Like most ballet dancers, I vividly remember getting my first pair of pointe shoes. They were by Gamba — a legendary Covent Garden maker that now belongs to the French house Repetto. Always ...

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 ...

As a seventh grader and aspiring ballerina, Dr. Darcy Lei wrote her first term paper, on the history of pointe shoes. “During that research I read about doctors that dancers mig ...

The 12th edition of ‘CounterPointe’ will feature new works by established and emerging artists, blending ballet with ...

Having a first fitting for pointe shoes is a “big deal” in a dancer’s life, said Peter Stark, president and director of the ...

Ballet West and the Frederick Quinney Lawson Ballet West Academy, Peggy Bergmann Park City Campus plan a magical night with "Aladdin." ...

Rita's specific footwear happens to be the Gucci Horsebit ballet flat, featuring the Italian fashion house's signature metal clasp detailing along with a square toe resembling actual ballet pointe ...

Ripa, 48, was joined by Isabella Boylston and James Whiteside, both principle dancers with the American Ballet Theatre ... a photo of herself in her pointe shoes last month along with the caption ...