Center Stage: Turn It Up
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Promotional poster
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| Directed by | Steven Jacobson |
| Produced by | Laurence Mark |
| Written by | Karen Bloch Morse |
| Based on | Characters by Carol Heikkinen |
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Rachele Brooke Smith Kenny Wormald Sarah Jayne Jensen Nicole Muñoz Christopher Russell Ethan Stiefel Peter Gallagher |
| Music by | Laura Karpman |
| Cinematography | Dino Parks |
| Edited by | Ian Slater |
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Laurence Mark Productions
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| Distributed by | Stage 6 Films |
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Running time
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95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Center Stage: Turn It Up is a 2008 dance drama film. The film is a sequel to the 2000 film Center Stage. The film was directed by Steven Jacobson and written by Karen Bloch Morse. The film was released on October 30, 2008 in Australia and debut on Oxygen on November 1, 2008.
It stars Rachele Brooke Smith as Kate Parker and Kenny Wormald as Tommy Anderson, and also features Sarah Jayne Jensen as Suzanne Von Stroh, with Peter Gallagher and Ethan Stiefel returning from the first film as Jonathan Reeves and Cooper Nielson, respectively.
The film was followed by a sequel Center Stage: On Pointe (2016).
Kate Parker is saying goodbye to her friends in Detroit, Michigan and her little sister Bella because she is leaving home to go to an audition for the greatest dance school in America, the American Ballet Academy. Kate doesn't make it and instead of her Suzanne Von Stroh is chosen, because of an argument between the director of the school, Jonathan and one of the teachers, Cooper Nielson, who has returned to ABA after his ballet company lost its funding. A young dancer, Tommy Anderson, is stunned by Kate and is sure that she passed and got into the academy, but soon he discovers that she was rejected, and he is paired up with Suzanne instead. Kate, homeless in New York City, goes to a club called The Foundry where she finds Tommy and impresses both him and the owner of the club, Sal, who is Tommy's best friend, with her dance moves and energy. She is given a job at the club and sleeps in the upstairs office. Because she needs to find an apartment she agrees to help Tommy with his dance if he pays her.
Soon they start the classes, she finds an apartment, Tommy becomes a great student and is given the opportunity to dance with Suzanne for the famous choreographer Monica Straus. Meanwhile, Tommy and Kate begin to have feelings for each other and become a couple. They break up after Kate sees Tommy dance with Suzanne, for a gala, and at the end of the dance Suzanne kisses him. The next day Tommy finds Bella waiting for her at ABA and takes her to Kate. She then confesses to her sister that she was not accepted into the school. Kate decides to give up on dancing and go home to Detroit with Bella.
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