Luther Adler
Jubal Banks
Search results
May 12, 2000 · Center Stage: Directed by Nicholas Hytner. With Amanda Schull, Christine Dunham, Stephen Stout, Maryann Plunkett. A group of 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.
- Nicholas Hytner
- 32 sec
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.
- $26.3 million
- George Fenton
- May 12, 2000
- Laurence Mark
People also ask
What is center stage about?
How much does center stage cost?
Who are the actors in center stage?
Why is center stage so popular?
- 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.
Center Stage PG-13 Now Playing 1h 54m Drama TRAILER for Center Stage: Trailer 1 List Center Stage: Trailer 1 Center Stage: Trailer 1 2:30 View more videos
- (4.4K)
- Nicholas Hytner
- PG-13
- Amanda Schull
Aug 31, 2020 · Tomorrow evening, American Ballet Theatre is hosting Up Close and Center Stage, a cast reunion with Amanda Schull and ABT’s Ethan Stiefel and Sascha Radetsky, as well as Zoë Saldana, who played ...
May 13, 2020 · Teen dance drama Center Stage hit movie screens in the spring of 2000—at the height of a rom-com golden age—and promptly bombed at the box office, earning mainly negative reviews. But like its ...
