Pirouette into the world of ballet with us as we explore the beauty and purpose of pointe shoes! Watch with your kiddos to learn more! But Why – A show for curious kids is available to stream on ...

I wish to have pointe shoes one day,’” says ... and the parents at the Pacific Northwest Ballet aren't overly concerned about injuries to their kids' feet. “Well there’s always concerns ...

International Academy Okma student Nily Samara, 16, of Rochester, founded the nonprofit Ballet Bridges, which aims to reduce costs for those who share her love of ballet, even in places as far away as ...

Photographer Patricia Niven and Novelist Sarah Winman visited the Freed of London factory in Well St to create these portraits of the Pointe Shoe Makers, an elite band of highly-skilled craftsmen who ...

LONDON—Ballet dancers ... with their shoes than most people. So do ballet fans. When Marie Taglioni, among the first dancers to perform on the tips of her toes, or en pointe, had her final ...

On the third floor of Gerlinger Annex, Natalie Reyes and her nine other dancers leap and create smooth and dynamic movements ...

Since pointe shoes have to match the dancer’s skin tone in order to maintain the line, Act’pointes are rendered functionally unusable for dancers with darker skin tones. Some ballet companies only ...

Dancers at the New York City Ballet go through about 7,000 pairs of pointe shoes each year. That's because traditional pointe shoes break down after only a few wears. All of them come from Freed ...

The YAGP returns for their 26th annual gala on April 29 at the Alice Tully Hall at the Lincoln Center. Custom-made pointe shoes by designers like Carolina Herrera and Theory will be up for auction.