LONDON—Ballet dancers have a more intimate relationship with their shoes than most people. So do ballet fans. When Marie Taglioni, among the first dancers to perform on the tips of her toes ...

Pointe shoes made the ballerinas of the New York City Ballet into technological artifacts, modern and indistinguishable "like IBM machines" Ballet pointe shoes are not typically thought of as ...

SEATTLE — Nike revolutionized running shoes in the 1970s, and now a Seattle dancer and inventor wants to do something similar in the ballet world. Seth Orza, who retired as principal dancer for ...