Pointe Instruction

Pointe classes at the studio are Chicketti based for female dancers age 13 and over having at least 5 years of ballet training. Further, each dancer must be evaluated and approved by the Staff before beginning Pointe. We offer graded levels of Pointe based on the dancers age, physical development and training. The younger classes emphasize basic pointe skills and proceed very gradually at the barre until strength and stability improves. As the students become stronger, more complicated center floor activities are introduced. At the advanced level, Pointe class is an intensive session in which excerpts from the classical pointe repertoire are studied.