Veteran ballerina Misty Copeland wants the community to help her #MakeAPointe. Copeland launched a petition on Sept. 21 to encourage Apple and the Unicode Consortium to expand its skin tone options ...

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 ...

(CNN) — Although Robin Williams has been a ballet dancer for more than 60 years, she experienced a first during her performance of The Nutcracker this December. Williams said when she danced the Dance ...

DIW and Joburg Ballet launch a Giving Tuesday campaign to raise funds for affordable pointe shoes, promoting inclusivity and ...

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 ...

Lady Gaga’s 18-inch ballet-inspired pointe shoes returned to the spotlight for a chic new Haus Labs rebrand. In a photo shared by the cosmetics brand on Tuesday, the “Poker Face” hitmaker posed in the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Misty Copeland took one last spin on her pointe shoes Wednesday, showered with golden glitter and bouquets as she retired from American Ballet Theatre after a trailblazing career in ...

Ballet Palm Beach — Palm Beach County’s professional ballet company — dipped its turned-out tootsies into a season of artistry when it welcomed attendees to its annual 'Cocktails en Pointe' fundraiser ...