by Amy Brandt | Jun 27, 2019 | Profiles, Viral Videos
Updated on 3/13/2020 With ballet schools, companies and theaters closing to encourage social distancing in the wake of COVID-19, now is the perfect opportunity to hunker down for a ballet movie night. For your convenience, we’ve put together a list of some of...
by Josephine Lee | Jun 24, 2019 | Profiles, Viral Videos
Master pointe shoe fitter Josephine Lee of the California-based ThePointeShop catches up with Moscow-based Russian State Ballet Theater dancer Matisse Love to hear all of her pointe shoe hacks, particularly her tips for pancaking. Before joining Russian State Ballet...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jun 10, 2019 | News, Profiles, Trending
Seven years ago today something very special entered the lives of bunheads everywhere. What was it? Well, “Bunheads,” the Amy Sherman-Palladino television show that aired on ABC Family for 18 short episodes, until the final curtain fell in February of...
by Gianluca Russo | Oct 4, 2018 | Dancer Voices
It’s been over five years since “Bunheads” was shockingly canceled—and we’re still not over it. TBH, we’ll probably be crying #Justice4Bunheads until we finally get a revival. It was truly impossible not to love the ACB Family series,...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Jan 23, 2013 | Features, Inside PT, Profiles
For many dancers, it’s a familiar story: A young girl dreams of becoming a ballerina. She’s talented—very talented, in fact—but her body doesn’t fit the ballet type. She’s never quite thin enough; her legs are too bulky, her torso...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
This week’s episode of Bunheads, “The Astronaut and the Ballerina,” showcased the direction and meaning that ballet gives dancers’ lives. The characters participated in a human choreography as they tested their relationships and searched for a...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
It was announced last month that “Bunheads” wouldn’t be renewed for a second season—but Boo and crew weren’t ready to hang up their pointe shoes just yet. The cast, choreographer Marguerite Derricks and director Amy Sherman-Palladino reunited...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
The first season of “Bunheads” closed its curtains this week with the finale episode, optimistically titled “Next.” A rambling bildungsroman, the show is essentially a choreography of stories about dancers at all ages following their dreams and...