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Center Stage (2000)

 -  Drama | Music  -  12 May 2000 (USA)
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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.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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Jody
Christine Dunham ...
Audition Teacher
Stephen Stout ...
Mr. Sawyer
Maryann Plunkett ...
Mrs. Sawyer
Laura Hicks ...
Nervous Mother
Barbara Caruso ...
ABA Scout
Jeff Hayenga ...
ABA Scout (as Jeffrey Hayenga)
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Eva (as Zoë Saldana)
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Thomas
Karen Shallo ...
Mother at Audition
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Eva's Friend
Giselle Daly ...
Eva's Friend
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Maureen
Shakiem Evans ...
Erik (as Shakiem Evens)
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Storyline

The education of three young students, Jodie, Eva and Maureen, as they study at the American Ballet Academy. Life isn't what they expected at the esteemed ABA, and all three face problems along the road. Jodie doesn't have the "ideal" body for dancing, Eva doesn't have the right attitude, and Maureen doesn't have the heart. Along the way, they learn that love can be found in unlikely places, and dancing should be a passion, not a duty. Written by the lexster

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ballet | dancer | dance | love | dancing | See more »

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Life doesn't hold tryouts.

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Drama | Music

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Rated PG-13 for language and some sensuality | See all certifications »

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12 May 2000 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

City Ballet  »

Box Office

Budget:

$18,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$4,604,621 (USA) (12 May 2000)

Gross:

ESP 14,363,416 (Spain) (29 June 2001)
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Trivia

When Cooper blows Jody off after the performance and walks off with another girl ( leaving Jody standing alone by the door) the "other girl" is played by Ethan Stiefel's real-life fiancée, ballerina Gillian Murphy. See more »

Goofs

When Charlie and Jody are looking in the paper, Charlie has his arm behind Jody's head. When Jonathan gets onto them for talking, he moves it down, but when Cooper comes over and pulls the paper down, Charlie's arm is behind Jody's head again. See more »

Quotes

Maureen Cummings: Erik got injured today. And do you know the first thing I thought when I saw him go down?
Jim Gordon: What?
Maureen Cummings: "I wish that was me." So that made me think, you know, 'cause that's not a normal reaction. How much of what you liked about me was because I was a ballet dancer, and how much because I was me?
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References Jules and Jim (1962) See more »

Soundtracks

"Granada, Opus 47, Nr. 1"
Music by Isaac Albéniz
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Cliché city, but I LOVED it!
12 June 2000 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

Let's see--you've got a bunch of young hopefuls in a tough ballet school in NYC--you have the tough, but lovable, black girl; the token gay man; the sweet virginal heroine; the arrogant Russian guy; the sweet lovable guy who's perfect for the sweet heroine, but she doesn't know it; the b**** who's starving herself to death; the guy who loves her and wants to help her; the tyrannical (but lovable) ballet teachers--yep, they're all here! The script is utterly predictable, you know how it's going to end 10 minutes into the movie, but I loved it! The acting is surprisingly good, it's beautifully filmed, the whole cast is attractive and the dancing is simply superb. I wasn't bored once during the entire 2 hours. Well worth seeing.


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