| I think that part of the allure and magic of ballet is exactly this perfection, this going for the last few percents. But I agree with you that dance without pointe can be great. I went a unconventional way as a dancer. I discovered dance relatively late in my life, quit my computer science phd and did a bit unconventional contemporary dance education, which had almost no classical Ballet training. So I don’t know so much about what’s going on in the Ballet world. But I do think that not all contemporary Ballet dancers use pointe. Also, most contemporary dancers are trained in Ballet as well and depending on the style of the artists contemporary dance can contain more or less Ballet elements without doing pointe work. See for example Wayne McGregor, whose performances look very classical to me:
https://youtu.be/2SMmL6kIx-w Or for example these scene of performances by Pina Bausch and Peeping Tom, which are maybe a bit less classical, but performed by excellent dancers, who are also trained classically.
https://youtu.be/J3i7r79dtFo
https://youtu.be/b1SIUcfS1Zw In general there has been a lot of progress in working with the body, not against it, especially in contemporary dance, but also in Ballet. |