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All Jody Walker (Amanda Schull) has ever wanted is to be a ballerina in the American Ballet Company. Her dream begins to come true when she's accepted to the company's Academy in New York City. Along with street-smart Eva (Zoe Saldana), veteran student Maureen (Susan May Pratt), sensitive Charlie (Sascha Radetsky), and .. Read more
| Starring | Debra Monk, Zoe Saldana, Eion Bailey, Shakiem Evans |
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| Director | Nicholas Hytner |
| Genres | Drama |
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All Jody Walker (Amanda Schull) has ever wanted is to be a ballerina in the American Ballet Company. Her dream begins to come true when she's accepted to the company's Academy in New York City. Along with street-smart Eva (Zoe Saldana), veteran student Maureen (Susan May Pratt), sensitive Charlie (Sascha Radetsky), and flamboyant Erik (Shakiem Evans), Jody embarks on the stringent Academy training program with the hope of being one of the select few chosen for the Company. But Jody has her own style and has to contend with criticism that she doesn't have good feet and her body type is wrong. In the meantime, she finds herself involved with Cooper (Ethan Stiefel), a talented Harley-riding dancer and choreographer. The masterful dance sequences in Nicholas Hytner's CENTER STAGE are enriched by the performances of real-life American Ballet Theatre star Stiefel, and those of Schull, who was an apprentice at the San Francisco Ballet when she was cast. Peter Gallagher stars as the head of the ballet company, Donna Murphy is featured as an instructor at the academy, and Debra Monk portrays an overbearing mother to Maureen (Susan May Pratt), the best ballerina in the class who is also harbouring a dark secret.
| Starring | Debra Monk, Zoe Saldana, Eion Bailey, Shakiem Evans, Ilia Kulik, Sascha Radetsky, Amanda Schull, Susan May Pratt, Peter Gallagher, Donna Murphy, Ethan Stiefel, D |
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| Director | Nicholas Hytner |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 51 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | German |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | Production year: 2000 To Rent: DVD: 06 Aug 2001 |
Even non-dancers will find this offstage and backstage story familiar from A Chorus Line, The Turning Point and dozens of other movies: all the old clichés are dusted off and given another glamorous outing.
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Art is my life...
If only life in the arts (ballet in this case) were so easy and so appealing as this film makes it out to be....
That being said, this film is ... read more »
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Worth Watching
I very much enjoyed watching this movie. It is not just a movie about ballet or dance. It was entertaining and interesting.
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Great - if you like ballet
If you have little or no interest in classical ballet, this tale of aspiring young dancers will be of little interest. If you are interested in scenes of ... read more »
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ok film, not best dance film i have seen
ok film not the best film i have seen of dance films part from that ok.