Center Stage: Turn It Up (2008)

Director:

Steven Jacobson

Writers (WGA):

Karen Bloch Morse (written by)
Carol Heikkinen (characters)

Release Date:

1 November 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Music

Tagline:

From the streets to the stage. The dream remains the same.

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Ballet | Second Part | Sequel | Hip Hop | Dance

Cast

Rachele Brooke Smith	...	Kate Parker
Kenny Wormald	...	Tommy Anderson
Sarah Jayne Jensen	...	Suzanne Von Stroh
Peter Gallagher	...	Jonathan Reeves
Ethan Stiefel	...	Cooper Nielson
Lucia Walters	...	Monica Strauss
Nicole Muñoz	...	Bella Parker
Daniela Dib	...	Allison
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sean Carey	...	Guy at Stage door
Danielle DeMi	...	Dancer #4
Cody Green	...	Nick Hoffman
Crystal Lowe	...	Lexi
Nathalie Marrable	...	Glass Slipper Audition Dancer
Maya Massar	...	Dance Teacher
Aliyah O'Brien	...	Secretary
Christopher Russell	...	Sal
Harry Shum Jr.	...	Club Dancer
Jacqueline Ann Steuart	...	Valerie Taft
Kyle Toy	...	Pas De Deux Dancer
Christian Vincent	...	Harris Web
Tara Wilson	...	Glass Slipper Audition Dancer

Also Known As:

Center Stage 2 (USA) (working title)
Centre Stage: Turn It Up (Australia)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:AL | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Laurence Mark Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: At the beginning of the movie there is a dance scene taking place in the streets of Detroit, in it cars are shown with front and back Michigan license plates. In Michigan there are no front license plates only rear ones.

Quotes:

Tommy Anderson: OK, well I suck at it and... I need some help.
Kate Parker: Well that's why your at the ABA.
Tommy Anderson: Yeah, I know they'll give me steps but... they cant give me what I really need.
Kate Parker: And what do you really need?
Tommy Anderson: Fire.
Kate Parker: What?
Tommy Anderson: My instructor told me to find fire.
Kate Parker: What, and I look like two sticks you can rub together?
Tommy Anderson: Kinda.

Movie Connections:

Follows Center Stage (2000)

Heartwarming romance and great dance chemistry!

This is a great little movie. As somebody else wrote, the chemistry between the leads was wonderful. In a way this shouldn't be compared with the first Center Stage, which was more like Fame (trials and tribulations of an ensemble at an arts school, in this case a dance academy).

CS: Turn It Up is really a dance romance, which we haven't seen for a while (Step Up 2 wasn't very romantic). The first Center Stage was very cheesy, while this one is much lower on the cheese scale.

There's a great sweetness to the lead couple's relationship, and while they are clearly great dancers rather than experienced actors, they're very natural with each other.

Highly recommended and very satisfying (and the music is GREAT--I thought it was even better than the first Center Stage's soundtrack, which was also very good.)