demi-pointe

dem·i-pointe

D5122550 (dĕm′ē-point′, də-mē-pwăNt′)n. A position in ballet in which the dancer is on the balls of the feet. Also called half-point.
[French : demi-, demi- (from demi, half, from Old French; see demi-) + pointe, pointe; see pointe.]