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The 18 pages that link to Pointe technique, each with the reason it gives.

• BalletBroader topic: It extends ballet’s movement vocabulary through sustained balance on the toes.

• Classical balletBroader topic: Pointe work gives many classical ballets their characteristic elevated lines.

• Romantic balletRelated: Its development helped create the weightless, otherworldly image central to Romantic heroines.

• GiselleRelated: The Wilis’ weightless appearance depends on sustained pointe dancing.

• Imperial Ballet SchoolRelated: Mastery of pointe work became a demanding part of professional preparation.

• Marie TaglioniRelated: Taglioni's sustained dancing on pointe became central to her image in La Sylphide.

• La SylphideRelated: Marie Taglioni's light, seemingly suspended movement became closely associated with this technique.

• Frederick AshtonRelated: Ashton's choreography often tests pointe work through intricate footwork and rapid changes of direction.

• La BayadèreRelated: Its demanding pointe work gives the Shades’ repeated arabesques their distinctive control.

• Pas de deuxRelated: Many classical pas de deux feature the ballerina dancing en pointe.

• Italian balletRelated: Italian ballerinas became renowned for strength and virtuosity en pointe.

• The Dying SwanRelated: Rapid, delicate footwork helps suggest the swan’s trembling motion.

• Contemporary balletBroader topic: Some contemporary ballet retains pointe work while placing it in less traditional choreography.

• August BournonvilleRelated: Bournonville's choreography gives ballerinas pointe work without making weightless spectacle its sole focus.

• Filippo TaglioniRelated: La Sylphide helped make pointe work central to the image of the ethereal ballerina.

• Ballet dancerBroader topic: It is a demanding performance skill, usually developed after years of training.

• Sergei PoluninCompared with: It highlights a gendered difference in classical ballet training; Polunin performs in the traditionally male role.

• Sylvie GuillemRelated: Guillem’s clean pointe work balanced the visual extremity of her extensions.