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 foot as much as possible. So there's a ...

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 ...

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

with ballet regulars keenly aware that this might be the last time they see her in pointe shoes. Ferri says one of the reasons she loves her role is that she's able to bring her lengthy past with her.

Many people still think that contemporary dance is Swan Lake, only the ballerinas wear chitons - not tutus - and demi-pointe instead of pointe shoes. They're wrong. Nevertheless, contemporary ...

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 ...