You might say this spring shoe trend’s on pointe. Fashion’s latest Frankenshoe is the ballet sneaker, which combines the ...

Regular ballet flats are just, very soft. They're usually canvas, or leather. You can't go up en pointe with them. Pointe shoes are normally a bit harder so that you can get up on your toes.

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 ...

Kelly Ripa overcame her nerves to balance en pointe for one minute with principle dancers from the American Ballet Theatre and ... of herself in her pointe shoes last month along with the caption ...