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Song and dance movie "Center Stage", may 2005, Douban score 8.2. Director: Nicholas. Sitner.
Dance academy students
The film tells the story of young people at the American Ballet Academy, meticulously preparing for the debriefing performance at the end of the year, a performance that determines their destiny, and only 6 of them can be admitted.
In preparation for the year-end performance, Jonathan (Peter. Geller) and Cooper (Ethan Stiffer) each direct a dance, with Maurian and Eva being placed on Jonathan's dance team, with Maurian as the lead dancer and Judy (Amanda. Shure) is arranged to lead the dance in Cooper's performance team. But when she finally came on the show, Maurien quit the show, Eva took her place, and Judy was welcomed with her outstanding performance.
All three girls find their final destination, with Maurien no longer dancing ballet and going to college to continue her studies, Eva joining the National Ballet, and Judy heading to Cooper's newly formed dance company.
The actors are all professional dancers
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > introduction</h1>
Although the plot of this film is not new and unique, it has its own points of view. The actor who plays the male protagonist Cooper is himself a well-known dancer, Ethan Stiefel, who has practiced ballet since childhood, has a soft body and is extremely talented, and has performed all over the world. Actor Amanda, who plays the heroine Judy. Amanda Schull is also a professional ballet dancer. The performances of these professional dancers ensure the authenticity of the beautiful and difficult dance moves, and the "whip 32 turns" makes the audience addicted.
Many dance-related movies, wherever good, is that the dance part looks incoherent, very dramatic. For example, "Water Yanghua", the heroine of the free nature, in the tango music, the right foot is lifted, provoking the people present, the body language is extremely tense, and the mood of watching the movie is immediately inflated like a balloon. However, once the tango jumped with the male protagonist, the emotional balloon immediately collapsed.
Jump in a word
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Act 1: Motorcycle Intrusion</h1>
In the ballet classroom, a group of girls with giraffe-like figures, some waving whips, some jumping on horses, some bouncing legs, some squatting on one leg.
Suddenly, a Harley motorcycle burst in, driven by cooper, the academy's best ballerina, and he searched around with his eyes to find his target.
He walked up to Judy, a blonde-haired, sweet-looking girl, took her hand, and said, "Follow me." So, the girl did not hesitate to jump on the motorcycle, and the two of them went away.......
Under the stage, the well-dressed audience finally couldn't sit still, and people began to turn their heads and ears, and some of them shook their heads darkly, as if to say: "Yes, this is also called ballet performance?" ”
Judy got on Cooper's motorcycle
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > act II: The Love of Youth</h1>
In Cooper's room, a large iron bed with dance posters plastered on the wall. Cooper and Judy have a dance of two, poetic and beautiful.
The noise in the audience has subsided, and occasionally you can hear "Ah! yes! "The admiration.
The movie "Center Stage" reached its climax at this time, when the dance graduating class students reported the performance season. On stage, students wrote and performed their own modern ballet, full of rock spirit.
The vast majority of the audience are parents of the dance graduating class. In addition, there are important figures from dance schools, dance groups, and performance companies, who must not miss today's opportunity to directly select talents.
Lingering pity
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > act iii: The Confusion of Youth</h1>
In the dance class, Judy was late. Unexpectedly, the dance teacher, the second male also has a crush on Judy. When the second man was about to confess to the blonde Judy, Cooper went into the dance studio, and seeing this, the first and second boy argued over love and fought.
The audience was a little uncomfortable, some eyes were confused, some were embarrassed, and some were desperately rubbing their arms. They were stimulated like never before, and their habitual knowledge of ballet was actually challenged by the "little farts".
The two boys compete for Judy
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > act IV: The Awakening of Youth</h1>
Judy's eyes were hollow and distressed. Faced with two equally good men, she was caught in the middle, left and right. After all, choosing is sometimes more important than how to do it.
Judy pushed the two suitors away at the same time
Suddenly, with both hands, she pushed the two men away at the same time, and she made up her mind, "Sister now as long as you have a career, as long as you dance, you all get up!" ”
The audience recognized this time and gave a burst of applause.
Rock and roll, the girls line up in a wall of people
Looking at the stage again, a large group of girls in short red ballet skirts lined up in a row to form a human wall, preventing the two men from approaching the blonde. They represent awakened women.
At the end of the performance, stormy applause rang out, and the audience responded more enthusiastically than several other decent classical ballet performances.
Judy became the principal of a new dance company, and she said, "I don't want to be a supporting role in a famous troupe forever waving a bouquet in the back row."
Energetic
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > concluding remarks</h1>
This is a simple and clean youth film, no dog blood, no abortion, no golden sentences; there is the love of youth, there is the confusion of youth, there is the rebellion of youth, and there is also the awakening of youth.
The arrogance of youth, pain and trouble, the awakening of choices and the interference of the outside world are vividly displayed through dance vocabulary and body language.
The reaction of the audience actually symbolizes the growth of this road, the views and opinions of elders and others. If you want to go your own way, you will initially suffer from the misunderstanding of your father and the ridicule of others. But when you try not to give up, after a little achievement, your parents and others will also applaud you madly.
The film's dance photography technique is perfect and commendable. The stage view is quite wide, which can be feasted on by the eyes.
Cherish your youth, like the blonde judy, live up to the good times, and move forward towards your goals without hesitation.
4.5 stars recommend this film.
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