Amanda Schull, Zoe Saldana, Susan May Pratt

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 ...( read more  read more... )ahead in the world of dance.

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42% liked it

79 critics

PG-13, 116 min.

Directed by: Nicholas Hytner

Release Date: May 12, 2000

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DVD Release Date: May 8, 2001

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  • December 23, 2008
    Re-rated from 5 stars to 4 1/2

    "Dance! Nothing left for me to do but dance! Got canned heat in my heels tonight yeah yeah!" ~Jamiroquai

    The film is 1/4ths a theater ballet show, 1/2 individual and group dancing, and the rest of it takes yo...( read more)u to each of the 3 students lives after getting in the ballet academy, all the while trying to exert their best efforts to be the right person to be selected to join the prestigious American Ballet Company.



    Dont be turned off with the movie poster and the plot, its actually a very beautiful movie. Ill just leave out my personal comments as to why I knocked off half a star for this film

    Directed by: Nicholas Hytner
  • June 21, 2008
    A movie as dull as the faces on the poster.
  • March 5, 2008
    The most amazing, cool and refreshing choreographies ever put on film! Other than that, a dull, regular piece of filmmaking... but the choreographies are simply fantastic!!

    5 stars for the dancing... minus 2 stars for being a bad movie.
  • February 3, 2008
    Pending Review...

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  • December 2, 2007
    Dreadful.
  • November 16, 2009
    A litel bit more variety than ballet and broadway would go a long way.
  • November 4, 2009
    This movie is really entertaining.They are all talented performers.
  • October 30, 2009
    You're rich, and I'm poor. we should dance together!
    But what will people say?
    I don't care!

    .. Good for you. Good for you.
  • October 28, 2009
    !Comercial or Stupid! :|
  • October 12, 2009
    Not the greatest dance movie I've ever seen, but it was okay.

Critic Reviews


January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, At the Movies

Center Stage has moments of joy and moments of insight. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Center Stage has moments of joy and moments of insight. full review

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  • hollallalone
    January 16, 2008
    LIKE AMAZING DVD IT IS SOOO COOL I LOVE ALL THE DANCING IN IT I SAY LL THE PPL WHO PUT IT 2GETHER ARE AMAIN IF U DNT LIKE U U HAVE SUMETHIN WRONG WITH U UNLESS U NDT LIKE THEM KIND OF FILMS PPL WHO LIKE IT PLEASE TALK 2 ME LUV BIATCH XX
  • beautifultiger
    November 20, 2007
    Center Stage Site

    http://www.sonypictures.de/filme/center-stage/bilder.html
  • palviandpariece
    June 24, 2007
    This movie is amazing!! the plot is so real thats why i love this movie as soon as i watched this i got up put on music and starting dancing hahaha its awsome!
  • anyaangie
    December 27, 2006
    I wish there was more Ilia! He was the only reason I saw the movie LOL.
  • xSpankyx
    June 17, 2006
    I love Sascha Radetsky!! He is amazing!!

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