The pointe shoe is instrumental and symbolic to ballet. As a tool, pointe shoes extend a dancer’s line and create a sense of physical lightness. As an emblem, the pointe shoe is associated with ballet ...

When Melinda McAdams moved to the fishing community of Sitka, Alaska, in 1993, no one in town knew how to dance on pointe shoes. Now, generations of dancers are up on their toes and every few years, ...

'On Pointe Dance Festival' is the New York City dance festival presented by NEVILLE Dance Theatre on Sunday, June 8 & Sunday, June 15, 2025, at Martha Graham Studio Theater, that celebrates the ...

At this dance school, young girls dream of wearing uncomfortable shoes that may only hold up for a few months — and their parents are fully supportive. This isn’t a new fashion trend. It’s the reality ...

San Diego Ballet’s classical dancers have spent years honing their technique, mastering elegant leg extensions, fantastic fouetté turns and perfect pirouettes. But in the upcoming production of “Eight ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of young dancers in white tutus and tightly coiffed hair gathered in New York’s Plaza Hotel on Wednesday to break the world record for dancing on pointe in one place. The ...

On the third floor of Gerlinger Annex, Natalie Reyes and her nine other dancers leap and create smooth and dynamic movements across the floor with tutu skirts and alongside The Voice Of Spring Waltz ...

This post was updated March 12 at 8:59 p.m. With “Homecoming,” the American Contemporary Ballet takes audiences back to school by combining drill team choreography with 1980s nostalgia. “Homecoming” ...

Collin Kerdahy, a native of Smithtown, N.Y., began studying ballet when he was in middle school. After doing gymnastics as a younger child, and knowing that he enjoyed dancing, he auditioned for a ...

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 of ...

NEW YORK — Hundreds of young dancers in white tutus and tightly coiffed hair gathered in New York's Plaza Hotel on Wednesday to break the world record for dancing on pointe in one place. The spectacle ...