YAGP Update: Charlize Hardwick placed among the Top 12 Junior women and received a scholarship to Princess Grace Academy! You can watch the award ceremony: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fG1p2qxxXduunrg.html

@nikitachaba4221

3 жыл бұрын

Love

@emmabutterworth4861

3 жыл бұрын

@@nikitachaba4221 9pp9

@practicallycreative6115

2 жыл бұрын

THATS SO COOL!

@shadow.walker777

2 жыл бұрын

Aww💖 congratulations 👏 🎊💐

@Bob-eh4hy

2 жыл бұрын

Hi just wondering which countries is the pointe shop in? I was wondering so that in the future I may get point shoes

She used to dance at my ballet school, and our teacher would call her “the girl born to be a ballerina” lol

@qazaalak745

3 жыл бұрын

What's she doing now

@aileenzhu6945

3 жыл бұрын

@@qazaalak745 wdym

@Ilove_drpepper

3 жыл бұрын

@@qazaalak745 ballet lmao

@dasren

3 жыл бұрын

@@qazaalak745 Ballet

@emiliatinglof4885

3 жыл бұрын

I would be so mad if my teacher said that to someone and I would just stand there😅

I’m watching and NOT so casually dying from cuteness! She is adorable and sweet; and I love that she was asking questions and was aware and appreciative of her opportunities. Very mature!

@yeti6601

3 жыл бұрын

yea she seems really nice

@rebeccas9715

3 жыл бұрын

i know right. I love her voice

@trenae77

3 жыл бұрын

A beautiful young woman in a child's body. She is going to grow into a gorgeous and very talented dancer if she keeps on this track! People like Josephine are needed in Ballet - especially at this young age - to help the girls and boys know what works and why. Not just told to do this or that. I like that she explains things in a way that meets Charlize at her level as a young teen, yet also embraces her talent and skill.

@frstarz

3 жыл бұрын

i mean she's 13-

@amethystellis

Ай бұрын

@@frstarz so?

She almost sounds like bubbles from powerpuff girls omg 💜💜💜💜

@zoevivesbatista5166

3 жыл бұрын

Omg yess i almost said the same thing!!

@yeti6601

3 жыл бұрын

we luv her

@choirkitty

3 жыл бұрын

She does! Omg she sounds so sweet and cute! :)

@denell1856

3 жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ loves you x

@UrlocalMuslima

3 жыл бұрын

Ikrr

Her poor baby toenail is hanging on for dear life!!! Loyal af!

@CHLOCHLOLP

2 жыл бұрын

im not a dancer but wow their feet must go through so much pain and stress. it must be a real sacrifice for their joints in later years, but im sure its worth it to them while they can dance.

@youllneverknowgorg

2 жыл бұрын

@@CHLOCHLOLP, voldemort? I didn’t know you watched these videos.

@grumpy_mouse

2 жыл бұрын

@@CHLOCHLOLP why do you hold your wand like that?

3:16 “Some dancers will wear their big foot shoe” I love that

@FleshGolem420

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I had no idea.

@yeti6601

3 жыл бұрын

yea

@johoward2251

3 жыл бұрын

@kaitlyn finster I don’t know why but.... that is awesome to me 👍🏽🩰

@ryanisaturtlepyc7140

2 жыл бұрын

I do that :)

i love the way you talk to her, the way you make every part of any possible difficulties a positive. focusing on her strengths, and how to improve those. breaking everything that you're doing in the fitting down so it's easier for her to understand, while building her knowledge of how best to fit her shoes for later in life !!! i feel like any little insight into the professional world at that age is like a little gift too, so sharing your experiences with professional ballerinas is so awesome. also you listen to her :') and encourage her to ask questions. that's so important!!!! as a teacher it's so so nice to see how you value her and her learning. i love watching your vids and learning myself, and i'm really just here because it's interesting, not because i have any professional stake in it at all. you're doing wonders for your dancers, josephine, thank you for sharing it with us !!

her turnout is to die for. She’s 90% legs too, oh how I wish I had her physique! She was made for ballet.

