: a ballet position in which the body is balanced on the extreme tip of the toe
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Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
At this rehearsal, Peck is wearing pointe shoes—an unorthodox choice for a choreographer, but quite a practical one.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2024
Advertisement Balancing that power was the lyricism and speed of Peck and her fellow classical dancers, who wove around the scene on pointe shoes along with hip-hop and contemporary dancers in a symphony of movement.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2023
Although the four ballerinas were taller on pointe and performed center stage, Myers commanded attention.
—Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
There are several YouTube videos and other tutorials online for pancaking pointe shoes.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2023
Houk goes to her heels, walking normally with her pointe shoes still on.
—Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
The joke is not just his costume (long tutu and pointe shoes) but the angle of his shoulders and the height of his arabesque.
—Alice Robb, The New Republic, 16 Oct. 2023
Thus, Copeland is fighting for more skin tones in the pointe shoe emojis.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 10 Oct. 2023
Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
At this rehearsal, Peck is wearing pointe shoes—an unorthodox choice for a choreographer, but quite a practical one.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2024
Advertisement Balancing that power was the lyricism and speed of Peck and her fellow classical dancers, who wove around the scene on pointe shoes along with hip-hop and contemporary dancers in a symphony of movement.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2023
Although the four ballerinas were taller on pointe and performed center stage, Myers commanded attention.
—Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
There are several YouTube videos and other tutorials online for pancaking pointe shoes.
—Char Adams, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2023
Houk goes to her heels, walking normally with her pointe shoes still on.
—Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
The joke is not just his costume (long tutu and pointe shoes) but the angle of his shoulders and the height of his arabesque.
—Alice Robb, The New Republic, 16 Oct. 2023
Thus, Copeland is fighting for more skin tones in the pointe shoe emojis.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 10 Oct. 2023
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“Pointe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pointe. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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