Center Stage
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- Note: this is different movie from Centre Stage.
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| Directed by | Nicholas Hytner |
| Produced by | Laurence Mark |
| Written by | Carol Heikkinen |
| Starring | Amanda Schull, Peter Gallagher |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 12 May 2000 (USA) |
| Running time | 115 min |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ~ US$18,000,000 |
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Center Stage is a 2000 film directed by Nicholas Hytner.
[edit] Plot
- Tagline: Life doesn't hold tryouts.
After auditions, twelve young dancers gain entry to the American Ballet Academy, which may be based on the School of American Ballet. They prepare for a recital to determine who will be asked to join the American Ballet Company, which appears to be based on either the American Ballet Theatre or the New York City Ballet. Tensions mount between Jonathan (played by Peter Gallagher), the company's aging choreographer, and Cooper Nielson (Ethan Stiefel), his best dancer, who also wants to choreograph. Maureen (Susan May Pratt), who seems poised for success, discovers that life is passing her by. Jody Sawyer (Amanda Schull), despite body type issues and bad feet, elicits Cooper's interest. The edgy, smart-mouthed Eva (Zoe Saldana) loves to dance but seems destined to be stuck in the back of the corps. The final workshop will decide their fates.
[edit] Cast
- Amanda Schull – Jody Sawyer
- Zoë Saldaña – Eva Rodríguez
- Susan May Pratt – Maureen Cummings
- Peter Gallagher – Jonathan Reeves
- Donna Murphy – Juliette Simone
- Debra Monk – Nancy Cummings
- Ethan Stiefel – Cooper Nielson
- Sascha Radetsky – Charlie Sims
- Julie Kent – Kathleen Donahue
- Ilia Kulik – Sergei
- Eion Bailey – Jim Gordon
- Shakiem Edwards – Erik Jones
- Elizabeth Hubbard – Joan Miller
- Victor Anthony – Thomas
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