Juon Pointe Conversations
Join Esther Juon as she chats with dancers, teachers, and industry professionals sharing stories, advice, and behind-the-scenes knowledge to inspire and inform your dance journey.
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Talking Pointes
In this episode, Esther talks pointe shoe fittings with Jane Byrne, owner of Studio Dancewear in Carlow, Ireland.
https://thelibraryaesthetic.com/title/ep2-talking-pointes/
The Feeling Ballet Body – Annemari Autere
Annemari is an ex-professional dancer with the Norwegian Opera Ballet Royal, Swedish Ballet, and an assistant Professor at Niece University in France.
Annemari has written three book series about ballet and the first one is out now, called The Feeling Ballet Body.
https://thelibraryaesthetic.com/title/with-annemari-autere/
A Conversation with Cecilia Iliesiu
Cecilia Iliesiu, Principal Artist of Pacific Northwest Ballet provides an inspirational insight into her pointe shoe journey, explaining that it was only after meeting Esther Juon, founder of Juon Pointe and a specialist in pointe shoe fitting that she was able to find the right shoe and remain injury free.
https://thelibraryaesthetic.com/title/cecilia-iliesiu/
The Rise of Ballet In India
Esther Juon interviews Apeksha Bhattacharya founder of the Indian Academy of Russian Ballet and The Great Indian Ballet Competition.
How did Apeksha start ballet and create these wonderful opportunities for Indian dancers? How can the ballet world help the Indian Ballet community?
https://thelibraryaesthetic.com/title/the-rise-of-ballet-in-india/
Saving One Pair Of Feet At A time
Monika Volkmar from Movement Detectivery interviews Esther Juon.
https://www.monikavolkmar.com/
Listen to the interview here:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7ztVPyK3JTENmCYxTpU3rz?si=s6C9BCSHQiWQWdBUNIaHYg
The Pointe Shoe Summit 2025
The Library Aesthetic interviews Esther Juon, founder of Juon Pointe and Lily Ewing, founder of Forme, to learn about the world’s first Pointe Shoe Summit, which took place in August, 2025.
Esther and Lily explain how and why the Pointe Shoe Summit developed, talk about the global team that came to work on it, what it delivered, and their plans for the future.
This is a complimentary video, so please share with your dance community!
https://thelibraryaesthetic.com/title/in-conversation-with-pss/
Pointe Shoe Summit 2026
Pointe Shoe Summit 2026 is coming. Watch this space for the announcement of our location.
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