Pointe Sentence Examples

Joining the Atlantic between Royan and the Pointe de Grave, opposite the tower of Cordouan.

Thence the direction taken is north as far as the eastern summit (11,693 ft.) of the Levanna, the watershed rising in a series of snowy peaks, though the loftiest point of the region, the Pointe de Charbonel (12,336 ft.), stands a little to the west.

Galena was originally a trading post, called by the French "La Pointe" and by the English "Fever River," the river having been named after le Fevre, a French trader who settled near its mouth.

The Indians 3 include representatives of the Menominee (1487 in 1909), Stockbridge and Munsee (582) tribes under the Keshena School, Chippewa under the Lac du Flambeau School (705) and the La Pointe School (4453), Oneida (2259) under the Oneida 1 The Fox and Wisconsin rivers are separated at Portage by a distance of only 2 m.

We have a professional Pointe fitting service, which means no more long trips to London to get fitted.

Five Pointe 0 takes the sound of many diverse acts to make their own special brand of intense musical mayhem.

Pink satin pointe shoes could yet be next season's big thing at clubs.

It begins to manifest when The Pupil grows tired in her newly donned pointe shoes.

The designer, Nobuko Maruyama designed a great, fluffy red tutu for Florence with fabulous lime green pointe shoes.

For the first time ever I understand what's meant by dancers on pointe appearing weightless.

For the first time ever I understand what 's meant by dancers on pointe appearing weightless.

Increasing the fluidity and the stability with which a dancer goes from a static fifth into relevé fifth, en pointe, is one of the daily challenges of the dancer.

One day he was asked to make a pair of shoes in a pinch, and he transformed into a shoemaker specializing in pointe shoes.

His future status as a legend was solidified when the famous Anna Pavlova bought Salvatore's pointe shoes for her entire company when she toured the U.S. She spread the word, and the rest is history.

Although his physical stature was not ideal (he was too short next to most ballerinas when they were en pointe), this didn't stop him from often being in the spotlight on the Russian stage.

The day a ballerina tries on her first pair of pointe shoes is a momentous one.

It takes years of training to graduate from soft ballet slippers to pointe ("toe") shoes.

Dancing en pointe is a dream that beginner dancers hold dear.

The pointe shoe has a special reinforced insole ("shank") and toe ("box") which enables the dancer to stand en pointe--on the very tips of the toe.

The day a dancer earns her first pair of pointe shoes is seen as an important milestone in her ballet career.

Pointe shoes are normally only worn by female dancers.

Although these ballet shoes are designed to help a dancer more easily stand en pointe, most of the work is still done by the dancer herself.

Pointe shoes should only be worn once the dancer's feet are strong enough to allow her to dance en pointe without causing injury.

Young children should never be allowed to dance en pointe, since their feet are still growing.

Once a dancer graduates to dancing en pointe, pointework usually takes up only around 15 minutes of each class, until the feet have become used to the change.

When buying your first pair of pointe shoes, it's advisable to have the shoes fitted by someone trained in the fitting of ballet shoes.

Your pointe shoe size will be much smaller than your street shoe size--up to three times smaller, in fact.

Pointe shoes should be a close fit, although not so tight that they reduce the blood flow to the feet.

There are many factors to be taken into account when being fitted for pointe shoes.

The serious dancer will get through a pair of pointe shoes every few weeks.

Capezio especially enjoyed making pointe shoes, and in the design of these shoes he realized that he'd truly found his calling.

Many ballet instructors will prefer students to have the full sole shoe, as the shank is most similar to that found in the pointe shoe; making it an excellent training shoe.

Capezio dance shoes have gone a step further by offering a "demi pointe" ballet shoe.

This is simply a boxed pointe shoe with no shank.

Some instructors have protested that this shoe does not help a student to learn, while some professional companies and studios prefer to use the demi pointe with their advanced students.

Out of all the Capezio dance shoes, the pointe shoe should have the snuggest fit.

It is never recommended that you purchase pointe shoes on the Internet, as fittings must be exact.

Moreover, ballet is equally crippled without the benefit of pointe shoes; and even juvenile ballet techniques are dependent upon the flat, flexible, and nearly non-existent soles of a regular ballet slipper.

The padded collar has the Achilles cut out to allow for a fully articulated pointe and the mesh tongue pocket hides laces for a clean look.

Those who practice ballet daily may want to get a ballet layout that incorporates pointe shoes and tutus.

The atmosphere these layouts create can range from the art photographic, wherein a ballerina is practicing or stretching, to the cute, where iconic ballerina symbols twirl en pointe like they do in children's music boxes.