Cutting-edge designs from the avant-garde dancewear company Act’ble are being mentioned in conversations about ethics and environmentalism within the ballet industry. Founded in 2020 by German former ...

Women are rarely entitled to demand a pair of shoes be bought for them by their employer, let alone a new pair every day. But a new short film about specially-made ballet shoes has revealed how the ...

The principals for Scottish Ballet's production of Cinderella will use a new pair of custom-made pointe shoes every night during their tour. Kelly Apter explores the relationship between the dancers ...

As the art of ballet evolved, so did the shoes. Today, millions of ballet shoes are sold around the world: the flat ones called slippers and the satin-covered pointe shoes - with toe boxes made with ...