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After 22 Years, My Pointe Shoes FINALLY Fit! | Professional Fitting at The Pointe Shop

Kathryn Morgan

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I'm SO excited to share this with you! After 22 years of dancing professionally and never being truly happy with my pointe shoes, I finally got a proper fitting with Josephine Lee at ‪@ThePointeShop‬and it was life-changing!
Whether you're struggling with pointe shoe fit, looking for a professional fitter, or curious about the fitting process, this video shows you why proper fitting matters SO much - even after years of professional dancing!

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20 Comments

@kathryn_morgan Creator 4 years ago Pinned

There is a very specific reason that we didn't mention what shoe Josephine fit me in. (And she always abides by this rule). You have to find what shoe works for YOU. Often dancers get swayed by name brands- "So and so wears this shoe so I have to also!" "Well Kathryn Morgan got these shoes so I want them to." And it might be the COMPLETELY wrong shoe for you. So I am totally happy adhering to the rule! I would like to wear these for a few months first. If I stick with them, I will probably let you guys know what they are! :)

@avenginggoddess 4 years ago (edited)

Are other non ballet dancers fascinated by these shoe fitting videos? I think they're so interesting.

@lbazemore585 3 years ago

“The body keeps score forever.” Spoken like a true physio-therapist. ❤

@jodiecoyote 4 years ago (edited)

Honestly Josephine is just absolutely the BEST pointe shoe fitter in the world. I am based in Australia and my daughter has struggled to find pointe shoes to suit her hypermobility and wide feet. At the end of the road and with the possibility of my daughter stopping her love of ballet because we could not find the right shoe we found out about Josephine's virtual fittings. In just one appointment she was able to give us the details of the shoe to suit my daughter. Upon trying on the shoe she has never looked back and has danced better than ever before. Josephine is soooooo good at what she does she managed to nail the right shoe and drive her car at the same freakin time. We can't love or thank her enough. Amazing.

@kelliewilborn9154 8 months ago

My mother was a ballerina, I danced as a child. In my 60s now, Mom is long gone, watching these videos is like hanging out with Mom for 10 minutes.

@phoenixgate007 4 years ago

I sincerely wonder if 22 years in slightly misfitting shoes is what led to her ankle injuries? She said her foot had never been able to go up en pointe quite like that before. The improvements in information and technology are really helping in so many lives across many disciplines.

@Fatherdowling 4 years ago

I’m not even a dancer but I find pointe shoe fitting totally fascinating.

@siobhanmacandrew7068 4 years ago

‘Body keeps score forever’ - so wise Josephine

@Tarasca6216 4 years ago

You know it's a good fitting session when you just try one shoe and then spend the rest of it gushing about how beautiful your feet look and how comfortable you are.😄

@melodyleong 4 years ago

Watching this has taught me that

- some people's bad feet look WAAAAYYY better than my good feet.
- I should possibly stop blaming my pointe shoe for not being able to do certain steps (my left foot hates me though I swear)
- I am apparently the type of person that would consider a 14000km trip to get fitted in pointe shoes

@jazleyfaith 4 years ago

if you had told 16 year old me that I would get to edit & create content with THE Kathryn Morgan, I wouldn’t have believed you. This was so fun to work on & such a dream collab. Thank you, Kathryn!!! 😍❤️

@chloecm 4 years ago

I just recently did a virtual fitting with Josephine and it was the same magical experience!! Mid-20s lifelong ballet student, ~14 years en pointe with ~1.5yr break between my late teens and "starting over" as an adult dancer. Never had a shoe I "loved" besides maybe gaynors as a teen. Josephine read me like a book over zoom in 15 mins and same thing, the shoes she put me in made my feet actually look pretty!! I wore them for the first time for 2 straight hrs of class and felt like I could go all day when I was used to limping around in pain after barely 1.5 hrs. Such a difference, I was slightly skeptical of a virtual fitting but can highly recommend her virtual appointments!!

@ThePointeShop 4 years ago

So happy we found you your shoe 💞 Love you Kathryn!

@HansApril2024 4 years ago

I wish professional schools would do this for the young dancers at the beginning of their training to get the correct shoe 🙏🏻🙏🏻🌻

@paynehollis 4 years ago

“It’s not you. It’s the shoe”! 👈🏻This👈🏻!!!! Thank you for putting these videos out! It’s so helpful for us to see that even very experienced/ professional dancers have shoe woes. Dancers! Don’t stay quiet! If you’re struggling, ask for help. Struggling with your shoes is NOT unusual. Even for expert dancers! If your technique, strength and conditioning are all solid, but you still feel you need a NASA engineer to design a shoe for your “difficult feet…”it’s not you. It’s the shoe!” My academy dictated what shoes we wore based an out dated and extremely flawed training philosophies (we were not allowed to use lamb’s wool either). I stayed quiet and did my best in the wrong shoe for years. YEARS! Compensating for a bad fit lead me to over develop lateral stabilizer muscles just to protect myself from injury. This limited my range of motion, caused repetitive stress injuries and held me back artisticly. My dance physiotherapist insisted I meet with a master fitter and it immediately felt like someone took a 50lb weight off my back. I was able to focus 100% on my dancing because I didn’t have to think about protecting myself while fighting the shoe. If I’d known then…etc etc. Don’t stay quiet. Find a master fitter and get the right shoe!

@awesomesauce23 4 years ago

The fact that Kathryn Morgan helped lead me through starting ballet at 11, and Josephine has helped me learn so much about pointe shoes as I start my pointe journey. This collaboration is LEGENDARY!

@2boys1man4me 4 years ago

This was like a pointe shoe fantasy where the queen of pointe shoes collaborates America’s ballet sweetheart. Your feet look so beautiful💕💕💕

@hannahballerina3642 4 years ago

My friend compeated in yagp with joffrey and texted me saying she was like 20 feet away from Kathryn and I freaked out! Kathryn you are my biggest role model! You have taught me that I am worthy of dance, you help me be able to look in the mirror every day, which is a huge feat for me. you are such an amazing person, dancer, and role model. I hope one day I can tell you in person how much you have done for me. Because of you I feel like I can belong in the dance world, even with my body. you have absolutely no idea how much you have done for me. I just want to thank you for that <3

@jessiebee12 4 years ago

The before and after is crazy! You can tell such a difference and like Josephine said, they make your feet look so nice!

@tracywilson1356 4 years ago

I am so glad to hear that I am not making up being hyper sensitive. I have fair skin, and everything always hurts more, bruises easier, and generally makes me crazy. I get grief all the time from nurses doing blood tests, because needles hurt me unbearably, because I have very sensitive skin. Of course they all think I am being overly dramatic. After 51 years, your comment about fair skin has finally validated what I have always said about myself.