When I first started dancing ballet, I quickly become accustomed to the occasional foot pain and soreness. Even without spending hours in class performing yet another sequence of relevés on pointe, ...

The images of graceful ballerinas are often used in popular culture, especially in movies. Thanks to these pictures, we’ve ...

HOUSTON – “A lot of death happens in them,” jokes Houston Ballet principal dancer Jessica Collado of her silk, baby pink ballet slippers. A ballerina’s point shoes have a reputation for being tough on ...

In her final year as an undergraduate at the University of Southern California, dancer Kaitlyn Kumar tore a ligament during a rehearsal for the ballet Sleeping Beauty. But she powered through the pain ...