More than 300 ballet dancers in New York have broken a world record!
Kelly Ripawas one of 306 people that gathered on West 67th Street in New York City on Tuesday to break the Guinness World Record for Most Ballet Dancers En Pointe Simultaneously, beating the previous record-holding number of 245, which wasset in Orlando in 2011.
The dancers participating in the world record attempt — which was part ofLive with Kelly and Ryan‘s “Record Breaker Week” — were not allowed to come off pointe or touch one another during the minute, but were allowed to move.
Kelly Ripa /Instagram
Before the group went up on tiptoe, the talk show host admitted that she had some nerves about balancing for an entire minute en pointe.
“I think a minute is a lot longer than you think it is, if you’re doing anything and trying to do it well,” Ripa told her co-hostRyan Seacrest, adding that she hadn’t danced en pointe for decades.
“My plan is to smile a lot, and I think that if you’re looking at my teeth, you won’t notice my feet,” she joked. “That’s a good plan, right?”
World Record attempt.Live with Kelly and Ryan
Mid-World Record attempt.Live with Kelly and Ryan
The official Guiness World Record keeper led the crowd of dancers in a countdown, and the professional ballerinas on stage with Ripa exchanged high fives over the achievement.
Ripa later posted a celebratoryInstagram post, writing “Lo hicimos!” — “We did it!” in Spanish — in the caption of a photo of herself, Boylston, Whiteside, Seacrest, Peck, Lovette, Kowroski and the record keeper.
The mother of three had been practicing for Tuesday’s big moment andshared a photoof herself in her pointe shoes last month along with the caption, “Practice makes……um…….something?”
She also postedanother photoof her graceful balancing act one day before the attempt.
“This job really keeps me on my toes,” she wrote in the caption, inviting participants to join in. “Calling all ballet dancers! We are attempting @guinnessworldrecords Most Ballet Dancers En Pointe Simultaneously tomorrow sep 10. Go to KellyandRyan.com for details. #ballerina #nycballet #pointe#guinessworldrecord.”
source: people.com
