what is pointe?

Question

does it have anything to do with ballet?and what

Answer 1

Dancing en pointe is the action of rising to the tips of the toes while performing steps from ballet. Also known as pointe work, it is performed using hard–toed and stiff-shanked pointe shoes. Dancing en pointe requires considerable strength and skill and is central part of a female ballet dancer's training and repertory. Although this is one of the most graceful forms of dance, it can be very painful and may cause permanent damage to the feet.
Young girls usually start dancing en pointe between the ages of eleven and thirteen. Before this, their bones have not ossified sufficiently; serious foot deformities can result from starting pointe too early. Girls must not go up en pointe until the bones of their feet are fully developed and the muscles in the arches, ankles, legs, pelvic area and abdominals are strong enough to bear the stress; injuries, such as breaking the ankle, can occur because of weak, untrained muscles. They should also have had at several years of proper training. All of this requires careful evaluation on the part of the teacher. Dancing en pointe requires one to use the entire body for support, including the legs and abdominal muscles.

Once a dancer is ready, preparation for pointe work is a slow and gradual process. At first, it is just strengthening exercises at the barre - for example, simply going up on pointe and coming back down, and then introducing variations in speed and position -- for perhaps no more than five or ten minutes. It is often only after six months to a year of this that one can start dancing on pointe in the center. The entire process takes time and close supervision by the teacher.Pointe work should never be done unsupervised. If this happens, permanent damage may be caused to the feet

Dancing en pointe can place severe stress on the dancer's feet, common injuries related to dancing en pointe are:

blisters - caused by repeated rubbing of skin against the rough hardened inside of the shoe's box. Blisters can be prevented or lessened by carefully wrapping the dancer's toes with medical tape, or using some type of thin padding.
bunions - a bone deformity usually in the dancer's big toe, caused by cramping of the toes within the shoe's box. Dancers can prevent bunions by putting a spacer between the big toe and the next toe and wearing properly fitted shoes.
bruised toenails - caused by heavy pressure on the front of the nail. This can be very painful.
Cuts can also occur between toes as a result of the pressure of a dancer's toenails digging into the toes next to them
but dont let this scare you ponite is amazing and ive been doing it for 6 years! i love itt!
goo for it!
xoxox
j.*

Answer 2

Pointe is when you dance in special shoes that allow for you to go up on your toes. Usually a prerequisite of 1 to 2 years of ballet is required as well as moderate to strong feet. Usually, for those who start ballet at a young age, the beginning age for pointe is 12 or 13, because that is when the bones in the feet are pretty much at the strongest point.

Answer 3

It is ballet. There are two different types of shoes. One kind is like slippers and the others have flat tips. Most people start with ballet slippers and move up to ponte shoes when they are good enough, pointe shoes are harder to learn to dance in because instead of just going on your tip toes...your balancing on the flat tips on the shoes.

These are pointe shoes.
http://www.freedoflondon.com/cat/img/Studios.jpg
http://www.jubileeauditorium.com/northern/images/ballet_shoes.jpg

these are ballet slippers
http://www.ianjphoto.ndirect.co.uk/584_8472---Ballet-shoes-1.jpg
http://cartwheelfactory.com/gymnastic_shoes/ballet_shoes.jpg

Answer 4

Pointe Shoes are those ballet shoes that let ballet dancers to go on there toes. I just got mine.

Answer 5

Yes. It's referred to as 'en pointe'. It means to dance on your toes. They make special ballet shoes and it's beautiful to watch. It's the type of ballet with the girls on their toes a lot of the time. Very elegant and beautiful.

Answer 6

pointe has everything to do with ballet....if you've ever watched any classical ballet the main dancers are en pointe (on pointe) Pointes is an extension of ballet technique....a dancer must have vigorus training to go enpointe which is to look effortless...but is actually very painful

Answer 7

Yes it is a special form of dancing ballet
its bascially dancong on your tippy tippy toes
but you can only do this with special shoes called pointe shoes- if not you'll injure your toes and ankle.
You can do ballet in these shoes and they go on they're toes when they go releves
there are also moves that are done only on pointe.
you need lots of training and over 13 due to a special bone in your toe
hope this helps!
also try books !

Answer 8

Pointe is basically ballet that you dance with, but much harder because u use ur toes for dancing, or the point of ur foot.

http://www.zappos.com/n/es/d/722106089/page/1.html this website has some shoes that can help you. Good luck!

Answer 9

Pointe is dancing on your toes, as opposed to the balls of you feet, as in ballet. Pointe shoes have multiple layes of fabric and glue to make them hard so that a dancer can dance on them. Generally, only females go en pointe, but I have heard of a few men who do, too.

Answer 10

yes it does have things to do with ballet, im taking it right now. its where u go up all the way on your toes and there is a hard wooden covering in the front of the shoes.... it hurts like heck!!!