Ex-Pro Ballerina - Trying on ALL My Old Pointe Shoes

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  • Опубликовано: 6 янв 2025

Комментарии • 355

  • @amberklaire9419
    @amberklaire9419 4 года назад +801

    The weird thing about ballerinas... we keep all our old shoes. Forever. For no reason... but we must😅

    • @eylulkaner8802
      @eylulkaner8802 4 года назад +34

      Those boxes are probably worth millions since pointe shoes are so expensive 😂

    • @paulineiv878
      @paulineiv878 4 года назад +14

      Yeah you're right I have my old pointe shoes and leotards from age 5 and so....😕

    • @audreyli_creations
      @audreyli_creations 4 года назад +5

      @@paulineiv878
      this might just be a misunderstanding but u started pointe at 5 years old?

    • @paulineiv878
      @paulineiv878 4 года назад +13

      @@audreyli_creations I started pointe at 9 5 yrs old for leotards and slippers sorry for confusion....🙂

    • @asdfghjklmhgffvbnjhhgvvgbb2869
      @asdfghjklmhgffvbnjhhgvvgbb2869 4 года назад +7

      I was a gymnast I stopped early last year and still have ALL of my leotards and my grips

  • @shimmermetimbers1531
    @shimmermetimbers1531 4 года назад +821

    Idk why I have a weird fascination for ballet..... I play basketball

  • @meatballking100
    @meatballking100 4 года назад +435

    Is nobody gonna talk about how FREAKING BEAUTIFUL her hyperextension is?!!?

    • @annevanderweide5938
      @annevanderweide5938 3 года назад +15

      I agree, just incredible. Whish I had the same.

    • @urlocaleditgurl5851
      @urlocaleditgurl5851 3 года назад +5

      I know it’s incredible

    • @katt2266
      @katt2266 3 года назад +13

      @@annevanderweide5938 hyperextension sometimes can be dangerous without the right strength so you may be lucky!

    • @saxonett
      @saxonett 3 года назад +1

      @@katt2266 u are right ,my knees hurt

    • @paigelee2994
      @paigelee2994 2 года назад

      @@annevanderweide5938 I hyperextended my knee and it broke 🤢🤢🤢

  • @liauchida1732
    @liauchida1732 4 года назад +431

    Dude I STRIVE to have ur arches!!! IM JEALOUSSSS AGHHH

  • @avacopeland9868
    @avacopeland9868 4 года назад +687

    YOUR ON RECOMMEND!!! Congrats🥳

  • @robotcommander7943
    @robotcommander7943 4 года назад +210

    GIRL UR UNDERRATED SOMEONE GET THIS GIRL MORE SUBS

  • @katiekathryn3273
    @katiekathryn3273 4 года назад +98

    the things i would do to have your arches, they are so GORGEOUS

  • @Dalttoes
    @Dalttoes 4 года назад +169

    “Here is the god darn goshy darn darn darn tea”
    ✨Spoken like a real queen 👑 ✨

  • @davidk6269
    @davidk6269 4 года назад +139

    I predict that this will be the least pointe-less RUclips video that I will see all day. Ba-doom-bam! ; )

  • @HungerGamesWicked
    @HungerGamesWicked 4 года назад +46

    I love just the vodka bottle in the back. I feel that energy

  • @titaniamengyun
    @titaniamengyun 2 года назад +1

    “actually fit me”
    the way you whispered this like you were spilling some real tea got me

  • @finlayroyer4846
    @finlayroyer4846 3 года назад +5

    OMG SAME SIS!!! I KEEP ALL MY POINTE SHOES AND IM ONLY 18!! I did SAB and lived in the dorms and we got new pairs of point shoes every week!! We had practice EVERY DAY!! Now I do NEW YORK CITY BALLET!! My little girl dream came true

  • @Imthescab
    @Imthescab 4 года назад +13

    I did pointe but. I was cheap about it so I only bought like 4 pairs and when the teacher said get new ones I would just get the other one I already bought this never Improved my skill and I broke my ankle and can never do pointe again so if u are going to be cheap do not do pointe at all

