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- noun The engineering of sets of
points on arailway ,tramway , etc. - noun ballet Alternative form of
pointework .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Bahne of Egypt and Jez Sistemas Ferroviarios in 1998 for the supply of crossings and pointwork
The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Sistemas Ferroviarios of Spain - in 1998 for the supply of crossings and pointwork (1001)
The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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Sistemas Ferroviarios of Spain - in 1998 for the supply of crossings and pointwork (1001)
The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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"Black Swan" offers just enough imagery to show us why pointwork in ballet can seem as extreme and punitive as the old Chinese custom of binding women's feet.
NYT > Home Page By ALASTAIR MACAULAY 2011
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The pointwork at state boundaries where the systems overlapped was nightmarish.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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It includes his 1979 version of Verdi’s “Four Seasons,” which long-term Royal Ballet followers will remember from Kenneth MacMillan’s 1975 version, “Moves,” which used to be danced here in the 1980s by London Contemporary Dance Theater in a version without pointwork.
Ballet in London: NYCB and The Royal go Toe to Toe - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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It includes his 1979 version of Verdi’s “Four Seasons,” which long-term Royal Ballet followers will remember from Kenneth MacMillan’s 1975 version, “Moves,” which used to be danced here in the 1980s by London Contemporary Dance Theater in a version without pointwork.
Ballet in London: NYCB and The Royal go Toe to Toe - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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