The prima ballerina still going strong after 75 years

Yoko Morishita, the star of Tokyo’s Matsuyama Ballet Company, says daily practice and the occasional steak help her stay on ...
UPI

353 ballerinas stay on their toes to break world record in New York

April 18 (UPI) --New York's famous Plaza Hotel hosted a Guinness World Record-breaking event featuring 353 ballerinas en pointe at the same time. The nonprofit Youth America Grand Prix, which ...
NPR

Is 'Ballerina' an en pointe entry in the John Wick universe?

John Wick's back in a spinoff new film, Ballerina, starring Ana de Armas. She plays a ballerina-turned-assassin making her way through the international criminal underworld, and crossing paths with ...
The Daily Gazette

Exhibit has a ‘pointe’ to make about ballet shoes

It’s the essence of classical ballet, “en pointe,” when a ballerina rises up, standing in perfect balance on the tips of her toes. But she couldn’t do it without her slim satin shoes, the essential ...