Once a week, Josephine Lee packs around 500 pairs of shoes into her van and drives to dance studios across the region to fit ballet dancers for their pointe shoes. To the dancers, it’s more than just ...

Men in tutus and pointe shoes loving and parodying their art form never ages; it’s both simple and very sophisticated ...

Pointe-shoe maker Freed of London employs 24 full-time artisans, who make about 30 pairs a day. They create stock and custom shoes for dancers at top companies, like ABT and the Royal Ballet. Many of ...

Although Robin Williams has been a ballet dancer for more than 60 years, she experienced a first during her performance of The Nutcracker this December. Williams said when she danced the Dance of the ...

Ben Sommers, head of Capezio Ballet Makers for 36 years, was called “Mr. Capezio.” He established the Capezio Foundation, created the Capezio Dance Award, founded the Association of American Dance ...

When young 13-year-old ballerina Merci Higdon walked through the doors of Toptoe Dancewear in Baton Rouge, she was greeted by classical music, chandeliers and a professional ballet performance on TV.

For the first time in their career, black and Asian ballet dancers can get pointe shoes that match their skin tone Colleen Kratofil is the Senior Editor, TV at PEOPLE. She has over 10 years of ...

Running any kind of small business is tough. Running one in a niche industry like ballet can be even tougher. So, when a fire wiped out a Pennsylvania ballet shoe company’s entire inventory, it was a ...

Right now, if you’re trying to use a pointe shoe emoji, there’s only one option for users—and that’s the “European Pink.” But Black ballerina Misty Copeland is trying to change that. At the end of ...

Ballet star Misty Copeland, who has been a voice for diversity and inclusion in ballet, is taking her efforts beyond the studio and stage — and straight to your phone. The American Ballet Theatre ...