22/09/2010 A group of ballerinas from the JB Ballet Academy made it into the pages of the Malaysia Book of Records by standing on the tip of their feet for a minute. They had successfully performed a ‘one pointe’ for the record attempt held in conjunction with Malaysia Day. Ballet teacher Julia Lee said some 84 students and six ballet instructors participated in the historic event. She added that they were elated as they managed to perform such a difficult step as a group. “This is the toughest move in ballet as we have to balance our whole weight on our ankle. We only selected students aged 12 and above as their bones are not fragile and theywould be able to perform the move,” she said. The move, said Julia, was even more difficult as the tip of ballet shoes are made of wood. “Before we perform the ‘one pointe’, we have to conduct warm up exercise to make sure no one gets injured doing this move,” she said. The ballerinas, had practised for several months to ensure they were ready to perform the move. She added their next attempt is to break the world record held by 231 ballerinas in New York who performed the ‘one pointe’ for one minute and seven seconds. “We hope that other ballet academies throughout Malaysia will contact us and join us in breaking the world record,” she said. In relation to the event, Malaysia Book of Records research journalist Leona Paul said that this was the first time a large group of dancers have performed the ‘one pointe’. 歡慶馬來西亞日之際，新山90名芭蕾舞員今早8時在柏蘭宜娛家城停車場“齊踮足尖”，創造了“全國首次最多人同場齊踮足尖”的大馬健力士紀錄。84名來自新山芭蕾舞蹈學院的學生聯同6名導師，在大馬健力士紀錄大全代表蕾娜、士都蘭區州議員莫澤浩及新山市議員梁開明等人的見證下“齊踮足尖”，歷時1分30杪。不少到此處晨運的公眾紛紛放下腳步，見證這歷史性的一刻。活動正式進行時，90名芭蕾舞者隨即踮起腳尖，掌握平衡。當歷時1分30杪的活動結束後，眾參與者以雀躍萬分的心情迎接馬來西亞日的到來。蕾娜指出，上述“齊踮足尖”活動已成功創下大馬健力士紀錄大全。她說，由於部份芭蕾舞員在1分30杪的“齊踮足尖”活動中未能堅持到最後一刻，當局將在活動過後重新查看今早活動的錄影，以確認“齊踮足尖”的確實時間。
