Misty Copeland took one last spin on her pointe shoes Wednesday, as she retired after a trailblazing career in which she ...

After a storied, decades-long career, ballerina Misty Copeland — known just as much for her advocacy offstage as her ...

Which ballet pointe shoes are best? Ballet shoes can provide you with comfort and protection while you are practicing and performing ballet. Ballet pointe shoes, in particular, are designed ...

The annual fundraiser which benefited the Pointe Shoe Fund featured performances and announcements of upcoming shows and ...

A Black ballerina is rejoicing over a new pair of shoes for one important reason. Kira Robinson is an 18-year-old freshman ballet major at the University of Oklahoma. Robinson shared a video where she ...

An artist has been recycling pointe shoes from the Royal Ballet and Opera by turning them into art. The dancers often use the shoes for one day only due to the rigorous nature of the dancing and ...

Ballet” conjures images of pointe shoes and tulle, but savvy dance afficionados in the Wood River Valley know to expect a ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Alaja Badalich, 17, has been dancing since she was 2 years old and dancing classical ballet since she was 10 years old. Though she's a regular on the stage, she says she never quite ...

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 ...

Faith Salie show us what goes into pointe shoes besides some very talented feet: In the world of ballet, Christmas means one thing: "The Nutcracker"! Stages across the country fill with twirling ...

A long overdue issue in the dance world has finally been addressed on a large scale as the result of a petition that received more than 300,000 signatures online. Shoe maker Capezio responded on ...