Happy Halloween everyone! Starting a new tradition out of necessity: sewing new pointe shoes. Hopefully next year will be more exciting.

Rehearsal time #ballet #balletsky #tututuesday #pointe #dance

Ballerina Misty Copeland has taken one last passionate spin on the ballet stage before saying goodbye.

Misty Copeland, the first Black woman to be named a principal at American Ballet Theater and one of the art form’s biggest crossover stars, is retiring after 25 years with the company. Here's a look at her career, in photos.

Today is the day! 💐 Join us at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall for a free Simulcast of Misty Copeland’s historic farewell with American Ballet Theatre. For more information head to bit.ly/ABT25_MistySimulcast 📷: Gene Schiavone. #AmericanBalletTheatre #ABTFall25

SFB's Frankenstein. Incredible show. Dancers were amazing! Perfect for October 🖤 #ballet #balletsky #dance

Good to hear she may still perform in some capacity in the future. I'd still love to see her live one day. #ballet #balletsky #dance dancemagazine.com/misty-copela...

That feeling when the writers' group gives you such great feedback it makes it easy for you to make changes for the better. Feeling much better about this new draft. #scriptsky #screenplay #screenwriter

Survived Intermediate Technique, Pointe and a private lesson back to back to back. Getting ready to take on rehearsals! #ballet #balletsky #pointe #dance #dancer

Getting to read this before she retires. Wish I could get to see her perform live. #ballet #balletsky #booksky

1,000's of students, plus their parents. Their aunts. Their uncles. Cousins. Brothers. Sisters. Babies. Toddlers. All converging on a college campus at the same time. What could go wrong? #scriptsky #tvsky #screenwriter #screenwriting #college #university #campus #backtoschool

R.A.s are in job training. College residence halls are so peaceful before the students move in...

Made it through two back to back classes after being away a week and a half. My legs are going to sore for the next few days, all the way through my next set of back to back classes. #ballet #balletsky #pointe #dance #dancer #pointeshoe #adultballet

Taking some time to write up pitch deck/show bible info. It's fun to make up all the rules I want before a producer (one of these days maybe) tells me why they want to change everything. #scriptsky #tvsky #writer #screenwriting #screenwriter #ballet #balletsky

The LEGO recreation of the convention center was so cool. Loved how much detail there was! #sandiego #comiccon #sandiegocomiccon #lego #sdcc

See you later San Diego. #sandiego #comiccon #sdcc #filmsky #tvsky #scriptsky #entertainment #comics #sandiegocomiccon

Wanted to get a nice pose in my new shoes. Then I took class and noped out of that idea. Maybe next time! #ballet #balletsky #dance #dancer #dancing #pointe #pointeshoe #pointeshoes #balletdancer #adultballet

Another pair bites the dust! #ballet #balletsky #dance #pointe #pointeshoe

Good! #filmsky #tvsky #scriptsky #filmindustry #stayinLA www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Ballet is still worth doing as a hobby, even if you "lack talent" to go pro. You can still perform and enjoy the art form recreationally. Keep doing it if you want to, keep letting your kids have fun. #ballet #balletsky

When I told the plumber I'm not a teacher and the ballet barre is for occasional extra (basic) practice and stretching he said "Oh, you do it as a hobby!" Like, he didn't even need to see me dancing to know I'm not a pro. I'm laughing, but damn...I don't even give off pro vibes! #ballet #balletsky

Loved this. Just wish my studio had been included! #ballet #balletsky #adultballet www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...

