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 ...

To the untrained eye, the streets of style capitals like New York City, Copenhagen, and Paris resemble a Swan Lake rehearsal this spring. A ballet sneaker trend—characterized by a soft, curved ...

When the professional company first started touring, the ballerinas still performed in pointe shoes that came in “ballet pink” or “European pink.” Ballerinas had always swathed their legs ...

A major ballet shoe supplier is finally making pointe shoes to match black and Asian skin tones. Bloch, based in West London, announced it would be adding new skin tones to its selection following a ...

“But it is very fun.” Harrington is the National Ballet’s footwear co-ordinator and dye workroom manager, responsible not only for the quintessential pointe shoes, but the heeled court ...