LONDON—Ballet dancers have a more intimate relationship with their shoes than most people. So do ballet fans. When Marie Taglioni, among the first dancers to perform on the tips of her toes, or ...

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

NEW YORK — For the New York City Ballet Gala last month, top-tier fashion designers collaborated with the company's costume shop to create the looks for four works. This intersection of high art ...

Pointe shoes made the ballerinas of the New York City Ballet into technological artifacts, modern and indistinguishable "like IBM machines" Ballet pointe shoes are not typically thought of as ...

New York City Ballet dancers go through about 7,000 pairs of pointe shoes a year. That's because traditional ones break down after only a few wears.

Artist Lesia Trubat used new technology in order to transform a traditional ballet shoe into a digital paintbrush. The unique works of art allow dancers to keep a physical memory of their movements.

Imagine wearing out a pair of shoes once a week. It’s the life of a ballet dancer, many of whom go through 30 pairs of shoes in one ballet season.

Misty Copeland says diverse point-shoes in Apple’s emoji keyboard would help ensure that ballet “in all its forms, celebrates every dancer’s story and shade.” ...

CLEVELAND — Recently, a video of a black ballerina enthusiastically opening up her very first pair of brown flesh-colored satin pointe ballet shoes went viral.

Pointe shoes with integrated recording devices have been created to capture dance movements and transform them into a series of abstract digital images that can be viewed on a mobile app.

Ballet dancing can cause foot pain, injury, and in some cases, even permanent foot damage. This mostly occurs in dancers practicing pointe technique. However, dancers not on pointe can also ...

For as long as ballet has existed, it has been an art form that prizes uniformity. For just as long, the tights and pointe shoes that have given ballet dancers that uniformity—to achieve the seamless ...