Tag: pointe shoe fitting

How a career-altering injury led Esther Juon to create a system of pointe shoe fitting and dance education that prioritizes pointe readiness and dancer safety. At 15 years old, Esther Juon had a somewhat late start to ballet. But she progressed rapidly, dancing as a full-time student with the Zurich Opera House in ballets, operas, […]

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 ballet students. Check out her first five vlogs from […]