U.K. company Freed of London now sells ballet shoes for dancers of color — 200 years after the invention of white ones. It's good news for dancers who've long painted their shoes to match their ...

Williams said when she danced the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, it was the first time she didn’t have to slather pink pointe shoes in paint or foundation to get them to match her brown skin.

Pink shoes, brown bodies: How dancers of color are fighting for representation From costuming, to casting, to criticism, whiteness dominates dance — but black performers are pushing back ...

The practice of pancaking shoes and hand-dying tights has roots in the Dance Theatre of Harlem. By Karen Valby Published: Apr 30, 2024 3:00 PM EDT Save Article ...