Professional Ballerina Scout Forsythe shares how she customizes and breaks in her pointe shoes. Scout shows us her top hacks for preparing her ballet shoes and explains why floss is her secret sewing ...

Anna is a freelance dance critic and arts journalist. Making ballerinas’ footwear is a mix of physical labour and nuanced expertise. Anna Winter speaks to shoe experts and principals about the lengths ...

In a country better known for exporting oil and arms, ballet shoemaker Grishko is a rare success story for Russian craftmanship AFP / Dimitar DILKOFF Craftsman Sergei Murza runs his fingers over the ...

Craftsman Sergei Murza runs his fingers over the pink satin of a pointe shoe he has just finished making. Then he gives it the final test: the ballet slipper balances perfectly on its tip. Murza ...