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

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

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

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.

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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 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. 😅

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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 ❤️❤️

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

Imagine doing all that sewing basically every 2nd day

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.

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

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

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.

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