Before joining the board of directors of A.V.A. Ballet Theatre, the resident ballet company of the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, my knowledge of ballet would fit in a thimble. Three quarters ...

A Black ballerina is rejoicing over a new pair of shoes for one important reason. Kira Robinson is an 18-year-old freshman ballet major at the University of Oklahoma. Robinson shared a video where she ...

Which ballet pointe shoes are best? Ballet shoes can provide you with comfort and protection while you are practicing and performing ballet. Ballet pointe shoes, in particular, are designed ...

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 ...

In her final year as an undergraduate at the University of Southern California, dancer Kaitlyn Kumar tore a ligament during a rehearsal for the ballet Sleeping Beauty. But she powered through the pain ...

NEW YORK -- NEW YORK (AP) — Misty Copeland hangs up her pointe shoes Wednesday, putting a final exclamation point on a ...

NEW YORK — Misty Copeland took one last spin on her pointe shoes Wednesday, showered with golden glitter and bouquets as she ...