  • @anastasiadunaway
    @anastasiadunaway 4 года назад +15

    I absolutely ADORE you! Yes, your arches-they’re gorgeous! I had arches like that, too, back in the late 1970s...before everything went to absolute hell. 😜

  • @gemmaryan5095
    @gemmaryan5095 4 года назад +31

    I had so many pairs of Suffolks and I LOVED them until I got injured and needed a stronger shank and switched to Russians but I eventually had to just quit pointe because I couldn’t find a shoe that didn’t twist (I have a really dramatic Egyptian foot so super diagonal toes) and couldn’t take the pain of basically no shank support because it would always be off to the side of my foot instead of against my sole. I miss the days when I could dance for hours in my Suffolks with little to no foot pain🥺 the good old days. Injuries suck :(

    • @itsalexhall
      @itsalexhall  4 года назад

      I’m sorry to hear that! Injuries are the worst 😭😭😭

  • @jizailleaudreyquirong3757
    @jizailleaudreyquirong3757 4 года назад +52

    Is anybody gonna ignore the "Most Beautiful Moment In Life: Young Forever" poster in the back? (BTS album) no? just me? ok. YEet!

  • @Lexa.marie07
    @Lexa.marie07 4 года назад +5

    How is she not more popular? She is literally woah! Such great personality. Soooo I guess I’m here before she blows up!!

  • @ambercowie7025
    @ambercowie7025 3 года назад +3

    I still have my first pair of pointe shoes in dance bag, for some reason I can’t fathom the idea taking them out. My other old pairs I have taken out my bag but I just can’t with my first pair 😂😂

  • @cellisings3469
    @cellisings3469 4 года назад +4

    I did pointe once a week for 30 minutes and my first pair (Russian Class) was dead after half a year. How did your first pair last so looooooong?

    • @audrey2498
      @audrey2498 3 года назад

      she just has magic feet. my first pair only lasted two months

  • @Snapple-lw8nk
    @Snapple-lw8nk 4 года назад +30

    Here before Alex becomes famous!!

  • @lucygrayson6034
    @lucygrayson6034 4 года назад +9

    As a Brit, the pronunciation of Suffolk is SENDING me!!!!!!!!!

    • @Spikeygal
      @Spikeygal 3 года назад

      I was wondering if that's what she was saying!!

    • @Weeping-Angel
      @Weeping-Angel 3 года назад

      Perks of being Canadian

    • @tijay8507
      @tijay8507 2 года назад

      Me too! only just reading this comment after posting the same lol!

  • @boopathi69
    @boopathi69 3 года назад +2

    It's why in Karate we keep all our old belts as you go through the ranks because that's your spirit your work your sweat went into those belts so you keep them every now and then you pull them out look at them it's a good thing

    • @tijay8507
      @tijay8507 2 года назад

      It isn't the same thing as a new belt means you have advanced and pointe shoes don't mean anything apart from memories ....

  • @psychoshamrock
    @psychoshamrock 4 года назад +6

    I lived in Capezios for years. Of course, this was the 80s, so there was lambs wool and paper towels or cottonballs to "comfort" my feet. (HA! As if...) I gave away all my clunker shoes. I'd doodle on them or sign my name to them and give them away to younger students or friends. This was great to watch!

