by Josephine Lee | Sep 13, 2018 | Career, Training, Viral Videos
Earlier this summer, we followed master pointe shoe fitter Josephine Lee of the California-based The Pointe Shop as she made her on a pointe shoe fitting tour around the West Coast and California. Now she’s back, this time on a 45-day tour from California to...
by Josephine Lee | Aug 14, 2018 | Health & Body, Viral Videos
Your feet may be the envy of your studio, but having flexible feet and ankles isn’t always easy. Master pointe shoe fitter Josephine Lee outlines the risks of hypermobility and how to combat them. For the pros and cons of inflexible feet and ankles, click...
by Josephine Lee | Jul 5, 2018 | Health & Body, Training, Trending, Viral Videos
Depending on your level of training or what you’re doing on pointe, you might need a different strength shank. Hard shanks last longer and give you more support, but they make it more difficult to roll through; soft shanks make you stronger, faster, but...
by Josephine Lee | Jun 5, 2018 | Training, Viral Videos
A few weeks ago, we shared the first five vlogs from master pointe shoe fitter Josephine Lee’s West Coast tour. Now, Lee is back with videos from four California cities—Morgan Hill, San Francisco, Roseville and Oakhurst—to wrap up her 20-day tour....
by Josephine Lee | May 17, 2018 | Health & Body, Training, Viral Videos
Master pointe shoe fitter Josephine Lee of the California-based The Pointe Shop is taking her wares on a tour of the West Coast: California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah and Nevada. Lee is visiting dance schools along the way in her mobile pointe shoe van to fit...
by Josephine Lee | May 3, 2018 | Health & Body, Training, Trending, Viral Videos
Whether you’re new to pointe or looking for an added boost of strength and stability to make it through performance season, these 5 resistance band exercises will show big results—and fast. Master pointe shoe fitter Josephine Lee demonstrates a series of...
by Josephine Lee | Apr 19, 2018 | Training, Viral Videos
If you’re dancing on pointe, both flexibility and strength in your feet are crucial. But most of us need to work on one more than the other. Master pointe shoe fitter Josephine Lee of the California-based The Pointe Shop is back with three ways to know which...
by Josephine Lee | Mar 7, 2018 | Training, Viral Videos
Let’s say you find the perfect pointe shoes, but right before Nutcracker season they go out of stock; or worse, get discontinued. What do you do? Master pointe shoe fitter Josephine Lee of the California-based The Pointe Shop explains how to find another shoe...