The traditional pink shoes and tights break the visual line of the bodies of Black dancers. After 60-plus years, Robin Williams, a ballet dancer, recently experienced a first: performing in pointe ...

Ballet Palm Beach, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) dedicated to preserving the art of classical ballet and enriching the community ...

This article was written by one of our Young Reporters, a scheme that gives 14 to 18-year-old school students a chance to write for a real newspaper. Find out more at the Young Reporter website. The ...

A long overdue issue in the dance world has finally been addressed on a large scale as the result of a petition that received more than 300,000 signatures online. Shoe maker Capezio responded on ...

NEW YORK -- NEW YORK (AP) — Misty Copeland hangs up her pointe shoes Wednesday, putting a final exclamation point on a ...

Faith Salie show us what goes into pointe shoes besides some very talented feet: In the world of ballet, Christmas means one thing: "The Nutcracker"! Stages across the country fill with twirling ...

Pointe shoes made the ballerinas of the New York City Ballet into technological artifacts, modern and indistinguishable "like IBM machines" Ballet pointe shoes are not typically thought of as ...

Imagine wearing out a pair of shoes once a week. It's the life of a ballet dancer, many of whom go through 30 pairs of shoes in one ballet season. For the small Edmonton company Citie Ballet, going ...

Welcome to En Pointe, a quarterly series that offers a deep dive into the intersection of beauty and dance through the eyes ...

Anna is a freelance dance critic and arts journalist. Making ballerinas’ footwear is a mix of physical labour and nuanced expertise. Anna Winter speaks to shoe experts and principals about the lengths ...

Misty Copeland’s final curtain call with the American Ballet Theatre wasn’t just a goodbye, it was a significant milestone.

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