âOn Pointeâ Review: Muscular Dancing, Flabby Drama
A Disney+ documentary series finds little tension in its chronicle of the students at New Yorkâs School of American Ballet.
Sophia and Ella in âOn Pointeâ Photo: Disney+ and DCTV By John Anderson Dec. 17, 2020 4:23 pm ET
Of all the pursuits that inspire, and sometimes require, a vocational devotion among childrenâfigure skating, say, or chessâballet trumps them all. Its standards are exacting, its devotees are obsessive (so are their parents), and the competition is famously ferocious. So itâs a bit of a disappointment to find that âOn Pointe,â a six-part series about the prestigious School of American Ballet, doesnât contain enough tension to fill a toe shoe.