    • @br6480
      @br6480 2 года назад

      I too lived in Capezios with lambs wool. I think we’re giving away our age😂

  • @amandablossom3030
    @amandablossom3030 4 года назад +5

    I thoroughly enjoyed this video from Beginning to End. OMG, I loved the comedy, the realness, the honesty, and everything else you added to this video. This is my very ever first time laying eyes on just the video preview. Once I started watching, I was hooked like a fish on a fishing hook. Only thing, like a fish that's hooked squirming to get free, escape, or get away, I wasn't thinking about, collecting any negative vibes, trying to move my eyes in a different direction to show any cringing. I wasn't even interested in any way form or fashion felt the need to want to escape this video. I'm giving this video 5x5 🌟 🌟🌟🌟🌟
    X
    🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟's. She needs her own TV show about Ballet. She'll educate us on how to become successful as a ballerina, showing us a few type of stretches while bringing the humor with it. Have special guest such as professional ballerinas, (male and females) a few gymnast, ECT... Writing all this may be unnecessary just to say, She was excellent, the video was perfection and she added the right amount of comedy in her video. Doesn't get any better than that.
    Thank You so much for sharing some of your life's training with millions around the world, especially ME! You truly gained a subscriber, a fan, a friend, and most of all, a team supporter!
    God Bless, and Please, Continue to do your best, staying true to who you are as a human being, and blessing not only me, but hundreds of thousand others with your talent and your blessed gift of dance and comedy to us all.
    Sincerely ; Amanda Blossom, 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 🌸 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @kaya3576
    @kaya3576 4 года назад +34

    8:59 me when i try to walk in heels

  • @echo932
    @echo932 4 года назад

    This is the best intro I’ve seen and I have been watching RUclips religiously for as long as I can remember

  • @editswkylie
    @editswkylie 4 года назад +4

    Actually this is my first year on pointe and the part where u said u got regular elastic and regular ribbon I’m like yep me too. And also the part when u said they are baggy when u go in flat, I can relate rn... lol. That’s why when I get my second pair of pointe shoes I want to get the stretch\elastic ribbons!

  • @elysiummahnke3092
    @elysiummahnke3092 4 года назад +52

    Omg the way you pronounce Suffolk.. haha it’s really funny.. the L is supposed to be silent caused it’s named after the owners. Much love tho 💕💖

    • @itsalexhall
      @itsalexhall  4 года назад +12

      Haha whelp you live and you learn 😅

    • @tijay8507
      @tijay8507 2 года назад +1

      It is a county in England and then of course the Americans named a county the same!

  • @madisondean1074
    @madisondean1074 2 года назад +1

    The pointe shoes painted on using acrylic paint are actually really pretty!🤩😍
    Also, I really need Russian pointe shoes so bad! I have really wide metatarsals and long/tapered toes! Meaning it's a pain in the *bleep* to find pointe shoes that actually fit me in the USA!

  • @karaandersen6210
    @karaandersen6210 4 года назад +2

    I wore Russian pointes for a few months but the shank always stayed super hard while the box DIED. Not a fun experience but they were the prettiest on my feet O_o

  • @deathdropaldc4799
    @deathdropaldc4799 4 года назад +3

    All of these videos are just making me more and more excited to go en pointe next year! ❤️

  • @delmartubbs3260
    @delmartubbs3260 3 года назад

    I have a soft socks for my old ballet class and I completely get it because I wanted to be in on pointe not regular soft socks which was annoying

  • @sungjulee8106
    @sungjulee8106 3 года назад

    What freed model did you wear for your first pointe shoe? Also ur arch is bootiful

  • @imogenkusuma1199
    @imogenkusuma1199 3 года назад

    HHH UR HYPEREXTENSION ND ARCHES LOOK GORGEOUS

  • @Awakening_Sunshine
    @Awakening_Sunshine 3 года назад

    What’s the difference between soft blocks and just plain canvas full-soled soft ballet slippers?

  • @lvc6415
    @lvc6415 4 года назад +3

    Your arches are beyond gorgeous and your linesss😍
    -Love from a fellow dancer🩰

  • @ellerygavin2332
    @ellerygavin2332 4 года назад +6

    giiiirrrlllllll! why did you stop doing ballet! OMG YOU FEET ARE BEAUTIFUL IN THOSE SHOES I AM SO JEALOUSSSSSS

  • @devilschild2597
    @devilschild2597 4 года назад +32

    Every dancer I ever met when I was a child said I had beautiful legs because of the... bendyness?😂 Probably because I did synchronised swimming. But now I'm kind of sad I never took ballet classes...

    • @kaytlingym5793
      @kaytlingym5793 4 года назад

      OMG SAME, I do diving and synchro and people always ask how long I’ve danced for and I was like I never have

  • @draains
    @draains 4 года назад +1

    congratulations on 1k subscribers!! love your channel!

