Pointe Shoe Fitting 11 Year Old YAGP Hope Award Winner 

aw that’s sad:( but i hope your dance era was amazing

@@justt0ni, A.K. quit because of pain and injuries… I’m afraid she didn’t have such a good time 😔🩰💕

That's not right !!! To be that bad fitted, your teacher should of noticed it and said something to you. I'm sorry you went through that.

@@rebolognesi ohh, yea

I totally understand. Way back when I got my pointe shoes there really wasn't much of a fitting. I put on and danced in the shoes they gave me. Horrible blisters due to my bunions...made it so much worse.

I've wanted to start Pointe for about a year or so, and when I'm finally able to, I'll be SO GLAD! I'm 13 and haven't done ballet since I was 4, and I'm starting it again this summer! I'm SO EXCITED!!!

I used to want to go en pointe so bad but then I became scared about it but have just been given the go ahead to get shoes and I’m going for a fitting tomorrow so I’m nervous to see how it goes lol

@@SimplyMT good luck! I hope you find the perfect fit

Also, I saw that her foot, like, coming out over the vamp way more in the second one. Idk remember what that called but it looks kinda painful. 😅

I think it’s because of the padding inside the shoe. The first pair was prettier, but I thrust Josephine

@@onyx_the_water_dragon3889 you do, do you? Lmao

@@onyx_the_water_dragon3889 I also trust* her, and of course it matter how it feels which we don’t know.

Thats similar to how it was for me. Was always the shortest and the skinniest until I suddenly reached an average 5'5 but I guess even at 30 now I'm still very skinny. That never really changed. Growth spurts can definitely happen for afab people later too

i was always tall for my age, i become 5'9 at 15 and i stopped growing, i havent grown since 15, and im now 22 still the same height

Me too

You never too old to start ballet. Pointes is just a part of it, it takes years for dancers to get to that point and not without risks. 'Cause lot of people aren't qualifed. If I may again, I would suggest to also seek for a physician for pointes, you will have an a not bias opinion and it might prevent injuries.

It does a bit but she is also supported enough that it shouldn’t be much of a problem

I had the same thought, like her foot was going to fall out the top when she was on pointe

Part of that is the toe pads bubbling out of the vamp - it happens on just about anyone with short toes, or low vamps, or just long toe pads. I do see what you mean, but it also looks like it breaking where it does will help her roll through, where a higher vamp would likely be very hard to work through, and potentially cause more issues. It's always a give and take with pointe shoe fittings. And when they're lighter, it also makes a difference in whether spillage or potential for it is a problem or not.

she doesnt say what shes she uses for this reason.

It's also so that nobody goes out and buys a particular shoe just because so-and-so the famous dancer wears them, with no proper fitting or regard to if they suit the person buying them.

She fits a lot of Nikolay though, like both these pairs

Correct, unless she is talking about one brand specifically, she doesn't mention brands that dancers wear or she fits with to avoid the "oh such and such dancer wore this shoe so I have to get this shoe"

It’s to make dancers get fitted without bias instead of insisting on a possibly poorly fitting shoe because this or that dancer wears it. Pointe shoes should always be about fit and not brand, heck, even Gaynor Minden doesn’t work for everyone even though I’m guessing it would be ballet parents dream at least while they have to pay for all the shoes

Oooo I’m exited for u!

No, you should have a doctor confirm. It can damage your growth plates. Many dancers are not even ready at 13. There is no reason to risk potential career ending injuries or a lifetime of joint pain.

I personally had point shoes before I was 8, and it was fine, if your teacher thinks you are strong enough, but if you think you might change sports, then think through the fitting, if they constantly bring something up about your feet, and try to get you to sew it differently, or break it weird, then you have a bad fitter, and it could damage your feet if you decide to do something active later in life my fitter told me I had low low low arches, and I literally had to sew them myself, because my mom wanted the band where my teacher said, but I took the fitter’s advice to heart, and kept breaking my shoe to get a prettier arch, and to get over my box because I though my arch did that, and I was good in ballet had not extra pain, but quit and I now run cross country, had to sit out a season of track, because I could not walk, turns out I had developed high arches, and now have insoles in all my shoes, because I can not walk, but I had a ton of friends that got their’s at 8, and area fine, and actually better for it, if your teacher is recommending it then you area strong and should be fine, just break them in, make sure they are soft, and start slow

no, that’s not safe. especially while you’re still growing you need to be very careful so you don’t end up injuring your joints 😮 try to find a dance/ballet company in your area so you can learn to do it safely and be sure to get a doctor’s approval before going on pointe :)

@@dishwashee I can’t do ballet lessons because they are so expensive

@@Maddy-dh7xv i understand. you can practice some on your own but be very careful with your toes :)

@@dishwashee but I walk on my toes all the time

@@Maddy-dh7xv walking on your toes is okay :) as long as it’s not the very end of the tippy toes

This sounds so creepy