by Kyra Laubacher | Sep 22, 2023 | News, The Latest
Misty Copeland—groundbreaking ballerina, author, director, and role model—has been advocating for diversity in dance for decades. Her latest move? Challenging Apple to introduce a spectrum of skin tones for the pointe shoe emoji via a petition on Change.org. On...
by Josephine Lee | Jun 24, 2019 | Profiles, Viral Videos
Master pointe shoe fitter Josephine Lee of the California-based ThePointeShop catches up with Moscow-based Russian State Ballet Theater dancer Matisse Love to hear all of her pointe shoe hacks, particularly her tips for pancaking. Before joining Russian State Ballet...
by Sophie Robertson For Dance Spirit | Jul 26, 2018 | Career, Training, Trending, Viral Videos
No two pairs of pointe shoes are the same, from their shanks to their boxes, their color to their shine. To make an array of shoes more uniform or to get them to a shade closer to your skin tone, dance teachers might ask that you “pancake” your pointe...