Given the sartorial appetite for balletcore fashion and the industry’s growing appreciation for ugly shoes, it’s unsurprising ...

The Creature and Elizabeth dance a duet in Scarlett's Frankenstein. © San Francisco Ballet. San Francisco Ballet’s production of Liam Scarlett’s “Frankenstein ...

The best ballet flats are comfortable, stylish and easy to wear: No wonder everyone from Audrey Hepburn to Brigitte Bardot has been known to wear the understated-yet-chic shoe, slipping them on for ...

I recently went to look at the pointe shoes of the ballerina Emma Livry, who danced at the Paris Opera from 1858 to 1862. Today’s pointe shoes are constructed around a box cushioning the toes. But ...

Contrary to what their name might have you believe, there’s no prerequisite of mastering pirouettes to slip into a pair of ballet flats. Yep, you can style the dainty slippers with jeans, slacks, and ...

LONDON — As an African-American soloist with the United Kingdom’s Royal Ballet, Eric Underwood says he is often asked why the ballet world isn’t very diverse. It’s complicated, Underwood says. Race, ...

The way that ballet dancer Ashton Edwards leaps through the air is pure art. The fact that he does it in pointe shoes is a rare feat. Ballet traditionally has very divided roles for men and women. Men ...

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If you feel like you dance with two left feet, wait until you meet Robert "Bobby" Barnett, who turned 100 on May 6 and is still in his dancing shoes. Barnett, who grew up in Washington state and was ...

With new books and a podcast taking another look at the legacy of George Balanchine and the culture of ballet, where does a modern ballerina stand? By Gia Kourlas Ballet requires — no, demands — ...

We are 11 or 12 years old, but most of us look younger; we have been chosen, in part, because we are small for our age. Our smiles are tense, our necks stretched, our backs erect. Perhaps we are ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Elizabeth B. Yntema’s Dance Data Project has been using a steady drumbeat of numbers to push the ballet world to action on gender equality. By ...