Princess Tutu Cosplayers: EEK! Watch Your Feet!

A blog about cosplaying from the anime Princess Tutu and my fear of non-experienced cosplayers in pointe shoes.

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• Princess Tutu
• anime
• cosplay
• dance
• ballet
• pointe

[mondphasen]

I totally agree with you! acurracy is important so people who dont know ballet shouldent dance it, they can wear the shoes but its dangerous to dance if you dont know, and fat people should not cosplay as princess tutu even if they do know ballet, so ill follow your advice and never wear ballet shoes cause I dont know how to dance, so you should follow mine and never do a princess tutu cosplay because of the extra pounds your carring around

[xExorcist0Rikkux]

@mondphasen - Little too late considering I already did the cosplay quite successfully, thanks. And I love how you think you can tell my size by just my face and when I'm wearing a sweatshirt. If I'm fat then I'd hate to see what you think anorexic or obese looks like. Believe it or not I've known some fantastic overweight dancers, although the heavier you are the more likely you'll be injured en pointe. I, myself, am at a healthy weight, so don't worry about it. ;)

[MissMansonThe2nd]

i don't like being a troll, but on this occasion, you are what me and my friends would refer to as a "stage school girl". everybody is useless at everything to do with ballet apart from you people, and i agree with what you are saying about people with no clure having a go on pointes, i cringe at some of the videos on youtube, and if someone has no experience in ballet in a pic of corse you would notice and point it out because youare "perfect" and they are not. i know what u are TRYING tosay.

[xExorcist0Rikkux]

@MissMansonThe2nd - and one last thing I just realized after visiting ur channel, I'm a former goth and sometimes still dress that way. you and I are a lot more alike than you think. tata

[MissMansonThe2nd]

@xExorcist0Rikkux im not talking about what you are wearing, i'm talking about what you are saying. may the goth be with you x x x tata.

[xExorcist0Rikkux]

@MissMansonThe2nd - well, I understand that, and ur wrong. I'm not whatever u wanna call it and would appreciate it if u didn't accuse me. thanks

[Suggestivetheory]

... I don't mean to be rude, but, Pointe shoes do not contain wood. This is a common misconception. The box is typically constructed from layers of thick fabric and glue.

I think this is a really smart thing to be telling people though. ^__^ I've been looking up tons of TuTu cosplays lately, and allot of girls are standing en pointe, that definatly shouldnt be.

I don't do pointe myself, but I am kind of a ballet fanatic, and know allot about it.

Good luck with your costume! XD

[TheKurroThing]

I'm so glad you made this video! I'm an experienced ballerina, also a Princess Tutu cosplayer. It always scares me when I see inexperienced girls go up on pointe. So. Two alternative options for accurate shoes for PT:

1. Use ribbon from pointe shoes with ballet flats. (This is what I do)

2. Wear pointe shoes, but don't go up on pointe if you don't know what you're doing.

[UberOtakusPro]

(Fang) -

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! I completely understand you!!!

I was freaking out when I saw some Princess TuTu skits where it was obvious that the cosplayers had pointe shoes and didn't know how to do ballet!!

I've been doing ballet for almost 10 years and I was yelling at my computer when I saw them because I was afraid they'd break their freaking ankles!!! O_O

[pameline2]

It's not only the way these cosplayers stand on pointe, it's the way they carry themselves, the posture, the arms. One look and ballet dancers can tell. =)

[nordfeli]

THANK YOU, RIKKU!

I'm so happy you made this video! I'm still considering whether doing Princess Tutu or not, because after years, I'm still not en pointe yet. (And like you, I like to choose accuracy over comfort). But people! Pointe shoes: so many friends of mine have been on them for years and they STILL hurt themselves. Snapping anything in your foot is too easy, especially if you're not trained. You'll come home from a con with bloody feet and blisters.

[MisaApril288]

OMG! FINALLY SOMEONE IS SAYING THIS OTHER THAN ME! Thank you so much for putting this on here,

[Shanequabumblebee]

I don't know why anyone would want to wear those things to a con. lol Those hurt :/ That would be a bad idea & even worse if you have no clue as to what you are doing... You should be in a dance class before you try & that will take sometime in order to get to that point where you can wear them. I've seen those pictures of people cosplaying as princess tutu... I was thinking somebody is going to get hurt..

[IxBitexRawr]

I LOVE YOU FOR POSTING THIS VIDEO. I saw several videos that did cosplays of Princess Tutu, and I cringed. I started taking pointe just a few weeks ago and have been dancing ballet for almost 10 years since the age of 3, and I CRINGED at those cosplays. One girl did a leap OFF of pointe instead of plieing (SP?) on flat-foot, and LANDED on pointe, and I was just like "... Dear God she's gonna break something." I might cosplay PT at a con and be one of the few people who knows what they're doing.

[KarlyleTheKrokodile]

@kmaelan112 That is not entirely true. Though staying flat wouldn't hurt as bad, pointe shoes squeeze your toes together to support them so they won't buckle and break.

[KarlyleTheKrokodile]

About your pointe shoe size, if I'm not mistaken the 6 is the length, the XXX is the width, and the SS is saying that your shank is "super- soft".