Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare the body for pointe work
- Prepare feet and pointe shoes for pointe work
- Warm up and cool down the body for pointe using the entire body for support, including the legs, back and abdominal muscles.
- Identify and minimise risk factors associated with pointe work
- Seek assistance and advice when common injuries from pointe work occur
- Perfect pointe technique
- Demonstrate thorough understanding of pointe technique in all ballet activities
- Perfect technical requirements in pointe work sequences
- Demonstrate complex performance attributes and quality of movement in sequences of extended difficulty sur les pointes
- Execute complex variations of ballet repertoire with accuracy and precision sur les pointes across ballet styles and genres
- Work towards executing advanced enchaînements with precision, speed and clarity
- Demonstrate accurate spatial arrangements, individual artistic quality, and correct musical and rhythmic interpretation en pointe
- Review own progress in perfecting pointe work techniques
- Demonstrate through ongoing technical strength, diversity and refinement, evidence of advanced self-correction and concentrated response to feedback
- Evaluate pointe work and respond appropriately to feedback from teachers and mentors
- Regularly view performances by industry practitioners as a way of sourcing new ideas and trends, maintaining motivation, and improving own technique