Pointe: Dancing on a Knife’s Edge
Editor & Story Producer: Nicholas Dunlop
Writers: Nicholas Dunlop & Dawn Jackson
Director and Producer: Dawn Jackson
Feature Documentary
Program Length: 78 mins
Feature Documentary
Program Length: 78 mins
A captivating and moving documentary about Australian dancer Floeur Alder, daughter of ballet luminaries Lucette Aldous, AC and Alan Alder.
At 22, about to embark on her European dance career, she survives a brutal stabbing by a stranger outside her home.
While the physical wounds heal, the trauma stirs turbulent memories from her past, sparking a quest to find her place in the dance world.
POINTE is a poetic, unflinching portrait of this courageous artist, her remarkable family and the power of creativity to heal even the deepest wounds.
