Forget What You Thought You Knew About Ballet

Forget what you thought you knew about ballet. Catch the all new reality series premiere of Breaking Pointe, Thursday May 31 on The CW.


Ballet has stepped into the spotlight on the big and the small screen.  Like the movie "First Position" (read post below) this part reality, part documentary will follow young ballet dancers as they go through the up and downs of becoming a professional Ballet Dancer. You will see the good, the bad and the ugly of the VERY competitive world of Dance.


Read more : http://www.cwtv.com/shows/

Check out this amazing clip from the Ballet documentary "First Position"

Check out this amazing clip from the Ballet documentary "First Position"

Here's a review from Allan Ulrich The San Francisco Chronicle's dance correspondent.

"Yes, it is possible to create a gripping documentary about the ballet world without resorting to "Black Swan" melodramatics. This crisply edited and uncommonly observant film tracks a handful of gifted young people as they prepare for and compete in the Youth America Grand Prix, which claims to be the most comprehensive contest of its kind in the world."

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/10/DD9R1ODOGK.DTL#ixzz1ud3ZqfV3