Owen

I’ve wanted to post on this before, and today is the day. At risk of sounding elitist: “on toe” is not really a ballet term. “En pointe” is the term, and the shoes are pointe shoes, not toe shoes. In my experience of the (professional) ballet world, “on toe” is the mark of the amateur. Yes, large swaths of Americans probably heard “on toe” at their local childhood dance academies. But it’s not the accepted term. I’m making myself cringe, but I’ve seen this clue several times now - perhaps an “informally”, or “Americanized ballet term”, or….? I dunno. Ok, back to my issue of Didactic Weekly.