The team started designing in the fall of 2024, first creating a simple toe pad equipped with two sensors that could signal when a dancer’s alignment was off. Over the course of two semesters, the ...

The present invention is directed to a toe shoe, and more specifically , to a toe shoe capable of providing support to a ballet dancer's foot, toes, and ankle during en pointe dancing.

Pointe requires specialized shoes with reinforced, rigid toe boxes created from layers of fabric, cardboard, and glue. The unforgiving surface leads many dancers to wear protective toe pads inside ...