I love this child! I feel for her parents though and their pocketbook. Being 13 breaking your shoe in your first lesson with them promises an expensive few years of training. I'm glad they were able to come for a really good fitting. It sounds like she will leave with a good understanding of her feet and what they need.

@hilarycastle4937

Жыл бұрын

Her parents know her talent and the cost of shoes is probably the last thing on their minds.

@mchobbit2951

9 ай бұрын

@@hilarycastle4937 Oh please. You must live in La La Land. Unless they happen to be independently wealthy, the cost of ballet shoes is very much on her parents' mind. Even if they know her talent and are doing what they can to support her.

Snapping shanks at 13, this girl is already as strong as a professional. She has a long and awesome career ahead of her

Josephine, I love the way you adapt your explanations to dancers of different experience levels. You are an incredible teacher!!

You are so intuitive. There maybe professionally qualified podiatrists who would not be able to diagnose dancers requirements as you do. Love you analyses ‘Dr’ Pointe.

@stephf4175

3 жыл бұрын

Ha! Dr. Pointe(shoe) Picker. She needs a TLC show, too! 👍🏽

That makes a lot of sense. I had the strongest and most flexible feet at my studio and was often fitted in the wrong shoes. I was always breaking them and my teachers would still make me wear them. Not until I went to college did I find a person who fit my feet correctly. Dancing on pointe then became so much easier. Wish I would have had someone like you when I was a kid.

@annkathrinko28

2 жыл бұрын

Would you reveal which type/ which model of pointe shoes you can recommend for feet like yours? I have the same issue, flexible and strong feet with high arches, but I can’t find a pair which is good for me :/

Every video makes me reflect back on when I did pointe, and how we really weren't fitted like we should have been. With all this information now, I realize I definitely wouldn't have worn the size/style that I did back then!

@Noonecares3203

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@khelintriplett9130

3 жыл бұрын

Same- capezios in maybe 16 sizes and we were given no fitting. Working class girl trying to find a shoe- young dancers now have so many opportunities!

@serephita

3 жыл бұрын

@@khelintriplett9130 Ouch! We had to wear Bloch, and I think European Pink was the color we had to have for our recital. Bloch was the only brand who made shoes narrow enough for one of my classmates, and Capezio was the only other one we had access to - and back in 1998-2000 they were considered really bad.

@khelintriplett9130

3 жыл бұрын

@@serephita just looking at these shoes I can tell they are way better than what I wore in the early 90s. And pads? We had wool or foam.... How did I wear (badly fitting) shoes for a year or more until they actually disintegrated? And then felt guilty for not making them last longer LOL!. They were nothing but satin shreds in the vague form of shoes- and no way would I mess the recital shoes up wearing them instead. If I were in their generation who could I have become? It's good to see these girls have options.

@grace_josipovic

2 жыл бұрын

I wish I would've gotten a fitting like this when I was en pointe. We had one brand (Capezio) for everybody in class and while some where lucky that they fit I was always struggling and having problems. We also weren't allowed to wear toe pads of any kind. That was back in 1996.

With her cute voice and the way you gently encouraged and adviced her, it was like watching a Disney princess and her fairy godmother 😅. Hope everything goes well for her and she gets the career of her dreams as a dancer.

I love how good she is with kids. Treating her like she knows what she's talking about. Not belittling while still speaking at a great level for her to not only understand but feel comfortable.

That baby gonna be killing the game with that turnout! She's so cute!

Arch and turnout, she has both 💖 id rather trade half of my arch for another 20 degree of turnout 😭 imo it's just so much more practical..

@Selena-of1py

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll trade pleaaase I have turn out but absolutely no arch at all

@kaykomckayface1097

3 жыл бұрын

@@Selena-of1py 😭 really? Hahaha 😂 wish we could trade!

@avery8088

3 жыл бұрын

what does imo mean

@makattack568

3 жыл бұрын

In my opinion

@marshmallow7640

3 жыл бұрын

@@Selena-of1py Same foot twins lol. I have great turnout and terrible arches lol

Even the way Charlize sits criss-cross is elegant but also adorable. 😆 What a lovely dancer!

