The Pointe Book

by Barringer, Janice; Schlesinger, Sarah

• ISBN13: 9780871271501
• ISBN10: 0871271508
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-01-01
• Publisher: Princeton Book Co Pub

Summary

Studies the development of pointe shoes and the technique of pointe dancing, an artistic innovation that allowed female dancers to carry ballet to new heights of virtuosity.

Author Biography

Janice Barringer teaches, choreographs, and lectures in the United States, Canada, and China and is a columnist for Pointe and Dancer magazines. She has been spotlighted in the PBS Dance in America series, and has served on the faculty of the American Dance Center, Ballet Hispanico, Harkness House, and STEPS on Broadway Sarah Schlesinger, former owner of Capezio Dance Theater Shops in Maryland and Delaware, has extensive experience fitting pointe shoes and solving pointe shoe-related problems. She is Chairperson of the graduate musical theater writing program of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
A Brief History of Pointe Dancing	p. 1
The Foot and the Pointe Shoemaking Process	p. 9
The Pointe Shoe Fitting Process	p. 20
Size Charts	p. 34
Preparing and Caring for Pointe Shoes	p. 41
Shoe Accessories	p. 59
The Shoe Master	p. 65
Profiles of Pointe Shoemakers and Sellers	p. 69
Pointe Shoe Characteristics	p. 104
Basics of Teaching Pointe	p. 136
Profiles of Pointe Training Methods	p. 158
Sample Pointe Classes	p. 181
Pointe-Related Injuries and Their Remedies	p. 216
Conversations on Pointe	p. 278
Bibliography	p. 292
Index	p. 297
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