Sneak Peek at "Breaking Pointe" Season 2

May 21, 2013

Heads-up, bunheads: “Breaking Pointe,” the reality show following Utah’s Ballet West, returns to The CW for its second season July 22. And thank goodness, right? It’s one of the few mainstream portrayals of ballet that comes close to getting at the actual reality of the ballet world.

That said, because this is The CW we’re talking about—you know, the network that brought you that soapiest of all non-actual-soap-operas, “Gossip Girl”—”Breaking Pointe” had plenty of drama last season, too. Did we love that side of the show, in theory? Not really. Could we stop watching it, in practice? Nope again.

The first trailer for “BP” round 2 just came out, and it’s a drama-rama doozy. Ronnie is injured! There’s a hot new dancer dude in town! Christiana might be feeling threatened by Beckanne! Allison and Rex are broken up…again!

On the plus side, there are hints of some pretty serious dancing going on, too. (Here’s hoping season 2 includes quality footage of the company working on Balanchine’s gorgeous Jewels, which they performed in April.)

Take a look!