Toe to Toe: The Battle Over Less Painful Ballet Shoes
Freed of London, which has been hand-crafting ballet shoes since 1929, is the primary supplier to the Paris Opera and New ...
Why the NYC Ballet spends nearly $1 million a year on pointe shoes
New York City Ballet dancers go through about 7,000 pairs of pointe shoes a year. That's because traditional ones break down after only a few wears.
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Inside London's only pointe shoes factory
Making pointe shoes for ballet dancers is a skill held by very few across the UK – and there is only one producer left in London. Freed of London, based in Hackney, has been making pointe shoes ...
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Ballet shoes made specially for brown-skinned ballerinas
Why? Because these pointe shoes are made specifically for brown-skinned ballerinas. Ballet Black, a dance company composed diverse dancers, and Freed, a ballet shoe manufacturer in the UK ...