The ballet pump has a heel—typically under three inches—but is otherwise indistinguishable from the ballet flats we all know and love. That means grosgrain trims, satin finishes, bows on the toes and, ...

Ballet flats are back, baby! We finally have an excuse to ditch the heels and return to our natural habitat of comfy footwear. Flats are simultaneously timeless and trendy, like blue jeans or gold ...

The voice-over claimed that the experiment was designed to prove that “big people are hiding away big passions”. It was easy to assume that the producers were hoping for the rotund ballerinas to be ...

Classical ballet is known for slim limbs, fine lines – and for making punishing physical demands on dancers. Horror stories of anorexic ballerinas and bullying ballet masters have a hold on the ...

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