You can't go up en pointe with them. Pointe shoes are normally a bit harder so that you can get up on your toes. And men typically wear the ballet flats, and women normally wear them to warm up ...

The balletcore trend has exited stage-left, but one style remains: ballet flats. And this season’s styles have evolved far ...

Pointe shoes offer the intoxicating duality of sensuality ... and as I write, my other big toe stings as if I’ve dropped a grand piano on it. But what I get in return is that for a few days ...

Making pointe shoes for ballet dancers is a skill held by very few across the UK – and there is only one producer left in London. Freed of London, based in Hackney, has been making pointe shoes ...