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 ...

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 ...

(Pointe shoes differ from regular ballet shoes because they include a block in front to allow ballerinas to dance “on point,” or on their tiptoes.) As makeup and lingerie brands have gradually ...

(Even though my preferred pair is vintage Chanel ... Tory Burch are offering playful updates to pointe shoes with square-toe, ribbon-adorned ballet flats. Here's one way ballet flats appeared ...

Williams said when she danced the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, it was the first time she didn’t have to slather pink pointe shoes in paint or foundation to get them to match her brown skin.

While we provide our soft ballet slippers, legwear and bodywear in a variety of shades and colors, our largest market in pointe shoes has traditionally been pink. "We recognize that custom made ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — For the New York City Ballet Gala last month, top-tier fashion designers collaborated with the company's costume shop to create the looks for four works. This intersection of high art ...

The difference was what Peck wore on her feet as she made and rehearsed the work: pointe shoes. Wendy Whelan, City Ballet’s associate artistic director, said that in her nearly 40 years with the ...