Ballet pointe shoes are not typically thought of as technological artifacts, but they certainly are. But, as Whitney Laemmli of the University of Pennsylvania argued at the Society for the History ...

Craftsman Sergei Murza runs his fingers over a pointe shoe he has just finished making. Then he gives it the final test: The ballet slipper balances perfectly on its tip. Murza produces the shoes ...

OU ballet student Kira Robinson is going viral for her TikTok celebrating pointe shoes that match her skin tone. Robinson says before this, she would have to "pancake" her shoes, which means she ...

Professional company Ballet Black have teamed up with dance footwear firm Freed of London to produce the brown and bronze shades of pointe shoes. In the past, pointe shoes have always been pale ...

It's the life of a ballet dancer, many of whom go through 30 pairs of shoes in one ballet season. For the small Edmonton company Citie Ballet, going through 30 pairs of shoes with five dancers can ...