Once a week, Josephine Lee packs around 500 pairs of shoes into her van and drives to dance studios across the region to fit ballet dancers for their pointe shoes. To the dancers, it’s more than just ...
At this dance school, young girls dream of wearing uncomfortable shoes that may only hold up for a few months — and their parents are fully supportive. This isn’t a new fashion trend. It’s the reality ...
Ben Sommers, head of Capezio Ballet Makers for 36 years, was called “Mr. Capezio.” He established the Capezio Foundation, created the Capezio Dance Award, founded the Association of American Dance ...
Spectrum Dance artistic director Donald Byrd likens his newest work to the fractured fairy tales at the end of “The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.” “It lovingly pokes fun at the traditional ballet,” he ...
We have 37 women, and none of them wear the same pointe shoe. If you look at a person’s bare feet, they are all totally different — the length and shape of toes, height of arch, width of the heel.
Sounds of pointe shoes can always be heard inside the studios of Ballet West, but you would never guess the person wearing ...
For many young ballet dancers, going en pointe is a rite of passage and the start of a long and painful relationship with the shoes that allow them to perform gracefully on the very tips of their toes ...
Savvy professional dancers, yoga practitioners and active and fashionable Colorado women rely on Boulder Body Wear. Amy Kenney, who since 1987 has worked with the regional dance community, in 1997 ...
Whether you are looking for ballet apparel for your child or for yourself, it's often difficult to find everything you need in one place when you're in need of shoes and leotards and tights and any ...
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