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 ...

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 ...

A mix of technical sneaker features and dainty ballet flat details, the shoes blend sporty and girly design languages into one style. Since balletcore took over the runways back in 2022, the aesthetic ...

“There is a tradition to our craft. I’m all for moving forward, there is plenty of room for new-age pointe shoes in contemporary ballet. But I don’t want to see a beautiful White Swan ...

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 ...

It’s the reality for young dancers at the Pacific Northwest Ballet School. KUOW got to look behind the curtain at the first in-person pointe shoe fitting for the school since 2019. raduating to ...

When you picture a ballerina, what do you see: A tutu skirt, elegant posture and maybe pointe shoes? Pirouette into the world of ballet with us as we explore the beauty and purpose of pointe shoes!

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 ...

Now the National Museum of Dance is hoping residents and visitors alike will embrace another symbol of the area's history: the pointe shoe. The museum has announced a new public art project ...

When scrolling through the substantial offering of emojis on Apple products, users will find a pink — and only pink — pair of pointe ballet shoes. Misty Copeland wants to change that.