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 ...
Noel Streatfeild’s beloved 1936 novel, Ballet Shoes, has been reimagined for the stage in a brand new adaptation by Kendall Feaver (The Almighty Sometimes). Book Ballet Shoes tickets on London Theatre ...
Within the intimate and dimly-lit Ailey Citigroup Theater, dancers emerged from the stage’s wings in cloth ballet shoes, pointe shoes, and a myriad of costumes, bringing the Columbia Ballet ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Confession time: while every other balletgoer of my acquaintance can trace their passion to childhood ...
The National Theatre’s big family Christmas show is a sumptuous adaptation of Noel Streatfeild’s classic 1936 children’s novel Ballet Shoes. It’s slick, classy and meticulously directed by ...
After The Witches last Christmas, the National Theatre has another seasonal hit on its hands with Ballet Shoes. It was my duty as a critic, rather than knowledge of the book by Noel Streatfeild, or ...