
founded by
Salvatore Capezio
belongs to
Ballet Makers, Inc
about
Capezio is the trading name of Capezio Ballet Makers Inc, a specialist manufacturer of dance shoes, apparel and accessories.
Ballet Makers, Inc., of Totowa, New Jersey, was founded in 1887 by Salvatore Capezio.
By the 1930s Capezio products were dancing across Broadway in the Ziegfeld Follies and in dozens of other musicals. In 1941, Claire McCardell showed the Capezio long-sole ballet shoe with her fashion collection.
Anna Pavlova, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Sammy Davis, Jr., Charles "Honi" Coles, Alicia Alonso, Bob Fosse, Mick Jagger, Liza Minnelli, Gregory Hines, Tommy Tone, Ann Reinking, Debbie Allen, Ben Vereen, Charo, Merrill Ashley, Ashley Tuttle, Rob Marshall, Fatima, Savion Glover, Brian Friedman, Madonna, Will Ferrell, Nicole Kidman, Gwen Stefani