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 ...

You might say this spring shoe trend’s on pointe. Fashion’s latest Frankenshoe is the ballet sneaker, which combines the ...

Kelly Ripa overcame her nerves to balance en pointe for one minute with principle dancers from the American Ballet Theatre and ... of herself in her pointe shoes last month along with the caption ...

This post was updated March 12 at 8:59 p.m. With “Homecoming,” the American Contemporary Ballet takes audiences ... the second number merges it with pointe shoes, passes and pirouettes.