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BREAKING POINTE Pictured: Ballet West Dancers. Erik Ostling/The CW ©2012 THE CW NETWORK, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. (Erik ¿¿stling / June 29, 2012) |
“BREAKING POINTE”
For the first time ever, the beauty and grace of ballet, the world’s preeminent
dance form, will be brought to television. Viewers will also see the dark side of this
seemingly perfect world; the jealousy, competition and intensity that exist behind the
scenes at a professional ballet company. For under the tights and tutus lie warriors, who
battle in a gritty world of extreme athleticism, focus and dedication, while hunting for the
unattainable…perfection.
“Breaking Pointe” rips back the curtain on the inner workings of elite Salt Lake
City Ballet Company, Ballet West. It obliterates the notion that ballet is a dated art form
and shatters pre-conceived stereotypes about the men and women who give their lives to
the world of ballet. Beneath their perfect exteriors, these dancers have the toughness of
linebackers, punishing their bodies to achieve perfection and dancing through injuries and
pain.
Led by Artistic Director Adam Sklute, a former dancer and Associate Director
of The Joffrey Ballet, Ballet West and Ballet West II’s company of 48 dancers includes:
Principal Artist Christiana Bennett, Soloist Ronnie Underwood, Demi-Soloist Allison
DeBona, Demi-Soloist Rex Tilton, Beckanne Sisk, Kathleen Martin and Ronald Tilton.
Shot in a rich, cinematic style, “Breaking Pointe” pulls the viewer directly into the
company, where they will experience the exhausting rehearsals, the stylized glamour of
For the first time ever, the beauty and grace of ballet, the world’s preeminent
dance form, will be brought to television. Viewers will also see the dark side of this
seemingly perfect world; the jealousy, competition and intensity that exist behind the
scenes at a professional ballet company. For under the tights and tutus lie warriors, who
battle in a gritty world of extreme athleticism, focus and dedication, while hunting for the
unattainable…perfection.
“Breaking Pointe” rips back the curtain on the inner workings of elite Salt Lake
City Ballet Company, Ballet West. It obliterates the notion that ballet is a dated art form
and shatters pre-conceived stereotypes about the men and women who give their lives to
the world of ballet. Beneath their perfect exteriors, these dancers have the toughness of
linebackers, punishing their bodies to achieve perfection and dancing through injuries and
pain.
Led by Artistic Director Adam Sklute, a former dancer and Associate Director
of The Joffrey Ballet, Ballet West and Ballet West II’s company of 48 dancers includes:
Principal Artist Christiana Bennett, Soloist Ronnie Underwood, Demi-Soloist Allison
DeBona, Demi-Soloist Rex Tilton, Beckanne Sisk, Kathleen Martin and Ronald Tilton.
Shot in a rich, cinematic style, “Breaking Pointe” pulls the viewer directly into the
company, where they will experience the exhausting rehearsals, the stylized glamour of