She’s a 13 year old, but she is so darn innocent and soft spoken.

@xjm.00

3 жыл бұрын

creepy

@quenchedcherry4369

3 жыл бұрын

Dude?

@ninx89

3 жыл бұрын

Uh. Chile..

@frstarz

3 жыл бұрын

Thats strange how everybody is surprised how shes very "innocent" and "soft" i think its really normal here lol

@Cozy-Cooking

3 жыл бұрын

how

Awww I love her voice 😅😅😅 Omg she sounds like Sophia Lucia when she was on dance moms still haha 😆

@evonne8533

3 жыл бұрын

Omg yes!

@HamelinSong

3 жыл бұрын

I knew a girl with a voice like hers, people would never take her seriously. She was a pretty smart girl, great grades, but people everywhere just assumed she was either much younger or not neurotypical so they would always talk down to her. Not a desirable trait in my opinion, I actually feel for her

@Joy-do9vv

Жыл бұрын

@@HamelinSong I agree 100%. She talks like a young child. Not cute at all. For her sake, I hope she grows out of it.

Oh my gosh, future prima ballerina! Isn't she the sweetest.

She’s a very clear communicator and is aware of how her body feels and what it needs. Those are critical when doing any sport so it’s impressive she has these skills from a young age

It was so exciting to see a girl who seems to be, ‘Created to Dance!’ Her feet were so gorgeous & her body proportions are wonderful - she made her legs look sooooo long & thus her lines were incredible. I hope to find out in 5 years that she’s a soloist in her Favourite Company! She is on a completely higher level that almost all girls her age. Her giggling was cute too - it seems that ballet/dance makes her very happy.

You are building such awesome body positivity in an area that can be pretty notorious for the opposite. The way you talk to your clients, especially the younger ones is really amazing. Making the unique issues they may have normalized and beautiful is a real service.

This is exactly the wholesome content we needed right now.

At 1.14 minutes I did a double take because her feet with such long toes looked like a hand with moving fingers. That turnout was beyond amazing!x

I never thought I'd see the day where I'm crying while watching pointe shoe fitting videos, well, here we are I guess... This little ballerina is just too adorable and SO frigging talented! Makes me miss dancing sooo much it literally breaks my heart

@twistedbambi2370

2 жыл бұрын

It's never too late to get back into it ❤

Holy cow I’ve never seen such a flexible foot, I always get compliments in my feet but hers are just amazing. And I love how cute her voice is for 13! I’m 13 currently and would die for a cute voice, I lost mine at 11 haha

@TracyD2

2 жыл бұрын

My friend kept her cute little voice even as an adult. She’s a lawyer now. 😂

@liloruf2838

2 жыл бұрын

oh no. be glad you don't.

@shanchris28

2 жыл бұрын

@@liloruf2838 haha okay!

@ryanisaturtlepyc7140

2 жыл бұрын

When I was her age, my voice was so deep! Even in 5th grade!

@nicoleplayz8257

Жыл бұрын

I'm 13 and my voice is deep haha

I was never a terribly good or dedicated dancer but did dance about 3 years en pointe. I haven't danced in 45 years but I can't stop watching your videos! Thank you for always brightening my day!

I love how much care and questions you’re you’re putting into the interaction. I didn’t do ballet for long at all, but I had a habit of not admitting when I was in any pain (and then got into karate anyway 🤣) - so to make sure her feet are taken care of more than she might be aware they should be is lovely to see discussed.

I around the same age as her and she has a really sweet voice. Props to her for acknowledging and properly describing what was bothering her. As a dancer who doesn’t do ballet but another form, I gotta say, it’s HARD trying to say what hurts and what doesn’t because you don’t know if you’re overreacting or not.

Omg she is so precious when she speaks and so such a gorgeous dancer!🥰

I kind of love the lengths she went to explain that feet getting wider is a sign of being a good dancer and not a loss or anything

I love the kind and gentle way you explain everything to this little girl.

