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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

While National Ballet of Japan's latest triple bill presents many challenges, one hopes these valuable masterpieces will be ...

A dance company built around mental health and featuring neurdivergent dancers gains some national attention as it nears its second season finale ...

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 ...