So, they typically do die pretty fast. Regular ballet flats are just, very soft. They're usually canvas, or leather. You can't go up en pointe with them. Pointe shoes are normally a bit harder so ...

As they try to save their respective companies by switching their top talent and giving audiences a new reason to come to the ballet. So grab your tutu and don't forget your pointe shoes ...

Dancers at the New York City Ballet go through about 7,000 pairs of pointe shoes each year. That's because traditional pointe shoes break down after only a few wears. All of them come from Freed ...

Despite having the breezy open-top silhouette of ballet flats, the Taekwondo Mei ... sneakers or tie them around your ankles à la pointe shoes; plus, you can choose to wear them with or without ...

said they “all know each other and we’re pretty friendly.” For the most part anyway. Ballet-shoe choices have provoked global intrigue. Moscow-based Grishko has long supplied pointe shoes to ...