As Featured in The New York Times
The New York Times spotlights ORZA’s patented ballet shoe technology, designed by a former professional dancer to reduce impact and support performance in an art form long defined by tradition.
Read the full article here: NYTimes
Independent Survey Confirms
99% of users reported improved body sensation at the end of the day after wearing the ORZA ballet shoe.
Your best dancing starts here—make the switch to ORZA ballet shoes today.
Our Founder
Hi! I'm Seth.
I never set out to reinvent the ballet shoe—I just wanted to keep dancing. While performing with the New York City Ballet, I suffered an injury that forced me to slip makeshift padding inside my shoes for extra support. It worked well enough to keep me onstage, but it also opened my eyes: ballet shoes had gone virtually unchanged for more than a century, and dancers were improvising fixes to survive the physical demands of our art. I began sketching and prototyping with local cobblers in Seattle, layering shock-absorbing materials and testing ideas with colleagues. That is how ORZA was born: not just to solve my own problem, but to create a shoe that supports every dancer, everywhere, through class, rehearsal, and performance.
