These ballet brands are en pointe. Two popular dancewear companies, Capezio and Block, have announced their intentions to start producing their ballet shoes — also…
These ballet brands are en pointe.
Two popular dancewear companies, Capezio and Block, have announced their intentions to start producing their ballet shoes — also known as pointe shoes — in additional skin tone-inclusive colors.
The announcements come in response to two Change.org petitions that have been gaining steam amid the Black Lives Matter movement following the death of George Floyd while in police custody on May 25.
Earlier this week, Capezio President and CEO Michael A. Terlizzi shared a statement to the brand’s website thanking the hundreds of thousands who signed the petition, and promising to expand its dance shoe offerings in darker shades.
