Ballet Dancers Break Record In Central Park (PHOTOS)

First Posted: 08/03/10 04:39 PM ET   Updated: 05/25/11 06:15 PM ET

Hundreds of ballerinas scampered to Central Park's Naumburg Bandshell to break a world record.

Some 230 ballet dancers stood en pointe for one minute and seven seconds. That beat the previous record of 220 dancers.

American Ballet Theatre principal dancers Michele Wiles and Craig Salstein spearheaded the attempt, which helped raise donations for the Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club.

See the history making ballerinas strike a pose in the photos below.

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Hundreds of ballerinas scampered to Central Park's Naumburg Bandshell to break a world record. Some 230 ballet dancers stood en pointe for one minute and seven seconds. That beat the previous recor...
Hundreds of ballerinas scampered to Central Park's Naumburg Bandshell to break a world record. Some 230 ballet dancers stood en pointe for one minute and seven seconds. That beat the previous recor...
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f guy
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07:03 PM on 08/17/2010
I wonder who the boy is that is on pointe
that is in the 4th row from the front,
that is on the left side of the picture?
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copelli21
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12:35 PM on 08/06/2010
That's pretty cool.
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Balzac
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05:11 PM on 08/05/2010
Tight.
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05:29 AM on 08/05/2010
I wonder if the amount they raised was more than the price of 230 pairs of ruined pointe shoes...
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palindrom
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10:10 PM on 08/08/2010
Ha! Good point(e). But every ballerina has a closet full of worn-out pointe shoes that still have 1 minute and 7 seconds left in them ... it's not like they actually had to dance in 'em!

That cute little one is a bit young to be on pointe, but then again, she's cute.
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04:26 PM on 08/04/2010
what a great idea :)
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