30 October 2008
Centre Stage: Turn It Up
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Review
by Jason Di Rosso
A small-town girl fails her audition at a prestigious New York ballet school, but she's convinced to give it a second go when she falls in love with one of the students. You feel sorry for the real-life dancers on screen here (including Ethan Stiefel, principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre); they're pirouetting and sweating through a film that's unimaginatively shot and reciting hammy dialogue that even seasoned thesps would struggle with. One for dance enthusiasts only.
Director: Steven Jacobson
Cast: Rachele Brooke Smith, Kenny Wormald, Peter Gallagher, Ethan Stiefel
Producer: Laurence Mark
Script: Karen Bloch
Cinematographer: Dino Parks
Editor: Ian Slater
Music: Laura Karpman
Running time: 95
Australian distributor: Sony
Language: English
Classification: M
