A-hed; Less Painful Ballet Shoes Are Here. Some Dancers Refuse to Use Them. Purists say suffering in pointes is part of the art. “My students say ‘This feels awful.’ ...

Ballet star Misty Copeland says diverse pointe-shoe emojis would help ensure that ballet 'in ... In the clip, she opened up about matching “European pink” pointe shoes to her darker ...

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 ...

Innovative new pointe shoes turn a ballerina's movements into unique works of art by digitally tracking her dancing. Artist Lesia Trubat used new technology to transform a traditional ballet shoe ...

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 ...

If you're mesmerised by ballet dancers on stage, you can now continue to enjoy their talent after the show's over. Pointe shoes with integrated recording devices have been created to capture dance ...