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September 2005. Slate, steel. Dimensions: 24.5 × 15 × 7 in (62 × 38 × 18 cm). Private Collection.
En Pointe - in dance means to be on toes.
En Pointe, 2005, is the first in what became a long-running series exploring my interest in the expressive movement of the human body. As in works such as Flèche, the sculpture draws on the physical dynamics of dance, gymnastics, and fencing—balance, extension, tension, and movement held in arrested action.
The title comes from classical ballet: to dance en pointe is to balance with the body’s weight supported on the tips of the toes. Cambridge Dictionary Here, the sculpture appears to rise from a single point, while the heavy slate is lifted upward through the articulated steel structure. The contrast between weight and apparent lightness transforms stone and steel into a suggestion of a body poised in motion.
September 2005. Slate, steel. Dimensions: 24.5 × 15 × 7 in (62 × 38 × 18 cm). Private Collection.
En Pointe - in dance means to be on toes.
En Pointe, 2005, is the first in what became a long-running series exploring my interest in the expressive movement of the human body. As in works such as Flèche, the sculpture draws on the physical dynamics of dance, gymnastics, and fencing—balance, extension, tension, and movement held in arrested action.
The title comes from classical ballet: to dance en pointe is to balance with the body’s weight supported on the tips of the toes. Cambridge Dictionary Here, the sculpture appears to rise from a single point, while the heavy slate is lifted upward through the articulated steel structure. The contrast between weight and apparent lightness transforms stone and steel into a suggestion of a body poised in motion.
