Center Stage: Turn It Up (2008)

Director:

Steven Jacobson

Writers (WGA):

Karen Bloch Morse (written by)
Carol Heikkinen (characters)

Release Date:

1 November 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Music

Tagline:

From the streets to the stage. The dream remains the same.

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Ballet | Second Part | Sequel | Hip Hop | Dance

Cast

Rachele Brooke Smith	...	Kate Parker
Kenny Wormald	...	Tommy Anderson
Sarah Jayne Jensen	...	Suzanne Von Stroh
Peter Gallagher	...	Jonathan Reeves
Ethan Stiefel	...	Cooper Nielson
Lucia Walters	...	Monica Strauss
Nicole Muñoz	...	Bella Parker
Daniela Dib	...	Allison
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sean Carey	...	Guy at Stage door
Danielle DeMi	...	Dancer #4
Cody Green	...	Nick Hoffman
Crystal Lowe	...	Lexi
Nathalie Marrable	...	Glass Slipper Audition Dancer
Maya Massar	...	Dance Teacher
Aliyah O'Brien	...	Secretary
Christopher Russell	...	Sal
Harry Shum Jr.	...	Club Dancer
Jacqueline Ann Steuart	...	Valerie Taft
Kyle Toy	...	Pas De Deux Dancer
Christian Vincent	...	Harris Web
Tara Wilson	...	Glass Slipper Audition Dancer

Also Known As:

Center Stage 2 (USA) (working title)
Centre Stage: Turn It Up (Australia)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:AL | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Laurence Mark Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: At the beginning of the movie there is a dance scene taking place in the streets of Detroit, in it cars are shown with front and back Michigan license plates. In Michigan there are no front license plates only rear ones.

Quotes:

Tommy Anderson: OK, well I suck at it and... I need some help.
Kate Parker: Well that's why your at the ABA.
Tommy Anderson: Yeah, I know they'll give me steps but... they cant give me what I really need.
Kate Parker: And what do you really need?
Tommy Anderson: Fire.
Kate Parker: What?
Tommy Anderson: My instructor told me to find fire.
Kate Parker: What, and I look like two sticks you can rub together?
Tommy Anderson: Kinda.

Movie Connections:

Follows Center Stage (2000)

Love it, love it, love this movie!!!

Something about this movie just gets me every time and I've watched it over and over.

Great dancing (ballet, hip hop, tango and jazz), great characters, great love story. Obviously fans of dance movies will enjoy it but I recommend CS: Turn It Up for other audiences also. It has an edgier feel than Center Stage 1 but fans of that movie should see this as Cooper returns and his dancing is AMAZING.

Yes it has hip hop but it's not the same old hip hop v. ballet movie. There's no battle between the hip hop and ballet dance styles lol. It's more subtle the way the different dance scenes are included, and almost like a documentary in the way it's filmed.

But that doesn't really sum it up. You just have to watch the whole movie--it all ties up so well and brings a tear to the eye. :-) See it!