On Black skin, the traditional European pink pointe shoes break those lines at the ankle, creating disharmony when the intended effect is grace. Ballet is also traditionally uniform, which has led ...

The traditional pink shoes and tights break the visual line of the bodies ... recently experienced a first: performing in pointe shoes that actually matched her brown skin tone.

That's because traditional pointe shoes break down after only a few wears. All of them come from Freed of London, which has been one of the world's leading ballet-shoe manufacturers for nearly 80 ...

In a video shared on TikTok and Instagram last week, Copeland told viewers that Apple has only a pink pointe-shoe emoji and encouraged them to sign her change.org petition asking for more color ...