It would be so nice if we got to see the dancer wearing the shoe and dancing a bit at the end.

Her shoes never die because there is no shank to kill😂

Am I the only one who like watching point shoes videos even tho I’m not even a dancer, just me ok 👁👄👁🧍‍♀️

finally a pro without insanely muscular archy shoe killing feet lol.. that's me as well, like i have a flexible arch but i don't kill shoes very fast at all

Hi I'm a dad of a ballerina.  For about 13 years I've been pulling apart the sole removing the tack and then cutting just the hard instep about that much, then my daughter uses gorilla tape to hold down the material of the sole.  I've kept the collection of tacks for the past few years.

The reason why she keeps her shoes so long is bc she basically dances in shoes that would be dead for a lot of people😄

Anyone else wants to see her up en pointe in the hacked (wrecked!) shoes? I want to see where her arch is as I've never seen a shank  broken down so far. When she says she 3/4s her shank, she virtually takes out 3/4 and leaves a 1/4! When normally people take out a 1/4! :)

I really wanted to see her foot standing on the shoe because she kept saying it wasn't flexible and I was curious what it looked like with half the shank gone

In this whole video Josephine just looked shocked/scared every time she did something to the shoe she 😂

I was fortunate to have cusom made pointe shoes by Capezio. They were extremely flattering on my feet and lasted longer than the average pair of pointe shoes. Capezio is underrated, for sure.  ❤❤❤

Please have them stand and go to point after these hack videos. I would love to see the difference.

I love this series! Not even a dancer, I'm just fascinated. Keep it up! I have plowed through almost every video you have.

I danced when I was younger man. I will always remember the first time I saw a ballerina hack into her brand new pointe shoes. I was horrified 🤣 Then my teacher wanted to improve my feet flexibility so I had do classes en pointe. I got it then! Btw I absolutely loved dancing in pointe shoes. It gives such a different perspective to the way you use the floor and how you move

I cut out half of mine too and tape over the rough part! I’m really surprised to find out she also does this too, minus the tape! Mine also last a long time!

This is almost exactly how I prep my shoes. When I was working with a private teacher they recommended half shanking and it makes your shoes last WAY longer! Many pros prep their shoes in this manner. It basically takes all the extra pressure off other areas in the shoe allowing the shoe to “break” where it needs to. My arch also breaks low.

Capezio is an under appreciated queen

Gosh, I've watched this vid several times and FINALLY I found someone with a foot similar to my own. I've been doing almost the same thing to my foot with my Suffolks and what a difference. It's true that your foot has to be really strong. Thanks Josephine!. Love Skylar too!

I understand her. I don’t have very flexible feet either, with flat arches. My toes are actually quite short too, compared to the length of my feet. I actually had to start with a very flexible shank with quite a short/wide vamp. I just had to develop the strength because those are the shoes I needed.

she is like one of the first dancers that doesnt kill her shoes super fast for me i go through so manyyy a month

I used to dance. I was also the dancer who's point shoe lasted a long time. I kept wearing the same type of shoe until I went off to college and quite dance.