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 ...
Business Insider6 年
How ballerinas customize their pointe shoes
Olivia Boisson: Hi, I'm Olivia Boisson. 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 ...
Forbes8 个月
Couture Ballet Shoes By Michael Kors And Khaite For The Pointe Project
The pointe shoes designed by Adam Lippe are covered in ... at leading ballet companies like the American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, The Royal Ballet, among others.
Toe to Toe: The Battle Over Less Painful Ballet Shoes
S-based brand of Grishko, a well-known Russian pointe shoe maker. “There is a tradition to our craft. I’m all for moving ...
BBC2 年
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 ...