The YAGP returns for their 26th annual gala on April 29 at the Alice Tully Hall at the Lincoln Center. Custom-made pointe shoes by designers like Carolina Herrera and Theory will be up for auction.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Nadja Sayej writes about fashion, celebrity and pop culture. Last week, the country’s foremost ballet competition, Youth America ...

As the art of ballet evolved, so did the shoes. Today, millions of ballet shoes are sold around the world: the flat ones called slippers and the satin-covered pointe shoes - with toe boxes made with ...

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 ...