Pointe Dancing on a Knife's Edge Documentary
Highlights
- Experience a poignant journey as Floeur Lucette Alder confronts her past in a deeply personal dance documentary.
- Engage with experts during the Q&A session, gaining insights into the healing power of dance and resilience.
- Witness striking visual beauty that captures both vulnerability and strength in the world of dance.
- Join the celebration of Australian Dance Week at the National Film and Sound Archive, a landmark cultural event.
Dancer Floeur Lucette Alder, daughter of ballet luminaries Lucette Aldous and Alan Alder survives a brutal attack. While physical wounds heal, trauma stirs turbulent past memories, sparking a deeply personal quest to find her place in the dance world.
Critics describe the 2025 documentary as a “poetic and unflinching portrait” of dancer Floeur Alder’s resilience Dance Australia labeled it a “landmark moment” with “striking visual beauty” while FilmInk praised its depiction of dance as “both vulnerability and armour”.
Q&A following the screening with Floeur Alder moderated by Ausdance ACT Executive Director Dr. Cathy Adamek joined by a panel of experts from the ACT. The session will both provide insight into the film as well as explore the power of dance and healing.
A documentary by Dawn Jackson, presented by Ausdance ACT for 2026 Australian Dance Week in collaboration with the National Film and Sound Archive.
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