I love watching dancers like her, doing things they love. I'm proud of them and its always amazing watching them. They are beautiful and graceful. But I also get jealous because I want to be in her shoes too (literally and figuratively I've always wanted to do pointe) but I haven't been able to due to being 19 and money problems when I was little. One day I'll get there. I'm not gonna let it stop me

The fact that she’s 13 here and I can already see her dancers bunions on both sides of her feet is triggering to my overtraining in the wrong shoes years. I’m 50 and live in days I can barely walk wearing socks pain. She is so very lucky to have people like Josephine and the pointe shop to fit her properly like this. It will save her likely very long and successful career

I would die for that turnout and her point. I'm younger than her and I'm a dancer but when she kept saying mhm it sounded so refreshing for some reason.

Omg, she is adorable! So polite and bubbly. I hope she keeps the love for dance in her heart, that it never ends up feeling like a chore for her!

Loved to hear her questions and your explanations. Really informative!

Thank you sooo much for this thoroughly enjoyable video. As soon as it was finished I scooted right over to watch this young lady dance. Very impressive! Loved it!💕

I have watched your videos anytime I am thinking about dancing when I was a lot longer. This info was never available in the 70s & early 80. Easpecially knowing how to tweak shoes. You provide the words for their feelings. I love you put these out.

she's so mature and tall and such a good dancer! she's also so polite and recognizes her talent, it's amazing.

She is just too adorable!! That aside, Charlize is a lovely dancer and this video was very informative. Another great one, Josephine!

This was such a fun and informative video! Thank you so much!

I'm so glad to see so many more options AND discussion about fitting for young dancers now. No more making a capezio "work" with a spray bottle and blisters. Great!

As a fitter myself I tried to play the guessing game of trying to figure out what shoes you were using! Watching your channel as I've grown as a fitter and actually understanding your expectations has been very fun!

Hi Josephine :-) I LOVE YOUR PERSONALITY! I am not a ballet dancer, I"m not even a dancer, but I keep returning to your videos, because of the way you know your pointe shoe, the way you fit shoes and treat your customers and because of you, as a person. It"s just amazing, how good you are at what you do and it's so much fun to watch you. I wish you to always have the opportunities to have your business whichever way you want it to be and to develop it according to your own definition of success. Stay true to yourself! May you always have as kind and fun customers, as you are yourself!!!!

I’m a former gymnast not a dancer but find this very interesting. What a cute little girl! You’re great with children!

@frstarz

3 жыл бұрын

@A Google User 2 she looks like 12 tbh or 11

@ladylemon202

3 жыл бұрын

@A Google User 2 She looks around 13

@Sunshine4

2 жыл бұрын

She sounds very very young.

i competed in her category at yagp this year. it was so cool to meet her and see her dance! :)

i’m performing at YAGP for the first time next year and i’m so exited it was so nice to hear about her experience from there

Absolutely lovely dancer!!! Wonderful advice!!! And I noticed her Claudia Dean Pro Bag yay!!!

So great to see an experienced dancer helping a very talented up and coming dancer!! ✌️👍👍

She's so cute!

Omg she is the absolute sweetest and most adorable ☺️

At my fitting all the girl did was get my foot size. She didn’t tell me anything and I was confused because of these types of video’s. Thank god I watch these otherwise I would have no clue what I was doing en pointe lol.

I love how you answer her questions and explain the how and why you do what you do to the point shoe. It was great when she really relaxed and started to ask you more. What a beautiful dancer.

She is sooo sweet! She's a baby! God bless her!

Ballet is beautiful and so much hard work. I wish her the best

She’s adorable wishing her all the best

Her voice..and sweet demeanor...pand talent! Oh my!😍

I might be going to yagp in Tampa this year! Don't think I'm gonna win but I'll give it a go!

I am at YAGP this weekend and I did the lilac fairy too!

Her voice is so precious, I can't

As somebody who’s just a little bit older than 13 and has a ‘baby face’ I’m very surprised at how petite she is and how high her voice is.

@ryanisaturtlepyc7140

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr, when I was 10 I had a very deep voice, way deeper than hers!