  • @talia-sophiafidock5687
    @talia-sophiafidock5687 3 года назад

    I tried as many freed pointe shoes from different makers and I have not found my maker at all :(

  • @catarinagoncalves5966
    @catarinagoncalves5966 4 года назад +23

    On my ballet school they let me wear my first point shoes during two years.
    And they were so dead that I can't stand on point, And I spend a whole year believing that I was a bad dancer.
    (Sorry for the bad english)

    • @audrey2498
      @audrey2498 3 года назад

      yikes 😬 (to the teachers not you)

  • @lilyrose3905
    @lilyrose3905 4 года назад +1

    Your arches are GORGEOUS

  • @kamilamagda1907
    @kamilamagda1907 3 года назад +2

    The "Young Forever" poster in the back 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

  • @PaigeBartholomew
    @PaigeBartholomew 11 месяцев назад

    You are HILARIOUS! I love your wacky sense of humor!

  • @TheSummerStrawberry
    @TheSummerStrawberry 4 года назад +9

    Omg i wish i had your arches!!

  • @luxuryluxury2231
    @luxuryluxury2231 4 года назад +4

    Can u please do a story time on why did you leave ballet? 🥰

  • @daisy.andherbooks4502
    @daisy.andherbooks4502 4 года назад +4

    You look like Janet from the good place in this vid and honestly I’m here for it 😝

  • @princessike3910
    @princessike3910 3 года назад +2

    You're legit like hilarious 😂😂😂 and so inspirational, I hope one day I can be just as good as you are, I feel very far but I'll try!!

  • @alexandrasartinsanity
    @alexandrasartinsanity 4 года назад +2

    This makes me miss pointe. I used to wear Suffolk shoes as well.

  • @selacialafleur7385
    @selacialafleur7385 4 года назад

    Do you go to ocad?? Honestly other art schools probably have d.a.d. as a mandatory first year course, but i thought maybe!

  • @UnknownUser-ns2gh
    @UnknownUser-ns2gh 4 года назад

    You're on my subscriber list! God I love your fricking arches SO JEALOUS

  • @narcissamalfoy2666
    @narcissamalfoy2666 4 года назад +3

    This video got recommended to me…I quit ballet when I was 8 years old…but I’m asking myself why I am actually insterested in that, ballet was SOOO expensive. I think if I still did ballet now, my family would be completely BROKE now

    • @itsalexhall
      @itsalexhall  4 года назад +3

      It’s unfortunate ballet is expensive in terms of “supplies” and classes. I wish there were more ways to get free ballet out there 😭

  • @marliseee3917
    @marliseee3917 4 года назад +4

    Love the BTS poster in the back. Also you are soooooooo pretty!

  • @anastasiaknutsen4558
    @anastasiaknutsen4558 3 года назад

    ok u r now like my favorite yt person like jsut ur personality is just.. 🤌🏼 spectacular. mAgNiFIQUÉ tOallY tubulaaarrrrr

  • @showrinmoriamshatabdi9790
    @showrinmoriamshatabdi9790 4 года назад +30

    I see HYYH poster in the backk..BTS FANN...ARMYs where are you at?!

  • @arabellasuper9476
    @arabellasuper9476 4 года назад +1

    Ouch soft point shoes 😖. I did point for 3 years till I quit.

  • @caitlynjune5437
    @caitlynjune5437 3 года назад

    can you tell me we’re you got your elastic ribbons i’m a new pointe dancer and i literally fell in love with your feet so i want to do everything you are doing girl

  • @prudenceew
    @prudenceew 4 года назад +3

    That casual arabesque looks beautiful :”)

  • @adorleeirisgusgus7531
    @adorleeirisgusgus7531 4 года назад +2

    Why did you quit dance? You are amazing!

