Synopsis
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
- Amanda SchullJody Sawyer
- Zoe SaldañaEva Rodríguez
- Peter GallagherJonathan Reeves
- Ethan StiefelCooper
- Donna MurphyJuliette
- Susan May PrattMaureen Cummings
- Debra MonkNancy
- Sascha RadetskyCharlie
- Eion BaileyJim
- Megan PepinAnna
Recommendations
- 80
Dallas Observer
Audiences will leave the theater ready to sign up for some dance classes themselves. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
The movie uses the materials of melodrama, but is gentle with them; it's oriented more in the real world, and doesn't jack up every conflict and love story into an overwrought crisis. - 70
The New York Times
Sexy and infectious in spite of itself. - 70
Film.com
There isn't a sensible reason to recommend this movie, except that its melange of clichés and conventions is embarrassingly enjoyable. - 63
San Francisco Examiner
Aiming to keep it real, the cast of the new dance casserole Center Stage sweats spunk. - 50
Miami Herald
Comes off as an episode of "Beverly Hills, 90210" where, instead of spoiled rich kids, the characters are all ballet stars in the making. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
The strained romantic plot is a slow fizzle. - 50
Rolling Stone
The cliched script by Carol Heikkinen plays like "Dawson's Creek" in toeshoes.
