by Josephine Lee | Nov 1, 2019 | Health & Body, Viral Videos
Have small heels? Josephine Lee of the California-based ThePointeShop gives her top tips on finding the best fitting pointe shoes for when your heel tends to slide...
by Josephine Lee | Oct 23, 2019 | Profiles, Viral Videos
Master pointe shoe fitter Josephine Lee of the California-based ThePointeShop chats with Colorado Ballet soloist Tracy Jones to hear all about her pointe shoe hacks (particularly for dancers with sensitive skin), her darning tips and the differences between what...
by Josephine Lee | Sep 22, 2019 | Health & Body, Training, Viral Videos
Master pointe shoe fitter Josephine Lee of the California-based ThePointeShop offers pointe shoe fitting tips for weak ankles, particularly when coming back from a sprained...
by Josephine Lee | Sep 13, 2019 | Profiles, Viral Videos
Master pointe shoe fitter Josephine Lee of the California-based ThePointeShop chats with Ballet West soloist Chelsea Keefer to hear about how she prepares her pointe shoes. Keefer offers lots of darning tips, and shares all of the unusual ways that she uses...
by Amanda Sherwin For Dance Spirit | Sep 9, 2019 | News
Dancers breaking world records before they’ve even had their morning coffee? Shouldn’t surprise you, considering our next-level enthusiasm for absolutely anything that has to do with dance. And that’s exactly the feat 300+ dancers—myself...
by Josephine Lee | Sep 8, 2019 | Health & Body, Viral Videos
There are a handful of injuries that plague many dancers, tendonitis being one of them. Here, master pointe shoe fitter Josephine Lee of the California-based ThePointeShop explains how to find the best pointe shoe fit to keep pre-existing tendonitis from becoming...
by Josephine Lee | Jul 24, 2019 | Profiles, Viral Videos
Master pointe shoe fitter Josephine Lee of the California-based The Pointe Shop chats with Oklahoma City Ballet dancer Amy Potter to hear about how she prepares her pointe shoes. Plus, hear all of Potter’s tips and tricks on how she makes her boxes last...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jun 11, 2019 | Health & Body, Summer Study
Houston Ballet principal Jessica Collado recalls dancing Giselle’s Myrtha on an outdoor stage in the thick of a Texan summer. “At the beginning of the act my shoes still had some life in them, but when I bourrĂ©ed off to go to my grave at the end, there was...