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What happens when your best friend becomes your reason to stop dancing?

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A Time for Dancing (2002)

Y2K teen melodramaTearjerker friendship sagaDance competition dreams

Overview

Their love of dance, and their friendship, is challenged for two high school girls when one is diagnosed with cancer.

Content warning

Mortality and adolescenceArt as survivalCodependent friendshipPerformance of strength

Standout Aspects

Acting

Larisa Oleynik's forgotten dramatic chops

Costume

Peak Y2K dancewear archaeology

Score

Aggressively emotional soundtrack choices

Best for:Solo: Crying alone with ice cream, obviously·Date Night: Only if you want to test their emotional availability·Streaming: Late night nostalgia trip for 2000s teens

Heads up:Emotional: Terminal illness plot, multiple hospital scenes·Triggers: Cancer treatment depiction, friendship loss

Director

Peter Gilbert

ReleasedSep 6, 2002

Runtime1h 40m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feelheavy

Top Cast

Larisa Oleynik

Juliana 'Jules' Michaels

Shiri Appleby

Samantha 'Sam' Russell

Peter Coyote

Wyn Michaels

Patricia Kalember

Sandra Michaels

Amy Madigan

Jackie Russell

Shane West

Paul, the DJ

Anton Yelchin

Jackson Michaels

Lynn Whitfield

Linda Derricks, the Dance Teacher

Jennifer Hamilton

Colleen

Barbara Eve Harris

Dr. Conner

Vicki Davis

Juilliard Check in Girl

Ayesha Orange

Sarah / Company Dancers (Adults)

Nikki Tuazon

Nadia / Company Dancers (Adults)

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

This was Larisa Oleynik's attempt to break from her 'Alex Mack' child star image with serious dramatic material.

Cultural

Part of a brief early-2000s wave of teen cancer dramas that tried to replicate 'My Girl' for the TRL generation.

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