Faith Salie show us what goes into pointe shoes besides some very talented feet: In the world of ballet ... each is made out of layers of fabric and paper hardened by flour paste, almost like ...

Laemmli's paper, "A Case in Pointe: Making Streamlined Bodies and Interchangeable Ballerinas at the New York City Ballet," looks at the way George Balanchine used pointe shoes to remake the bodies ...

Classical ballet dancers wear pointe shoes. The tips of these shoes are made from layers of fabric that are densely packed, along with cardboard ... This may help make the shoes feel more ...

I think I've found my ASMR trigger: watching YouTube videos of ballet ... to go on pointe) ready the tools of their trade. There's the slipping of the original, light-pink shoe out of its bag ...