New York Post

IT’S TUTU MUCH!

353 set a ballet record at Plaza

- By GEORGETT ROBERTS and NATALIE O’NEILL groberts@nypost.com

Hundreds of young ballet dancers simultaneo­usly perched on their tippy toes and held the grueling pose for more than a minute to set a world record at The Plaza hotel in Manhattan on Wednesday.

Three-hundred and fiftythree dancers from across the globe held the position, known as going “en pointe,” to beat the Guinness World Record of 306, said Youth America Grand Prix, the group that organized the tutu-centric turnout.

“I screamed and I clapped. I was in shock,” dancer Amanda Toledo, 13, said of the moment organizers announced they’d won the title of Most Ballet Dancers En Pointe Simultaneo­usly.

“I’m feeling proud.”

To prove their pointe that they belong in the history books, the teen ballet dancers were required to support all of their body weight on the tips of their fully extended feet at the same time.

Participan­ts from more than 20 states — including New York and as far away as Hawaii and Idaho — busted the move, which is considered among ballet’s most strenuous.

“I can’t even believe it,” said Emma Power, 15, a dancer from Minnesota. “I came here to break the record and we did. I feel so proud for everyone.”

Reaganne Beamer, 18, added: “I’m feeling excited because I get to be part of something so special.”

Young dancers from as far away as Japan, China, Germany and Portugal also participat­ed in the record-busting event in the famed hotel’s Terrace Room.

The previous record was set on Sept 10, 2019, during a taping of ABC’s “Live! with Kelly and Ryan” on West 67th Street in Manhattan, according to Guinness.

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