pointe shoe fitter reacts to BALLET TIK TOK 20

It’s not ballet, it’s Pas De-giorno 🤌🏻✨

Me, not a dancer: “she’s not over. Why is she en pointe in these shoes if she can’t get over the box?”

The saran wrap thing is to help warm up your calves really quickly in class. It keeps ALL the heat in so a lot of dancers with injuries might do this!

I've recently joined a Silver Swans ballet class at the age of 64. I haven't danced since I was 19. It is SUCH good fun!!

Honestly I needed that “you dont have to be good” speech, I went into ballet as a child when my mom noticed how much I loved watching anything related to it.

But unfortunately she was forced to take me out of the class when the teacher pulled my mom aside and told her to put me of a strict diet of zero carbs

I was *five*

Coming back to ballet as an adult is such a great thing! When I quit ballet, my teacher told me that if I quit now I could never start it up again and nobody would take me and I've felt guilty about my decision since then but seeing so many people take ballet classes as adults and without recent training makes it look a lot less scary.

My grandma tapped until about 5 years or so before she passed away. She had to stop because of some mini strokes she had which took away her balance. She was part of a senior tap group through the local community college for at least 10 years.

I was literally just like "man... I wish there were more tiktok videos" not half an hour ago. Jo really is magical

bro i swear every single time they do a 'trying pointe shoes as a beginner/self taught' they say 'yeah dont try this at home lmao only professionals should'

WHY DID YOU DO IT THEN. UR CLEARLY MAKING MORE PPL DO IT.

I went back to adult ballet classes in my late 30's. Everybody else in the class were moms like me who had danced through their childhoods, but were never going to be professional dancers. It was actually one of the great joys of my life to dance without any pressure or expectation. I was so happy to go back.

I wonder if Josephine would pass out from cuteness at a children's recital.

i imagine the plastic wrap is to help with the warm up process since it wouldn't allow the heat from her muscles to escape as easily. You can also put like... tiger balm or whatever then wrap for even more FIYAH

The “Dancer” that tried on pointe shoes in the seventh minute she is actually a professional cliff diver and she started doing ballet because she probably wanted to be more elegant when she jumps

It's so heartwarming to know that Josephine has seen like a million people on pointe in her life already, but still every time someone goes on pointe in these videos she's like "ohhh prettyyyy" and I love it

The little peanut dancing got me good. She loves to dance and you can see it.

The adult returning to ballet legit made me cry. I was in ballet from 6-13. I developed arthritis in my knees at 12 and was encouraged by my doctor to stop. So I did.

I did some dance roles in some local theater productions in high school after that, but nothing major.

Now I'm 46 with more arthritis, fibromyalgia, and Meniere's. I still wish I could return, but there are days I can barely walk, and turns are out of the question. But I still toy with the idea of trying an adult class. However, I would have to find a teacher who would really understand.

Whatever.

I still find myself 'dancing' in the kitchen while I grab a snack to watch ballet shows / movies. Hah.

The disappointment and horror on Josephine’s face when the girl said “Amazon” made me fall off my chair

Can we all take a second to appreciate Grandma's shoulder shake while she was tapping? Get it, Granny! Love every bit of it.

😂 she said “I hope your teacher watches this” the same way my mom used to say “I hope you have three just like you” when I was a kid and I ticked her off

Josephine reacting to Amber trying to teach Eva ballet - my worlds have collided. 😂 I hope you’ll do more of them, I love watching them work and “work”. 😁