The coming of age tale of an extraordinarily gifted young dancer recently arrived in New York City.
Writer/Director: Alan Brown
Stars: Ryan Steele, Reed Luplau, Catherine Miller.
Jonah Bokaer ... choreographer
Watched online, ok print.
7 songs in the Soundtracks.
The dancing is modern/minimalist, performed by dancers who seem ballet-trained. It's always rehearsal, and very seldom is it danced to music. Not appealing.
The story is of the newly arrived Kansas boy (18), who's homeless (sleeps in the studio until fellow dancer discovers it and invites him to her couch.) But phone calls with mother are tense;; she's being evicted and wants him to come home because she's alone and can't move in with his grandfather (probably her father); during one of the calls she's soused. He seems to buy a ticket to return to KS, but doesn't go.
One of the female dancers, the married one, has sex with the choreographer after hours in the studio, which is a repeat from several years earlier. Very tense afterward, and she announces the event in rehearsal; more tension.
One of the male dancers wants the KS boy, and in a couple of after hours rehearsals, succeeds in seducing him. It's his first time. Seems to go well. They're boyfriends now.
No idea if the dancers were getting paid. They spend a lot of time in studio in daylight.
The film ends; I didn't catch a resolution to any open issues.
It wasn't really 5 dances. More like 5 rehearsals progressing through one dance.
One viewing was too many.
Rated 7.2 (2,290)
indie, dir. Brown; 5
