Kate
Parker dreams of being a student at the American Ballet Academy, so after
leaving her younger sister and good for nothing father behind in Detroit, she
makes the move to New York in the hope of achieving her dream.
With
an audition set and her ambition high, Kate is determined to show her sister
than you can achieve anything if you work hard enough, but when the director
chooses a rich girl whose father is an
investor in the Academy over her, Kate’s dreams are dashed forcing her to apply
for other dance companies while sleeping in her car.
Determined
to make a go of her chance in New York, Kate can’t bring herself to tell her
sister she didn’t get in, so as she spends her days trying to make it she meets
Tommy, a former hockey player turned ballet dancer who was lucky enough to get
into the Academy.
As they get to know each other, Kate is
appreciative when Tommy arranges for her to work at a friend’s bar, but he has
an ulterior motive, having witnessed her dance skills, he wants her help with
his technique and performance.
With
every spare moment spent together practicing both Kate and Tommy fall for each
other and as their dance skills improve, Tommy is chosen to privately audition
for a new production along with his dance partner Suzanne. Although Kate is
happy for him she realises her own dream is slipping away and when her sister
Bella turns up in the hope of watching her perform she confesses she didn’t get
into the Academy and has been working in a nightclub.
As
she continues to work wherever she can, Kate attends a gala as a waitress and
after watching Tommy perform with Suzanne she sees them share a kiss and
decides to end their relationship and leave New York. But as Bella begs her to
not give up and persuades her to attend an open audition, Kate starts to
believe in herself again and is determined to show she can make it.
As a sequel to my favourite
film, Center Stage, I was sceptical of watching this movie as I knew it
wouldn’t be as good as the first film, but I was pleasantly surprised. Apart
from being set in the same ballet school and featuring 2 returning characters, this
movie gave a different spin on the world of dance.
Combining hip hop and ballet,
the storyline was very predictable but I really enjoyed it and as a fan of
dance, I would definitely watch it again.
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