Breaking Pointe

Breaking Pointe is a reality television series focusing on the dancers of the Ballet West ballet company in Salt Lake City, Utah. The show goes behind the scenes of the dog-eat-dog world of ballet as the dancers hunt for perfection in Ballet West.

The show premired on May 31st, 2012 on The CW. The show's first season ended on July 5th, 2012 and the show was renewed for a second season on September 26th, 2012. The new season is expected to air on July 29th.

Main Cast
Season 1 Breaking Pointe has many dancers on the show but only 7 of them are featured along with the Artistic Director of Ballet West. Other dancers perform in the background, interact with the main cast, or even take place in interviews.


 * Adam Sklute
 * Christiana Bennett
 * Ronnie Underwood
 * Allison DeBona
 * Beckanne Sisk
 * Rex Tilton
 * Ronald Tilton
 * Kathleen Martian

Season 2

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 Artists
 * Christiana Bennett
 * Christopher Ruud
 * Katherine Lawrence


 * First Soloists
 * Ronnie Underwood
 * Demi-Soloists
 * ​Allison DeBona
 * Rex Tilton
 * ​Soloists
 * Beckanne Sisk
 * Ronald Tilton
 * Supplemental Dancer
 * Silver

Ballet West II, the students training at Ballet West, is introduced. They are trained by Principal dancer Christopher Ruud. The Ballet West II includes:
 * Chase O'Connell
 * Zachary Prentice

Production
Jane Tranter of BBC Worldwide Productions had a couple of obsessions with worlds she wanted to explore, one included ballet. Tranter seized the oppertunity when the movie "Black Swan" came out. 15 ballet schools including the Boston ballet, San Francisco Ballet, and Julliard were concidered however Ballet West was chosen because of it's prestiege, social structure, small number of dancers, and the relativly isolated setting. Those were all key selling points. Despite some negativity, the company voted in favor of the idea. Before the pilot was even filmed, CW officials picked up Breaking Pointe.

The show recived low ratings during its first run. However the show featured a strong digital performance and was renewed for a second season. Filming is expected to begin sometime in January 2013.