It was kinda painful opening my first pilot to make edits, updates and name changes while waiting for feedback on my second. I'm glad I did but it was definitely one of those "rip the band-aid off and just do it" moments. #scriptsky #screenwriting #tvwriting

What a time for my pointe shoes to begin to die. The brand factory will be closed for a month, orders need to go in now and mine may not go through. Might be dancing in dead shoes for the whole summer. #ballet #balletsky #pointe #pointeshoe #dance

Good. #NoAI #AntiAI

ME: (Puts makeup on in the morning with the latest Last Week Tonight episode playing) JOHN OLIVER: Our main story tonight concerns beauty. ME: ...👀

Saw Ballerina. Not very realistic. We never shoot off that many guns in ballet. 1 to 2 per class tops. #balletsky #ballet #Ballerina #JohnWick #filmsky

Exhausted Dancers After Class: CLASSMATE: There is no winning in ballet. Only suffering. ME: We should get that as a decal and put it on the studio's front doors. #balletsky #ballet #dance

Got to go out and meet new writers at a meetup. Whoo! Now I get to dodge "the look" from my teacher wondering why I wasn't in class. #scriptsky #screenwriting #tvwriting #ballet #balletsky

"Trimmed the fat," eliminated extra characters and lost 2 pages from my pilot. Now I've got some more room for a little extra dialogue and better (what I consider anyway!) jokes. Hooray! #scriptsky #screenwriting #tvwriting

A little cleaning before the end of the year never hurts - and it's mandatory. #scriptsky #screenwriting #tvwriting #college #writer

Monday Motivation #ballet #balletsky #fitness #pointe #dance

Note to self: never leave off the outline mid-back and forth / chase sequence for multiple days before you can pick it back up again. You'll be confused for several minutes before remembering what you were doing. #scriptsky #screenwriting

Fingers crossed the "self-taught" ballet "dancers" stop buying "pointe shoes" they're not trained to be in. #balletsky #ballet #dance

Adult ballet is waddling around the office hissing "ow" to yourself for two days straight because you're still so sore from back to back classes. #balletsky #ballet #dance

Happy AAPI Heritage Month everyone!

Easter on 420 and the number one movie in the country is called Sinners. 10/10, perfect, no notes.

Clearly the penguin tariffs are a reflection of his petty jealousy that they're better dancers than he is.

I was productive this lunch break. Most of the time was spent writing out a more detailed outline. Hooray! Well, ok, about 15 minutes were spent staring at the screen trying to come up with names for minor characters but I swear most of the time was writing! #screenwriting #scriptsky

Good. We should've done this years ago.

Am I already tossing out my unfinished beat sheet to restart from the beginning because I got much better, clearer ideas for my WIP? Yep! The joys of having a brain that never wants to shut off. #scriptsky #screenwriting

Welp, if the Department of Education and schools are gone, that makes my college workplace half hour pilot a period piece! Which is...definitely not what I intended when I wrote it... #scriptsky #screenwriting #tvwriting (I hope none of that happens and we keep our schools and colleges.)

So... A) This will be a hit with the "balletcore" crowd. Ugh. B) Now when I wear my rip-stop pants people will confuse them with these things. #ballet #balletsky

Started a new best sheet for my attempt at a feature. I was nervous to start but it went pretty well during this first type-it-on-the-iPad-at-lunch session. #scriptsky #screenwriting

It's the first day of Spring! Sharing my favorite part of Cinderella for the occasion 💐🧚‍♀️🌷 #ballet #balletsky m.youtube.com/shorts/0eRlF...

I guess he finally figured out what he wants to do with the mountains of coal Santa has left him over the years.

Re: Screenpit How does everyone know or find out about these writer "events" ahead of time? I'm always surprised by them when I open this app.

Molotov cocktails...wait...it was...Jason? Jason Mendoza? www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Get ready for the ABT Premiere of THE WINTER’S TALE, choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon 🎭 Catch Catherine Hurlin and Carlos Gonzalez during our upcoming tour to Costa Mesa, CA April 3-6! Tickets at abt.org 🎹: Evangelos Spanos #AmericanBalletTheatre

Getting to watch my new blu-ray of Manon. Am I the only one who loves the drunk pas de deux between Lescaut and his girlfriend? I love having some humor in ballet. #ballet #balletsky