Research Catalog

Title

The pointe book : shoes, training & technique / Janice Barringer, Sarah Schlesinger.

Author

Barringer, Janice.

Publication

Hightstown, NJ : Princeton Book Co., c1998.

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Additional Authors

• Schlesinger, Sarah.
• Schlesinger, Sarah, 1947-

Description

xiv, 186 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

Studies the development of pointe shoes and the technique of pointe dancing, an artistic innovation that allowed female dancers to carry ballet to new heights of virtuosity.

Subject

• Ballet dancing > Juvenile literature
• Ballet slippers > Juvenile literature

Genre/Form

Juvenile works

Note

• "A Dance Horizons book."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-179) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction / David Howard -- 1. A Brief History of Pointe Dancing -- 2. The Foot and Pointe Shoe Making Process -- 3. The Pointe Shoe Fitting Process -- 4. Preparing and Caring for Pointe Shoes -- 5. Custom Ordering Pointe Shoes -- 6. Profiles of Pointe Shoe Makers and Sellers -- 7. Basics of Teaching Pointe -- 8. Profiles of Pointe Training Methods -- 9. Sample Pointe Classes -- 10. Pointe-related Injuries and Their Remedies -- 11. Conversations on Pointe.

ISBN

0871272040

LCCN

^^^96043844^/AC

OCLC

• 35620355
• SCSB-12110484

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library