About the Author

Carol Reeder majored in dance at UCLA and has taught ballet for over 50 years. Currently she is an academy ballet instructor and director of pre-pointe at PCAD in California. Her motivation for writing "To the Pointe" came from working with dancers who had been placed en pointe from other studios yet were dangerously ill-prepared. She believes that this is the opportune time in a dancers development to begin to learn about anatomy as it relates to movement, understand and execute correct technique, and become aware of dangers in dance and how to avoid them. "To the Pointe" also incorporates 36 tests dancers must pass to be eligible for a pre-pointe program.