LONDON—Ballet dancers have a more intimate relationship with their shoes than most people. So do ballet fans. When Marie Taglioni, among the first dancers to perform on the tips of her toes ...

Others fear that, without the suffering that can accompany traditional pointe shoes, the art form itself will be diminished. Older, classical ballet companies still prefer the sleek look of ...

Pointe shoes made the ballerinas of the New York City Ballet into technological artifacts ... The history of technology doesn't talk much about art. That's why Laemmli's paper is important ...