Ballerinas set world record at New York’s Plaza Hotel

The spectacle was organised by Youth America Grand Prix, a ballet scholarship programme (Alamy/PA)

Hundreds of young dancers in white tutus and with tightly coiffed hair gathered in New York’s Plaza Hotel to break the world record for dancing on pointe in one place.

The spectacle was organised by Youth America Grand Prix, a ballet scholarship programme that is celebrating its 25th anniversary with three nights of performances at the Lincoln Centre for the Performing Arts.