It's incredibly hard to become a ballerina. It’s far less hard to wear ballet slippers with a normal outfit, which is why so many of us opt for that option instead. For the past few years, runways and ...

Misty Copeland opens up about increasing diversity in the world of ballet and the “why” behind her ballet slipper emoji campaign. Misty Copeland remembers the first time she saw a brown ballet slipper ...

Misty Copeland remembers the first time she saw a brown ballet slipper. She was 14 years old and performing in Debbie Allen’s iconic “Hot Chocolate Nutcracker” ballet. The brown slippers she saw among ...