A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.
Practical Effects
Actual American Ballet Theatre dancers, not actors pretending badly.
Costume
That red jazz outfit haunts my dreams — peak 2000 chaos.
Acting
Zoe Saldaña's attitude carries the entire film on her back.
Director
Nicholas Hytner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Amanda Schull was a real San Francisco Ballet dancer with zero acting experience — director Hytner cast her after one audition.
The final 'Center Stage' ballet was choreographed specifically for film by Susan Stroman, making it one of the few original works created for a dance movie rather than adapted from existing repertoire.
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