  • @sbegum7707
    @sbegum7707 4 года назад

    You are on recommended!! Congrats girl!!!!! 🌺

  • @Mr.Bobinskybro
    @Mr.Bobinskybro 3 года назад

    I found a box with my old pointe shoes when I was moving and it just made me so sad

  • @chroniclesofhales
    @chroniclesofhales 4 года назад +1

    Your lines are so beautiful ahhHHH also stellar personality haha ❤

  • @kikie9991
    @kikie9991 4 года назад +1

    I just found your channel and I love your content! 💕 ✨ Lots of love!

  • @jessicamaloney941
    @jessicamaloney941 3 года назад

    i just want to know how you wore freeds for a year like girl I can wear a pair for a week

  • @mimimoomoo2254
    @mimimoomoo2254 4 года назад

    I have stretch ribbons in my sewing box but I already have non stretch ribbons sewn so I’m too lazy to re sewthem-

  • @h34rt1lly
    @h34rt1lly 2 года назад

    i see you and your bts poster girrrrl 😏
    but also omg i’ve kept all my old shoes too and kind of wanna do this now 🤣

  • @lluvebony
    @lluvebony 4 года назад +1

    I have the weird obsession with ballet and I’ve nvr even danced in my life.. I do musical theatre🧍🏻(although I do wish I was able to start ballet but I nvr could and now I’m 15 and can’t do it anymore)

  • @EMMERZ.CRAIG08
    @EMMERZ.CRAIG08 3 года назад +1

    I just got my pointe shoes yesterday :D

    • @EMMERZ.CRAIG08
      @EMMERZ.CRAIG08 3 года назад +1

      It took me 19 effing pairs of shoes to find mine!!!!

  • @yourlocalsophia
    @yourlocalsophia 4 года назад +1

    Do you guys not have demi pointe shoes where you are? Are demi pointe and soft block the same thing? Before I went on pointe, I had to start wearing demi pointe instead of normal canvas flats, is that the same as soft blocks?

  • @susanmondoa4855
    @susanmondoa4855 4 года назад +1

    where did you get that barre?!

    • @itsalexhall
      @itsalexhall  4 года назад

      My dad actually bought it at a hardware store and put it up himself when I was 13!

  • @alexisstephenson7394
    @alexisstephenson7394 4 года назад +1

    You’re great and so is ur humor 😂 love it

  • @georgeliang6179
    @georgeliang6179 2 года назад

    Love that you have a barre at home

  • @sadie9870
    @sadie9870 3 года назад

    this is so awesome to see, as a girl who just started pointe

  • @dylgirl206e2R
    @dylgirl206e2R 4 года назад

    Those first few seconds are such a mood

  • @dunseon5452
    @dunseon5452 4 года назад

    It was recommended! Congrats! Nice video btw

  • @leilaruthe2
    @leilaruthe2 2 года назад

    My first pair were freeds too!

  • @rubygreenhalgh5901
    @rubygreenhalgh5901 4 года назад

    What brand are the white hooves one 😂

  • @emilyrivard6616
    @emilyrivard6616 4 года назад

    I don't know why but some sizer for pointe shoes put me in Russians even though my feet are not at all flexible... the fit was great but the shank was never broken in. I could probably still use them

  • @rdar1213
    @rdar1213 4 года назад +2

    Omg real story! I took my old point shoes off the box and they literally died in the box. I mean they crumbled! And there was nothing left. I mean the ties were there🙈

    • @VetsrisAuguste
      @VetsrisAuguste 3 года назад +1

      They were probably eaten by weevil bugs, which happens to pointe shoes that aren’t stored in sealable plastic. Weevil are attracted to the paste used to harden the box. Freed’s are the most prone to this.

    • @audrey2498
      @audrey2498 3 года назад

      @@VetsrisAuguste oh that’s pretty interesting

  • @keyaunasoucy2438
    @keyaunasoucy2438 4 года назад

    I have been in dance since I was 6 or 7 started point when I was 10 got my first pair of point shoes at 11 (September 2020) :)

  • @jokers_revenge52
    @jokers_revenge52 3 года назад

    I’m starting ballet tap lyrical jazz hip hop and acro

  • @heyaitskiar
    @heyaitskiar 4 года назад +1

    Why did u quit though 🥺

    • @itsalexhall
      @itsalexhall  4 года назад +2

      A lot of thinking and things happened which lead me to the decision but I still love dancing in my free time!

