I'm a corps de ballet member with the New York City Ballet. Every dancer is trying to make their pointe shoe a part of them, so they wanna mold it to their foot as much as possible. So there's a ...

These couture ballet shoes are part of the Pointe Project. They’re being auctioned off until 9 pm ET today to help provide scholarships for dance students around the world. The selection of ...

Searching for new ways to keep ballet dancers on their toes, more high-tech pointe shoes have hit the market, promising ...

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 ...

Many people still think that contemporary dance is Swan Lake, only the ballerinas wear chitons - not tutus - and demi-pointe instead of pointe shoes. They're wrong. Nevertheless, contemporary ...

While ballet has its roots in Italy and France, it has become deeply entwined with Russia’s identity, known for both its ...