Hi! I'm from Israel, and I'm 12 years old. I started pointe this year (on zoom but we're back in the studio), I am pretty advanced so my teacher let's me do lessons with the higher grade but I'm having troubles with my shoes.. in Israel we don't have much options, so I couldn't even try on more than one pair (except for sizes..). I'm not sure the shoe is good for me, the shank keeps twisting and the metatarsol area is too wide I think, and maybe vamp is too high? I don't know what to do bc a new pair is very expensive 🙁 I would really appreciate it if anyone has recommendations for me 💕 I'm in RAD intermidiate foundation if it helps. Also: Love Love Love! your videos. Very inspiring and educational, keep on doing what you love 💕😘

@reesed1012

3 жыл бұрын

If the vamp is too long you can cut a small slit in between the drawstrings. If you end up cutting too deep, you can sew it back up. Another reason you’re shoe may be twisting is that it might be too narrow. In that case you either need to get a new pair or get refitted once these die. I would also suggest that you do a virtual fitting. bestpointe.com is great if you have no other options. Decades from now, after your done dancing, you don’t want crazy foot problems due to lack of selection! Good luck! 👍

@reesed1012

3 жыл бұрын

Oh! And if you are at your wits end and are ready to buy a new pair anyway, you can use jet glue and basically resculpt the shoe! I did this on a pair of Freeds and it sort of works. It’s not ideal though

@nogayellin7529

3 жыл бұрын

@@reesed1012 Thank you so much!! Goodness it's nice to hear some sense from someone 😊 I'll try!

Wow interesting! I have super flexible feet and hugh arches and I found that by 3/4 my point shoes in high school/college they would last a lot longer too. Although for me that usually.meant taking a razor to the shank to literally cut it. Neat to find out that others would do similar things too!

What a precious little angel voice!

I do pointe and watching these videos really helps me with pointe and what kind of shoes to get😄😄

She is so precious 🥺

Same for me! With the pre-arched Dream pointe 2007 it cracked on the first class!

Amazing fitting such a sweet Dancer! She was so cute and incredibly strong :D xx

Omg gurl your future is so bright! I hope to be alongside you someday 💕

Omg, she is absolutely adorable!!!!!🥰

usually i hate child prodigies, but oh my god, charlize is the sweetest little angel.

had to check it out because of the thumbnail and wow. im super amazed

Her voice is sooo cuuute😍

She's so cute! And so talented. She'll be an excellent ballerina when she graduates and goes professional.

Wow!! Real life bubbles!! I love how she kept saying mhm. 😂 ❤️

Her voice is so beautiful!

I love how she has one of claudia’s dance bags!

Her voice is so cuuuuuuuttteeee ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Wow! Sweet little peanut:) beautiful arch and turnout! lucky to get fitted by you. Not many spend the effort and detail at fitting.

I have Bloch Heritages as my first pair, they're pretty good. I might try capezios next pair, but she has the most gorgeous feet!

What a beautiful and adorable young girl, and so talented! 🩰♥️✨

She is just adorable!

She reminds me so much of a girl in my homeroom, her name is Moira and she is also a dancer. Moria has a higher pitched voice and is one of the sweetest people I've ever met

Her voice is so cuteeee!

She is such a sweet girl with gorgeous lines. Will love to see her as she grows up and will go very far she will become a ballerina in a national dance group

Dead of cute. What a sweetheart! ❤️❤️

She is so adorable 🤩

Omg I can't handle the cuteness

her voice reminds me of Sophia Lucia when she was younger. so cute!

I wish I could have done ballet when I was younger but I am terrified of performing on stage and no ballet studios in my area would allow me to take the lessons but not compete. :( I understand it is an integral part of dance but I just want to dance for fun. Now that I am an adult I've been thinking about taking lessons again. I'm probably never going to go en pointe but I can dream! Thank you Josephine for wonderful videos and inspiration.

This was fascinating and I've never danced a day in my life 🤣

She has beautiful lines!

what a sweet kid, loved this video

She is such a sweetheart😍

OMG she's so cute she made me tear up 😭

I did a variation from paquita, and the lilac fairy recently too! But it wasn’t competition