“I’m sure the technology is good, but the look just can’t redeem them, ”said Lori Lahnemann, the founder and director of the Philadelphia Dance Academy. Based on the intended length of use from ...

On the third floor of Gerlinger Annex, Natalie Reyes and her nine other dancers leap and create smooth and dynamic movements ...

Allows for the natural flexion and extension of ankle and heel Stretch Ribbon relieves unnecessary stress on tendons and allows the Dancer to move from plie to pointe with Minimal constriction and ...

And it isn’t just words. In recent rehearsals, when something wasn’t to Peck’s liking, she often joined the dance herself — in those pointe shoes — to solve the problem physically and ...

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.

Now the National Museum of Dance is hoping residents and visitors alike will embrace another symbol of the area's history: the pointe shoe. The museum has announced a new public art project ...

When Marie Taglioni, among the first dancers to perform on the tips of her toes, or en pointe, had her final show in Russia in 1842, admirers reputedly banded together to buy a pair of her shoes ...

So grab your tutu and don't forget your pointe shoes, because we're giving you the ultimate look behind this complex dance that have you on your feet and giving it a standing ovation. Ballet ...

But not just my story. I want her to read about Ingrid Silva, the Brazilian ballerina from the Dance Theater of Harlem, who, pregnant and in pointe shoes, graced the cover of Vogue Brazil in 2020.

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 ...