Founded by Dancers
Lucas is the guy behind the much-beloved @BalletWorldConnected page and agency, and Louis is known for his dance-humor videos as @Ballet_Felice on TikTok.
Lucas danced for many years with Atlanta Ballet, and currently performs with Ballet Nacional de Sodre, the national company of Uruguay. Louis trained at Kirov, and performed with New Jersey Ballet before joining New English Ballet Theatre in London.
Our Values
Factories
Barre Trash products must be three things:
1. Ethically Made
2. High Quality
3. Sustainably Priced
That's why we source from factories in California, China, Nicaragua, and more on a product-by-product basis, making sure we can check every box.
Import
We import by land + sea instead of air, saving up to 95% on emissions.
Fulfillment
Our warehouse employees make more than double the minimum wage; the team responsible for overseeing our shipping operations have unlimited PTO, health care that includes vision and dental, bring-your-dog-to-work, and access to free healthy food + a gym.
Materials
Depending on the product, we use synthetic fibers, natural fibers, or both. When it's net-positive to source organic fibers, we do; when it's ethically safer to use synthetic, we do that. Material sourcing is an ethical minefield, one made much more complicated by constantly-changing tariffs. We are ever-evolving, committed to growing as responsibly as possible.
Giving
We give away 1% of every gross sale. That means if you spend $100 on our site, we take $1 and use it for our community.
So far, that means giving away pointe shoes, sponsoring young choreographers, and more.