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May 12, 2000 · A group of teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks, and more for this PG-13 rated movie.
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- Drama, Music, Romance
- Nicholas Hytner
- 2000-05-12
You'll need to deliver the goods at CENTER STAGE. Jonathan Reeves (Peter Gallagher, American Beauty), the ballet company's owner is evaluating this young tight-knit group of students as they...
- 2 min
- 193.6K
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
Center Stage is a 2000 American teen drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner about a group of young ballet dancers from various backgrounds who enroll at the fictitious American Ballet Academy in New York City. The film explores the issues and difficulties in the world of professional dance, and how each individual copes with the stresses.
- Center Stage's producers wanted to cast a high-profile actor for the role of Jody Sawyer. Director Nicholas Hytner, a knowledgeable ballet fan himself, was committed to making Center Stage as authentic as possible, and that meant casting professional dancers.
- Amanda Schull had a lot in common with her Center Stage character. Schull’s story of being cast as Jody Sawyer is loosely reminiscent of Jody’s own storyline in the film, and the similarities don’t end there.
- The motorcycle was added after Ethan Stiefel was cast in Center Stage. Ethan Stiefel is a motorcycle aficionado in real life, a detail that filmmakers quickly co-opted for the leather jacket-wearing, rule-breaking character of Cooper Nielson after casting Stiefel—he even got to ride his own bike in the film.
- Sascha Radetsky originally auditioned for the role of Sergei in Center Stage. Sascha Radetsky, then a member of American Ballet Theatre’s (ABT) corps de ballet, had trained briefly at the Bolshoi Academy in Moscow and even spoke Russian.
May 12, 2000 · A movie about young ballet students at the American Ballet Center in New York, who face challenges and romances in their first year of training. Roger Ebert praises the realism, the dancing and the musical elements of the film, but criticizes the predictable plot and the character types.
Apr 3, 2020 · Check out the official Center Stage (2000) trailer starring Amanda Schull and Zoe Saldana! Let us know what you think in the comments below. Watch on Fandan...
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May 12, 2000 · A dozen adolescents have begun their training at the renowned American Ballet Academy, where they encounter tremendous physical and mental stress while vying for a coveted spot in a celebrated ...
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- Drama
- PG-13
