: a ballet position in which the body is balanced on the extreme tip of the toe
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Her technique called for bare feet instead of pointe shoes and gestures that were more sinuous and earthy than classical ballet.
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Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 19 Mar. 2026
Razor blades and pointe shoes prove pretty lethal in Vicky Jewson’s bloody and blistered ballet thriller, which finds a dysfunctional ballerina troupe fighting for survival after a run-in with a deadly Hungarian mob.
—Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2026
Swapping pointe shoes and pink tights for bare feet and leotards, Graham’s idiosyncratic technique may at first seem a stretch for the Joffrey company.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
Going up on pointe like a dancer and then leaving her stage behind, out into the dark.
—Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
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Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 19 Mar. 2026
Razor blades and pointe shoes prove pretty lethal in Vicky Jewson’s bloody and blistered ballet thriller, which finds a dysfunctional ballerina troupe fighting for survival after a run-in with a deadly Hungarian mob.
—Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2026
Swapping pointe shoes and pink tights for bare feet and leotards, Graham’s idiosyncratic technique may at first seem a stretch for the Joffrey company.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
Going up on pointe like a dancer and then leaving her stage behind, out into the dark.
—Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
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“Pointe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pointe. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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