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.
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Stars: Amanda Schull, Ethan Stiefel, Sascha Radetsky.
Lisa Shriver ... assistant choreographer
Susan Stroman ... choreographer
Kari Thompson ... dance rehearsal supervisor
Christopher Wheeldon ... additional choreographer
Watched online, ok print.
27 songs in the Soundtracks.
Although it has some of the usual teen stuff, it's mostly about the hard work and anxiety of training just to get accepted to the school/company.
They found excellent dancers who also act with credibility; I didn't strain to see if those actors did all their own dancing at all times, but the 3 listed as the stars above seemed to.
(I'm assuming) they created an original, non-traditional ballet for the film. It's story was ok; the dancing, especially by the men, was great.
This confirms my suspicion that I'm fine with ballet dancing, just not with a long traditional work.
Rated 6.7 (17,239)
Columbia & more, dir. Hytner; 6+
