SALT LAKE CITY (KSTU) -- Sounds of pointe shoes can always be heard inside the studios of Ballet West, but you would never guess the person wearing those shoes is 23-year-old Jonas Malinka-Thompson.

To the untrained eye, the streets of style capitals like New York City, Copenhagen, and Paris resemble a Swan Lake rehearsal this spring. A ballet sneaker trend—characterized by a soft, curved toebox ...

This post was updated March 12 at 8:59 p.m. With “Homecoming,” the American Contemporary Ballet takes audiences back to school by combining drill team choreography with 1980s nostalgia. “Homecoming” ...