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.
Directed by Nicholas Hytner
career
new york city
dance
dancer
competition
ball
ballet dancer
entrance examination
ballet
dance teacher
Rank
#47 in 2000·#3115 overall
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.5 / 5
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Cast
Amanda Schull
Jody Sawyer
Zoe Saldaña
Eva Rodríguez
Peter Gallagher
Jonathan Reeves
Ethan Stiefel
Cooper
Donna Murphy
Juliette
Susan May Pratt
Maureen Cummings
Debra Monk
Nancy
Sascha Radetsky
Charlie
Eion Bailey
Jim
Elizabeth Hubbard
Joan Miller
Priscilla Lopez
Jazz Class Teacher
Robert Montano
ABA Pas de Deux Class Teacher
Crew
Nicholas Hytner
Director
Geoffrey Simpson
Director of Photography
Laurence Mark
Producer
Naomi Donne
Makeup Designer
Susan Stroman
Choreographer
Daniel Laurie
ADR Editor
Popular Reviews
137 reviews
Stephanie
10.0★ · 03/25/26
Bitch amazing movie
Anything dance movie it’s 5 star movie but it needs to be real dancers and even if they are not real dancers they made me believe that they are 😝🙂↕️🤏🏻
* just found out that they were indeed real dancers what an eatery 🙂↕️🙂↕️🙂↕️
The soundtracks were sooooooooo good jamiroquai the goat
Bitch amazing movie
Anything dance movie it’s 5 star movie but it needs to be real dancers and even if they are not real dancers they made me believe that they are 😝🙂↕️🤏🏻
* just found out that they were indeed real dancers what an eatery 🙂↕️🙂↕️🙂↕️
The soundtracks were sooooooooo good jamiroquai the goat
Stephanie Gagnon
7.0★ · 03/20/26
Had I watched this as a teen I would have added absolutely been daydreaming about two boys having a ballet-off for my affection
Had I watched this as a teen I would have added absolutely been daydreaming about two boys having a ballet-off for my affection
Chèrie
8.0★ · 02/05/26
Ethan Stiefel has the one of the bluest eyes I ever seen
Ethan Stiefel has the one of the bluest eyes I ever seen
Jp
7.0★ · 02/04/26
This is just like dance academy
This is just like dance academy
alexis
early 2000s nyc dance movie— this was made for my enjoyment
early 2000s nyc dance movie— this was made for my enjoyment
