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 ...

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 ...

Williams said when she danced the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, it was the first time she didn’t have to slather pink pointe shoes in paint or foundation to get them to match her brown skin.

After 60-plus years, Robin Williams, a ballet dancer, recently experienced a first: performing in pointe shoes that actually matched her brown skin tone. Williams reflected that early in her ...

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 ...

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 ...