Which ballet pointe shoes are best? Ballet shoes can provide you with comfort and protection while you are practicing and performing ballet. Ballet pointe shoes, in particular, are designed ...

Whether you’re a professional ballerina or just dancing ballet for fun, you need a proper ballet shoe to protect your feet. Also called ballet slippers, classic ballet shoes are flexible and feature ...

After what feels like aeons (in fashion years) of revivals, reimaginings and restyles of the ballet slipper, a new iteration has captured our attention. Just when we thought we’d exhausted every ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Ballet evolves slowly, and that includes footwear. But a new shoe with sneaker technology is giving dancers support from the heel up. Credit...Grant Hindsley for The New York ...

Anna is a freelance dance critic and arts journalist. Making ballerinas’ footwear is a mix of physical labour and nuanced expertise. Anna Winter speaks to shoe experts and principals about the lengths ...

The best ballet flats are no fleeting comeback. The humble pump is everywhere, from the divisive jelly shoe and mesh trend to more everyday leather and suede styles. Despite enjoying huge favour in ...

Ballet Black, a dance company composed of diverse dancers, and Freed, a ballet shoe manufacturer in the UK are working together to flip diversity numbers on their heads, from the dancers themselves to ...