insert brand name), look, I'm here, without any pillow (?) doing what I love. I couldn't ask for anything else. From a confused chilean

The surf board one made my day. And your reaction to it as well ahahaha

I had the prettiest feet and have an unbelievable turn out. I am 5 foot zero and if anyone tells you that height doesn’t matter in ballet , then they’re lying. Granted I’m 38 and I was born a long time ago so when I tried to do ballet (very well if you might ask) they discouraged me completely to the point (no pun intended) that I quit. I became a runner, and still equally destroyed my feet.

My cousin had a very similar costume to the pink and purple one! But she was 5 😆 And it became one of my favorite dress up costume (cause I'm not a dancer and she would give me her old stuff)

Hey Josephine! Love your videos!❤

I just can't believe these unethical teachers approving dancers (usually fairly young girls) for pointe when they are nowhere near ready. I was approved finally at seventeen because of weak ankles that it took a ton of time to build strength in. I planned on pursuing modern, so I wanted to do just one year of pointe to broaden my dance experience, and I was SO glad to NOPE the eff out of there when the year was over and throw myself into safely throwing myself on the floor. 😂 And when it was recital time I had NO business being on that stage. Not because my teacher had me doing anything unsafe, but because I was SO CLEARLY still in the basics and looked terrible in the performance. At least I had my three contemporary pieces to make up for it. I'm convinced teachers who do this are doing it for the money, even if it's just subconsciously. The girls beg and beg to be approved, the parents get pissy about it and threaten to move their daughters to a different studio, and the teacher gives in to keep the money flowing. It's why I always tell friends enrolling their kids in ballet to choose a place called a "school" rather than a "studio" or let me look up the studio's ballet teacher for them. I went to a small city "studio" (the nearest school affiliated with a company was 45 minutes away), but I lucked out that a) they taught real, proper technique and b) they didn't do competitions, so there wasn't the pressure for overstretching and crap. We need to talk about the ethics of dance instruction, ESPECIALLY ballet, way, way more in the dance world. But I often feel like dancers coming up with legit technique have no idea all these unethical studios exist, so there are few people to call them out. I think TikTok and RU-vid are changing that, thank goodness.

A trained ballerina is going to take the beauty these adverts are going for, to the next level. Traumatised Josephine feat. bobby pin stuck to the laptop

It’s so sad how Josephine is practically desensitized to this now😂

Do marketers not realize how many beautiful REAL ballet dancers could promote their products and safely, to boot?

I've never taken ballet but I love your videos.

I’m not a dancer, but love watching this series !!! Would love yo see you do a fitting for Quiner sisters Sara’s😊😅

“Where are we…………I’m sorry daycare?” Had me dying 😂

My reactions are on par with Josephine's. The ballet shoes at the beach? I stopped breathing and tea kettle laughed myself to tears.

Not a dancer. Never took ballet. But I am fascinated with it and love these videos!

Tho, I do think that some of the models lied about their dancing experience to just get the job 😅

Josephine you're always make me laugh 😂😂. Anyway you're Amazing. Keep going ❤❤❤

As a non-dancer, I'm always fascinated by ppl not trained thinking they can go en pointe! lol Also, do men do it too? If so, id love to see a series of men going up on their toes! lol

4:16 "911, what's your emergency?" "I have to report a murder!"

The one in Spanish is promoting medicine for hemorrhoids, the model is stating that thanks to the medicine she can continue doing what she loves without discomfort or pain ಠ_ಠ

I think I almost died watching that. Most of that was scary.

I don't understand why they don't get actual dancers? (or at least a model who trained and still does ballet as a current hobby) Like it just looks off 😂

"I'm sorry, _daycare??"_ got me 😂😂

These pointe shoes actually look a lot like the $20 "pointe" shoe knock-offs that are sold on Amazon.

I love how there is just a Bobby pin magnetized to the back of her laptop 😂😂

5:27 The girl says that..."Hemorrhoids is living in silence, you can't think about anything else, it really hurts, bothers, itches, but the worst comes when you have to go to the bathroom, but I discovered something that changed my life forever , medicine ✨, look, I got here without a pillow (to sit on), doing what I like, I can't ask for anything more"... and then more explanations of the medicine for hemorrhoids La chica dice que ..."La hemorroides es vivir en silencio, no puedes pensar en otra cosa, realmente duele, molesta, pica, pero lo peor llega cuando tienes que ir al baño, pero descubrí algo que me cambió la vida para siempre, medicina ✨, mira, llegué acá sin ninguna una almohada (para sentarse), haciendo lo que me gusta, no puedo pedir más nada"... y luego más explicaciones de la medicina para las hemorroides

Please please please more of this omg 😂 💀

The girl in the commercial in spanish says "Having hemorroids is suffering in silence. You can´t think of anything else. It´s really bothering, hurts, itches... but the worst comes when you have to go to the bathroom. But I discovered something that changed my life forever: Contractil (she then shows the medicine). Look here, without any pillow (she then crosses her legs on the floor) doing what I love. I can´t ask for anything else" It was really weird...

