Dancers may opt to wear demi pointe shoes, which are slightly harder than ballet slippers and help train the feet for going en pointe.

The degree of discomfort dancers experience depends on each dancer’s foot and toe shape, Schmutte said. “It was never, never a comfortable thing for me,” she said.

California Five California ballet dancers seriously injured in crash as police look for suspect who fled on foot California police are asking to check security cameras for any footage of the hit ...

I didn’t know how to make sense of dance at a moment when audiences seemed to see misconduct in all aspects of our art form. Ballet has governed my life and shaped my body for 27 years.

In theater, “break a leg” is a phrase used to wish a performer luck. But for ballet dancers, it isn’t simply an expression but an occupational reality. The intense physical demands of ballet put ...

Ballerina foot care is no easy task. Here's how one dancer at American Ballet Theatre treats her tootsies after a long day. Well, for American Ballet Theatre dancer Kathryn Boren (who’s known ...

Sixteen-year-old Kate Thomas is in her room, rummaging through a basket full of old ballet shoes. "This was when my foot was so small. I'm like a nine now," she said, holding up one of the shoes ...

Citation Clipping of a ballet dancer balancing on a man's foot, between 1939 and 1972?. Joseph Cornell papers, 1804-1986. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Use Note Current copyright ...