  • @anotherrandomcat6813
    @anotherrandomcat6813 4 года назад

    i’m not sure why i was recommended a ballet video....but i’m not disappointed c:

  • @addieschmit9366
    @addieschmit9366 4 года назад +1

    Elastic ribbons are a god send

  • @ihavenoidea2504
    @ihavenoidea2504 4 года назад +7

    I remember the first time I went on point nobody told me I was supposed to break the shoe and I was dancing with the worst pain I ever felt in my life

  • @Lydzo
    @Lydzo 4 года назад

    Hii I just discovered your channel and I really love your energy! u got urself a new subscriber😎😎

  • @keyaunasoucy2438
    @keyaunasoucy2438 4 года назад

    You should try on different thingys like some are gel and stuff but some of fabric? You should make a video about which ones are the best

  • @stacieeeeee
    @stacieeeeee 4 года назад +1

    I love the BTS poster!!!

  • @lolaanderson4133
    @lolaanderson4133 4 года назад

    OMG i love your channel! Just subscribed☺️🙃

  • @angelamalone4106
    @angelamalone4106 4 года назад

    You are adorable, and hilarious... I’m so glad i stumbled upon your channel

  • @vv5951
    @vv5951 3 года назад +1

    Can you please make a video reviewing Wish pointe shoes? I luv your vids btw :)

  • @dinkvjr
    @dinkvjr 3 года назад

    Underrated!! Love her!!! 💕

  • @AdamNigelDark
    @AdamNigelDark 4 года назад +1

    2:05 Alex: This is the dumbest thing I have ever done.
    Me: Somehow I doubt that.

  • @karenmendoza9521
    @karenmendoza9521 4 года назад +1

    "These shoes are trash, just like me"
    Same 🤣

  • @Jxglifts
    @Jxglifts 4 года назад +6

    how does she only have 400 subscribers?!?!

    • @Gwenwilliams0409
      @Gwenwilliams0409 4 года назад

      you made this comment a day ago and shes already at 671 now

    • @no-cj2wn
      @no-cj2wn 4 года назад +2

      @@Gwenwilliams0409 it has only been 43 mins and now she has 679

    • @Gwenwilliams0409
      @Gwenwilliams0409 4 года назад

      @@no-cj2wn i got 8 subscribers in 5 months- at the same time i dont have any videos but still like 👀

  • @evelynhersman6901
    @evelynhersman6901 4 года назад +2

    Wait, do you still dance? Like do you go to class?

    • @itsalexhall
      @itsalexhall  4 года назад +2

      I normally just do my own class on that very barre but I haven’t done ballet since the beginning of September cause school 😅

    • @evelynhersman6901
      @evelynhersman6901 4 года назад

      @@itsalexhall will you be returning to ballet?

    • @davidk6269
      @davidk6269 4 года назад

      @@itsalexhall What are you studying in University?

    • @itsalexhall
      @itsalexhall  4 года назад

      @EvelynHersman Probably! 🙆🏻‍♀️

    • @evelynhersman6901
      @evelynhersman6901 4 года назад +1

      @@itsalexhall nice!! I wish I had the money for dance

  • @marissahorvath3654
    @marissahorvath3654 4 года назад +5

    You were recommended to me and I thought it would be another boring video of people trying on ballet shoes but like your lowkey kinda funnnnnyyyyyy

  • @jemimahm7093
    @jemimahm7093 4 года назад

    Honestly I literally just found a video of yours and here I am me begging myself to watch all your videos lol.

  • @brookesfyp7863
    @brookesfyp7863 3 года назад

    A FELLOW KPOP STAN BALLET DANCER THIS IS LEGENDARY

  • @deeptha4477
    @deeptha4477 3 года назад

    just casually admiring the young forever poster behind you.