This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. In July 2017, as the U.S. was racked by revelations that Russia had ...

Nostalgia is leading the charge for 2026 beauty trends, and after revisiting the matte lips of 2016, we’re digging back even further in the archives. Enter “ballet-slipper” lips: cool-toned pinks and ...

Delicate details like pointelle socks and ballet sneakers naturally complement each other, and the two included colorways make it easy to switch up the look. The lace detailing on these Bombas socks ...

Adidas has released a new hybrid shoe called the Taekwondo Mei Ballet Flat Sneaker. The shoe combines the style of a ballet flat with a classic adidas trainer. This footwear is part of a larger ...

This year’s production of Tchaikovsky’s much loved Nutcracker at London’s glorious Coliseum theatre is a truly enchanting experience for audiences of all ages. This refreshed version of the festive ...

The freestyle discipline of ski ballet originated in the 1960s as an expression of creativity on the slopes, trading the thrills and spills of raing for elegant spins and acrobatic flips. With its ...

According to her New York City Ballet profile, the Detroit native has been dancing since age four. Upon completing the summer program at the Dance Theatre of Harlem as a teen, she began its ...

With such storied origins, ballet flats are hardly new—but they are undeniably having a moment. Their recent resurgence is largely credited to Alaïa designer Pieter Mulier, whose studded Mary Jane ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Copeland, the first Black female principal at American Ballet Theater, has announced she’s retiring. She made history, and then made ...

Take a look around the most stylish parts of Copenhagen, New York City, and TikTok, and you might pick up on a new hybrid style sneaker all the cool girls are donning. Ballet sneakers are all the rage ...

Angelo Sotira started the online digital art platform DeviantArt when he was just a teenager, growing a formative community for millions of artists in the 2000s. Twenty-five years later, Sotira wants ...

Predicting the next big wave in sneakers is always a crapshoot. Sure, brands can put millions of dollars behind complex marketing pushes for a silhouette, but you can’t force a shoe style to stick.