Change comes slowly to the ballet world. One popular style of pointe shoes, used by ballerinas who perform on their toes, was designed more than a century ago and is made of paper, glue and fabric. To ...

It was a recipe for disaster. Hundreds of children encumbered in frilly holiday frocks, suits and shiny patent leather shoes waiting impatiently in the Opera House for the evening’s ballet to begin.

When you’re a dancer, you have to baby your feet, especially if you’re a man dancing in pointe shoes. Most male ballet dancers don’t dance on their toes, but Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo has ...