PA Ballet Principal Brooke Moore Preps Her Pointe Shoes

July 30, 2015

Think about something that never gets old. Swan Lake? Yep. Keone and Mari Madrid‘s choreography? Definitely. But today I’m talking about ballerina pointe-shoe-prep videos. They’re like candy, and we’re totally obsessed. (But you already knew that.)

Most recently, Pennsylvania Ballet principal Brooke Moore broke down her pointe shoe prep ritual, which includes a healthy amount of shoe surgery, but stops short of the total reconstruction we sometimes see. Check it out below, and let us how you prep your pointe shoes in the comments!