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.