Ballet Evolved: The Evolution of Pointe Work
Former Ballet Mistress Ursula Hageli looks at the development of pointe work in ballet, where the dancers move on the tips of their toes from Marie Taglionis experiments in the 1830s, through developments by Italian and Russian dancers through to the famed pointe work of Russian Classical ballet. With danced demonstrations by Gemma PitchleyGale and Fumi Kaneko. Ballet Evolved events explore the ballet through the centuries from its origins at the French court. It is one of a number of Insights held at
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