Get to the Pointe — dance academy

Ah, Nutcracker season.... Can you hear the Overture as everyone is giddy on stage? Can you hear the nuts cracking? Can you hear the pointe shoes snapping? Well, Josephine certainly can in this week's video. We return to another fan favorite: Dance Academy. This time, a touch more drama with a Season 2 episode. Tara, Abigail and Grace are in their frenemies era...and Grace is at it again trying to manipulate those around her to get what she wants (friendship? or control? attention?).  And unfortunately, pointe shoes are involved. Actually - pointe shoes were harmed in the making of this...

zNew format alert! This video, we asked Josephine to watch clips from some of the most popular dance movies and TV shows. Some of these we've seen recently, some are less recent. Josephine ranks the videos based on how accurate they are - with special look at any features on pointe shoes, of course. Do you like this new format? What other movies and TV shows have we missed?

This week, we had Josephine watch the 2010 Australian TV series, "Dance Academy."  If you're in the states, you likely found this series on YouTube, in the ballet corner of the internet where we live. Josephine watched snippets of Season 1, Episode 2 "Week Zero," which follows main character, country girl Tara during her first week at the prestigious academy. There's lots of drama of course, between a boy being bullied for being put en pointe, Tara disobeying her ballet teacher, and even, a pointe shoe fight! How will Josephine react? You gotta watch to find out!