New York City Ballet dancers go through about 7,000 pairs of pointe shoes a year. That's because traditional ones break down ...

She took a break from her busy schedule to show us how she customizes her pointe shoes for performances. Following is a transcript of the video. Olivia Boisson: Hi, I'm Olivia Boisson. I'm a corps ...

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Besides the stage show, awards and dinner—there were the pointe shoes. These couture ballet shoes are part of the Pointe Project. They’re being auctioned off until 9 pm ET today to help ...

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 ...

When Marie Taglioni, among the first dancers to perform on the tips of her toes, or en pointe, had her final show in Russia ...

Fifty years ago, Arlene Croce, then this magazine’s dance critic, heralded the advent of “the parody company we’ve been ...

Within the intimate and dimly-lit Ailey Citigroup Theater, dancers emerged from the stage’s wings in cloth ballet shoes, pointe shoes, and a myriad of costumes, bringing the Columbia Ballet ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Chocolate Ballerina Company is a nonprofit that brings the pointe shoes directly to Philadelphia youth. "We go into the community to offer free ballet classes ...

It also said dancers' pointe shoes and tights should match their skin colour - a practice that is already common in ballet companies elsewhere. Staff also called for an end to "the silence that ...