: a ballet position in which the body is balanced on the extreme tip of the toe
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Ana de Armas is en pointe in the first trailer for Ballerina, the spinoff of the Keanu Reeves’ John Wick franchise.
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Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024
Later in the season, dancing on pointe, Audrey slams into a cameraman and requires medical attention for a hurt foot.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
The most famous ballet accessory is the pointe shoe.
—Ruby Feneley, refinery29.com, 1 Feb. 2024
In both cinema and ballet culture, injuries inflicted by the pointe shoe are framed as a kind of blood sacrifice, in which physical pain is traded for physical feats as supernatural as any witch's enhancement.
—Ruby Feneley, refinery29.com, 1 Feb. 2024
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Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024
Later in the season, dancing on pointe, Audrey slams into a cameraman and requires medical attention for a hurt foot.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2024
The most famous ballet accessory is the pointe shoe.
—Ruby Feneley, refinery29.com, 1 Feb. 2024
In both cinema and ballet culture, injuries inflicted by the pointe shoe are framed as a kind of blood sacrifice, in which physical pain is traded for physical feats as supernatural as any witch's enhancement.
—Ruby Feneley, refinery29.com, 1 Feb. 2024
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“Pointe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pointe. Accessed 21 Oct. 2024.
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