Life doesn't hold tryouts.
The American Ballet Company is not for the fainthearted. It's for the most gifted and beautiful ballet dancers alive. But you'll need more than mere physical prowess and determination to succeed. You'll need to deliver the goods at Center Stage. Jonathan Reeves (Peter Gallagher, American Beauty), the ballet company's artistic director, is evaluating this young tight-knit group of students as they face the growing pains of their seductive world of dance. Managing their ambitions, romances, and heartbreaks proves to be both invigorating and painful. "Full of non-stop energy. Center Stage is sexy and just makes you want to get up and dance!" (Omar Linares, Fox TV).
"...Fame for the new millennium." Elizabeth Snead, USA Today.
"Two thumbs up!" Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper, Roger Ebert & The Movies
Editor's Note
All Jody Sawyer (Amanda Schull) has ever wanted is to be a ballerina in the American Ballet Company. Her dream begins to come true when she's accepted to the company's Academy in New York City. Along with street-smart Eva (Zoë Saldana), veteran student Maureen (Susan May Pratt), sensitive Charlie (Sascha Radetsky), and flamboyant Erik (Shakiem Evans), Jody embarks on the stringent Academy training program with the hope of being one of the select few chosen for the Company. But Jody has her own style and has to contend with criticism that she doesn't have good feet and her body type is wrong. In the meantime, she finds herself involved with Cooper (Ethan Stiefel), a talented Harley-riding dancer and choreographer. The masterful dance sequences in Nicholas Hytner's CENTER STAGE are enriched by the performances of real-life American Ballet Theatre star Stiefel, and those of Schull, who was an apprentice at the San Francisco Ballet when she was cast. Peter Gallagher stars as the head of the ballet company, Donna Murphy is featured as an instructor at the academy, and Debra Monk portrays an overbearing mother to Maureen (Susan May Pratt), the best ballerina in the class who is also harboring a dark secret.
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