In the world of ballet, Christmas means one thing: "The Nutcracker"! Stages across the country fill with twirling snowflakes, leaping candy canes, and lots and lots of pointe shoes.

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 ...

LONDON—Ballet dancers have a more intimate relationship 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 ...

The 18-year-old ballet major said the feedback has been incredible. 0:37 Ballerina's reaction to pointe shoes matching her skin tone goes viral Alexandra Troy By Rebecca Anderson Video by Zoe Moore ...

Darker shoes represent inclusion in classical ballet Pointe shoes are typically pink to match the pink tights customary in ballet productions. But pink tights, of course, flatter pale skin tones.

Style + Beauty Popular ballet brands respond to online petitions demanding pointe shoes in darker shades By Michael Bartiromo Fox News Published June 12, 2020 10:19am EDT Video ...

The ballet shoe brand teamed up with Ballet Black, a U.K.-based professional ballet company for dancers of black and Asian descent to create the very first pair of pointe shoes for black, Asian or ...

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 ...

Bloch follows another pointe shoe brand, Freed, which introduced darker shades of pointe shoe on top of its pink satin offering back in 2019. Freed’s shimmering shoes, which took a year to develop and ...

After an online petition, Capezio and Bloch announce they will make ballet shoes for dancers of color. Also, ballerinas Briana Bell, Ingrid Silva and Misty Copeland share their experiences.