Imperfect Insiders Blog

World Ballet Day 2022 - the sustainable dancewear wrap-up

November 2nd 2022 was World Ballet Day, returning for it's 9th year running. It's always an exciting day as we all get an insider’s view into dance companies around the globe. From morning class an...

Emerging Ballet Dancers - Skya Powney

This week, we caught up with Skya Powney, Artist of the Junior Company at the Dutch National Ballet and one of our most recent ballet content creators.We asked her all of the important ballet quest...

Summer in the Studio

Yesterday, Imperfect Pointes stepped into Pineapple Dance Studios to wear test some tights and leotards. With temperatures rising, we wanted to see if our favourites could stand up to summer in the...

You're Hired! Great reasons to have an ex-principal ballerina on the team 

As a former Principal Soloist with Northern Ballet I am able to give a unique insight into the day to day needs of a dancer and everything that a professional career in ballet throws at you. So wha...

FROM BILLY ELLIOTT TO ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET: Q & A WITH RHYS YEOMANS

Imperfect pointes: favourite items of studio or rehearsal gear? Oh I love a bit of Imperfect Pointes! I’ve become totally obsessed with the men's tights. I have so many different colourways now, I ...

MARIE ASTRID MENCÉ - 'HOW I DISCOVERED IMPERFECT POINTES'

As a young ballerina I was very grateful to my mom and grandmother for buying what I needed to perform, even though things such as ballet leotards, tights and equipment were expensive and we did...

Isabella Gasparini - The Start of Something New

I never gave it much thought as to where my leotards came from, what materials had been used, or what would happen to them once they were old and no longer suitable to wear. Everything changed when...