For the first clip I do like the double entendre of "attitude". I think that's pretty creative for a car commercial.

I love your reactions 😅😅😅

Love the hairpin on your Laptop 😂

I get that the models are just doing their job but to me I feel like it's a jab to the ballet world. We've been trained in this field for years and companies are still refusing to hire actual dancers that know what we are doing. Also I follow the Instagram page and the things I see on there are just atrocious.

Josephine, that Spanish commercial was for hemorrhoids LMFAOOOOO 😂

These commercials are hilarious!!!!!

I would like to be happy that I at least know that I'd be better on pointe without pointe training than these models because I at least have ballet and dance training.... but then watching them praying mantis across the floor on pointe always has me dying 🤣

Just hire ballet dancers- they’re GORGEOUS AND can act

Josephine thnx for pointing out bobbypin (..👀❓️) BUT why is there a blue arrow behind you? CONFUSIONNnn!🤯

Okay but, what does the blue arrow in your background point towards xD

Not me understanding every word in the second-last video without reading subtitles as I'm Italian 😂

Omg, the one of the “hemorroides” I CAN’T 😭

Lol says the challenge is to not comment or cringe lol proceeds to cringe and comment immediately 😂 Love you so much!!

I feel so bad for these models. Going up on your toes is NOT easy and I'd be afraid of breaking my toes after not practicing for 12+ years [and BTW I was a ballet dancer for 13 years before having to quit due to feet/ankle problems] Never reached Pointe though. So seeing the models trying it makes my toes curl in on themselves in a phantom pain 😢

At one point in time I wanted to be a ballet dancer, but I realized that every time I did a spin I had the potential to knock out the dancers to the left and to the right of me.😂😂

The advertiser who made the car commercial screwed up. They should have hired a real dancer and made a delicious play on their tag line, 'Performance is an attitude!" It would have been so beautiful and memorable instead of whatever that was.

Love new videos!

Josephine if you read the box on the Spanish commercial it was for Hemmhroids OH MY your job only gets better LOL

i have always wanted a pair of point shoes …. not to wear, but just to hang up for decoration. I am NOT a ballerina and will quickly kill my feet wearing point shoes, but they are so beautiful. 😍😍😍

Poor Josephine, anxiety through the roof. I agree with all points on these commercials. How hard is it to source dancers who are somewhat experienced en pointe?? I feel sorry for the models that cop backlash over this. xx

i agree josephine.. i agree.. 😭

When I see stuff like this, I immediately click over to Kylie Shae to cleanse myself 😂 She is hands down the BEST!!!

Your editor needs a raise

🤣🤣🤣 can relate to bobby pin stuck to any magnetic spot of any electronic

MDB asks the right question: #WhoDidThisToThem ? Adding injury to insult [sic] overlooking the discipline and artistry of actual dancers, it endangers the models.

Risk of injury aside (because if you don't know something, you just don't know), how do the people making these - who work in the visual arts day in day out - not notice that it just looks terrible - visually! (I feel so sorry for the models, 'cos you can see how hard they're trying, but you just can't do what you're not trained for)

I AM DYING YOU JUST SAW THE ARGENTINIAN COMMERCIAL AGAINST HEMORROIDS 😂😂😂😂

bobby pin be like "what no im def supposed to be here"

4:44 the piece used is Prelude in D minor, BWV 926 by J.S. Bach

Hi! I speak Spanish so I'll translate the commercial for you, it's a commercial for the people who have hemorrhoids, it's like a pill so they don't get so bothered for that so they cant do their activities "normally".

I have read stories from models who are commonly given regular shoes that are significantly too big. They don't know who the model will be when the client company sends over the wardrobe. They figure the model will compensate.

Wow! Spanish TV is a lot further along than in the US. The commercial at 5:27 is for Contractil hemorroid cream, and the close up, time lapse was suppose to be actual hemmoroids shrinking. Now try to unsee that.

Hi Josephine I have been doing ballet for 6 years and was wondering if I should have point shoes and I’m in grade 4-5 I am almost 10 so I need your opinion pls reply to me

The Spanish comercial was a medicine to heal blisters

LOL... I only came here to say, "OMG, JUST HIRE DANCERS!"

The daycare from Brazil is in a dermatologist office OMG

This is reminiscent of actresses getting the wrong impression of corsets because they were made to wear one in the wrong size and/or the wardrobe department didn't know how to properly lace them.