Sentences with phrase «pointe shoes»

I kept hearing about the blood involved with pointe shoes and that was it for me.

For example, she started a multiyear project redesigning traditional ballet pointe shoes while she was still in high school; the project yielded her first publication, in the peer - reviewed journal Ergonomics in Design, in 2008.

Inspired by the classic pointe shoes, Valentino updates the modern ballet flat with edgy ankle straps and chic styling

Though not packed with wall - to - wall dance sequences, there are more than enough scenes involving pointe shoes and pirouettes to keep them happy.

Referencing the famed house's ballet footwear origins, this charming pair is designed to look like a pair of pointe shoes.

But the film's true virtuoso is director Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler), whose camerawork is as soaring as a dancer's grand jeté, gliding around Nina's troubled psyche, capturing gorgeous dance sequences, and lingering on bloody toes forced into pointe shoes.

Black Swan: Only tutus and pointe shoes separate the dainty stage in Darren Aronofsky's eagerly anticipated new mindfuck from the gladiatorial ring of The Wrestler as an arena for contorted bodies and obsessed souls.

She has the broken pointe shoes and callouses to prove it.

I've never been able to wear heels like that and I used to be a 100 lb prima ballerina who could wear pointe shoes all day long.

Yinka Shonibare MBE, Ballerina with Violin (Swan Lake), 2013, Mannequin, Dutch wax batik fabric, violin, globe and ballet pointe shoes, 149 x 76 x 85 cm, (58 3/4 x 30 x 33 1/2 in)

Inspired by the classic pointe shoes, Valentino updates the modern ballet flat with edgy ankle straps and chic styling * Black leather, pointed toe, elasticized vamp, crisscross ankle straps with grommets and buckle closure * Leather insole and outsole

She's put on her pointe shoes and a smart pink bow, and has smoothed down her soft cream fur all ready.

Intoxicated by a mystical world of swans and sugar plum fairies, I wanted to wear pink tutus and pointe shoes.

I might not be tying up my pointe shoes anytime soon, but at each Local Barre class, I get a chance to revisit the dance form I missed.

When I'm lacing them up I feel like I'm lacing up pointe shoes for ballet class.

I love it partly because of how chic it looks, but mostly because every time I lace them up I am reminded of my ballet days of tying the ribbons on my pointe shoes.

Is anyone else still reeling from the talk about the pointe shoes?

Blue, green, pointe shoes, and wrinkles

Feel the pain of what it's like to wear pointe shoes, experience the terror of meeting hot, gun - toting guys while on tour with ballet companies in exotic, distant lands... discover an insider's secrets about what ballet life is really like...

While pursuing a professional ballet career was her first order of business, after hanging up her pointe shoes she earned her B.A. in Literature and Writing and immediately began working in the publishing field.

CounterPointe is an annual performance series dedicated to presenting the latest experimental, innovative, risk - taking choreography that shows a depth of investment in ballet by women dance makers working with the pointe shoe.

Norte Maar in collaboration with Brooklyn Ballet announces an open call for choreographers for the return of CounterPointe, a new series presenting choreography by women dance makers working with the pointe shoe.

There is no house style, though the pointe shoe must be at the heart of the work.

Norte Maar (Brooklyn, NY) joins forces with The Broadway (Barking, UK) to present the 2nd edition of CounterPoint an important series, which originated as a collaboration with Brooklyn Ballet to present a forum for women choreographers working with the pointe shoe to show and discuss their work.

Norte Maar announces a call for choreographers for its 4th Season of CounterPointe: women choreographers making new work with the pointe shoe, April 8 - 10, 2016 at the Actor's Fund Arts Center, Brooklyn.

Dancers should wear white leotard, pink tights and pointe shoes that you don't mind wearing on the street (there is no jumping and very little work on full releve — just a few bourrees).

CounterPointe is dedicated to presenting the latest experimental, innovative, risk - taking choreography that shows a depth of investment in ballet by women dance makers working with the pointe shoe, presented in collaboration with Norte Maar.

Inaugurated in 2012 CounterPointe is focused on the presentation of new works by women choreographers for the pointe shoe.

In September, we curated our first evening of ballet dedicated to presenting the latest experimental, innovative, risk - taking choreography by women dance makers working with the pointe shoe.

As the producer of this series which originated as a forum for the presentation of new work by women choreographers for the pointe shoe, it's exciting to see this new added element of collaboration with women artists within the realm of ballet.

The annual series presents new work by women dance makers working with the pointe shoe; the choreographers are paired with a visual artist.

YINKA SHONIBARE, MBE, «Ballerina With Violin (Giselle),» 2013 (mannequin, Dutch wax African cotton textile, fibreglass, globe head, violin, pointe shoes).

YINKA SHONIBARE, MBE Ballet God (Poseidon), 2015 Fibreglass mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton textile, trident, dagger, globe, pointe shoes and steel baseplate 82 1/4 x 87 x 35 3/8 in.

YINKA SHONIBARE, MBE Ballet God (Zeus), 2015 Fibreglass mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton textile, lightning, gun, globe, pointe shoes and steel baseplate 92 7/8 x 61 x 55 1/16 in.

YINKA SHONIBARE, MBE Ballet God (Apollo), 2015 Fibreglass mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton textile, lyre, sword, globe, pointe shoes and steel baseplate 75 15/16 x 33 13/16 x 33 7/16 in.

YINKA SHONIBARE, MBE Ballet God (Apollo)(detail), 2015 Fibreglass mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton textile, lyre, sword, globe, pointe shoes and steel baseplate 75 15/16 x 33 13/16 x 33 7/16 in.

Lot 8: YINKA SHONIBARE, «Ballet God (Poseidon),» 2015 (fibreglass mannequin, dutch wax printed cotton, trident, dagger, globe, pointe shoes, beads, tutu and steel baseplate, in 5 parts, 209 x 221 x 90 cm, 82 1/4 x 87 x 35 3/8 inches).