Misty Copeland made history as the American Ballet Theatre’s first Black principal dancer. Here’s everything to know about ...

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 ...

Devils En Pointe and Embodiment are collaborating to put on "Liminal" on Apr. 12. Ahead of this members of both clubs' leadership sat down for an interview with the Duke Chronicle to talk about ...

She says it can take trying on numerous different pointe shoes before a dancer finds that special pair. “Some dancers will go to 15 to 20. I mean — just depends on the dancer.

Sandy Larson belly danced her way from Knoxville to Los Angeles, with a sword in hand. Larson, a former professional dancer from Knoxville, will appear on the 20 th season of NBC’s competition ...

METAIRIE, La. () — A local dancer from Metairie is making a name for herself on stage with one of the biggest performers of all time, Beyoncè!Brianna Pavon, a Metairie native, is dancing for ...

Black Ballet Dancer In Her 60s Buys Skin-Tone Pointe Shoes For First Time. The traditional pink shoes and tights break the visual line of the bodies of Black dancers.

Hundreds of young ballet dancers simultaneously perched on their tippy toes — holding the grueling pose for more than a minute — to set a new world record at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan ...

Since pointe shoes have to match the dancer’s skin tone in order to maintain the line, Act’pointes are rendered functionally unusable for dancers with darker skin tones. Some ballet companies only ...

A Pennsylvania pointe shoe company lost everything in a warehouse fire. U.S. trade policy is making starting over even harder ...

Pointe readiness—and who should determine when a dancer can or should go en pointe—is somewhat of a hot topic in the dance world, Dr. Borowski says, as there isn’t a universally accepted ...

Wassman-Cox was 25 years old when she was first diagnosed with breast cancer. She experienced a recurrence at the age of 29. As a former professional ballet dancer, she found herself drawn back to ...