: a ballet position in which the body is balanced on the extreme tip of the toe
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Simply put, this luxury Christmas gift idea is on pointe.
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Adam Mansuroglu, WWD, 8 Dec. 2024
By the numbers: Mills, who created the choreography for Ballet Austin 24 years ago, manages 150 dancers who have each undergone 180 hours of rehearsal and nearly 40 pairs of pointe shoes.
—Nicole Cobler, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
Photographed by Mayan Toledano The Lucchese boots are to the cheerleaders what pointe shoes are to ballet dancers: a necessary but painful part of their art.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2024
The company now is hiring dancers right out of their academies and with experience dancing on pointe.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
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Adam Mansuroglu, WWD, 8 Dec. 2024
By the numbers: Mills, who created the choreography for Ballet Austin 24 years ago, manages 150 dancers who have each undergone 180 hours of rehearsal and nearly 40 pairs of pointe shoes.
—Nicole Cobler, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024
Photographed by Mayan Toledano The Lucchese boots are to the cheerleaders what pointe shoes are to ballet dancers: a necessary but painful part of their art.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2024
The company now is hiring dancers right out of their academies and with experience dancing on pointe.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Pointe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pointe. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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