Center Stage - Part 12

[Nesslovesdancing]

I wish my parents were as supportive as Jod's.It would mean the world to me.I wish they'd known that Performing arts was my destiny and still is.

[NellChenoweth]

Jodi's spins are very sloppy. =x

[juliastylinson07]

She looks amazing in red!!

[mliaab]

is it just me, or do the close ups on her face make her look like a vampire??

[Brookeydova]

Wow! Why don't you shut up?! Maybe they forgot a letter! Like you never have?!

[jahspromise]

@Brookeydova LMAO "Why don't you shut up?" What is this? Grade school?

[gemsofds]

this sucs

[jahspromise]

@gemsofds

Learn how to spell before you try to insult something. It's... "SUCKS". And no it doesn't.

[natofthecat11]

Anyone notice how long and weird everyone's legs look?

[cvillasenor2]

I have to say the most genuinely human part that even makes me excited is when Eva finds out they offer her a spot at the company. love it. p.s. Jody's parents are douche bags.

[dumonceauxable]

Love the dancing!! That lead male dancer is (I think) as good as I've ever seen!

[jahspromise]

She looks so much like Jennie Garth!!!!

[s3rvana]

She's not hitting the counts strong enough in this dance..

[xxkatiexxnicolexx]

i dont like how her outfit is red and so is the background. she blends in with the background to easily

[hasonopinion]

this movie was definitly underrated.  I miss this movie!! I love zoe saldana~ Thanks for posting!! ive been wanting to watch this movie so i figured let me try youtube and you posted it.. thankx

[flowerlullaby]

how does she do all those spins without getting dizzy? lol. i tried to do it i got dizzy ha

[cazia9]

@flowerlullaby

it's called spotting, you pick a point wherever you're facing when you start and each single or double rotation, you focus on it for a split second to keep your equilibrium

[616080305]

la cara de ella en el minuto 00:40 no tiene precio ^^ me encanta!

[mashleigh12]

i love her RED pointe shoes!!!!!!!!!!!!

[keykeyx10000]

I like Zoe's dance more.

[mzwhite88]

I LOVE THIS PART I WISH I COULD BO 26 FOUTETTES INA ROW. I CAN ONLY DO 8. LOL

[you2ling2]

@mzwhite88 me too....

i can only do 10 times before i start to feel so dizzy....

[bBigMami]

there aren't enough scenes with Charlie....

[kirtyRY]

i used to play this scene over and over again.

[taurusfroggy]

the man who plays Jody's father is a bad actor

[Bellybutton1986]

@ 2:18 she looks like Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins when she is turning around too.

[TheTwistedgirl]

hahah the shoes change colour xDD

[xXxXBleedPurpleXxXx]

this song comes on and the entire way through the final dance i am just waiting for napolean dynamite to dance across the stage.

[TheLemywinks]

This makes me regret quitting dance when I was 16..love this movie.

[Anlbe]

If you listen to the cometary on the dvd they talk about how they enjoyed doing something they could never do on stage.

[hilarious441]

i would kill for sascha radetsky's arches!

[The4everdancinqueen]

oh god... pause at 1:13 exact.

[juliebogen]

LMAO Zoe. "Are you NUTS??!"

[garakent]

necesen

[marjan12342]

i really like this movie

[dancergirl346]

her pointe shoes are awsome

[SamanthaGirafa]

I really HATE the way Jody ignores her parents. It kills me.

[Juliz]

@SamanthaGirafa - They didn't even want her to be a ballet dancer, if you watched the beginning. So for them to have faith in her now, is probably behind the brush off.

[pointeshoeslvr131]

this movie is why i startd ballet as a teenager.

[passionkiss91]

I love how this dance is told. A girl falls in love with two guys but in the end she chooses neither of them. Girl Power!!! Go girl!

[Balletdancer980]

I am so in love with charlie....He's so cute!

[nessie96]

@Balletdancer980 Isn't he though??

[haltersandhorseshoes]

... i'm thinking that there was an intermission somewhere between the last scene and this one... that's the only way the outfit and shoes and hair could change.

[jmochi47]

jodie's a BEAST.

[WRiimzeee]

'it was wonderful'.. ermmm Yh u practically just saw your daughterr having sex.. :|

[Athena908]

1:22 Oh shit....

[NinaIsTheName]

that last ballet was dreadful.

[Zizinah]

sorry I preferred Zoë one.

[meridacamille]

probably it was not her. hahaha... unedited scene i guess.

[julianamliu]

The movie about how far you get by screwing the director :P

[JustToPostComments]

Um...interesting. It goes from sweet, old-fashioned ballet to some crappy version of modern dance mixed with ballet. What on earth was the director on when we wrote this section?

[RachaelJade1712]

I really love those red pointe shoes but they cut off the line of her legs. Just saying... :P But they're awesome anyway

[TheFashionlover29]

HOW DID SHE change her hair cuz if u payed attention she let her hair down then it was up in twists or sumtn.... suspicious????????????????????­?

[Heidi222]

its a movie!!! get over it!!

[047marie]

"i'm stealing you"

haha charlie

:)

[meghan882]

I dont think the change in shoes was a mistake. I think they wanted to switch dances and scenes, so they did that so they wouldn't have to close the curtains.

[fallonhadley]

I've danced in ballets where the costume changes have been as fast as this, so it really isn't that unrealistic...the switch suddenly to red pointe shoes while she's onstage is a movie mistake, though.

[Broadway3]

okay....the director must've been thinking "lets do an impossible quick change..then BAM red pointe shoes out of nowhere!" very Ed Wood move there.

oh! and her hair is suddenly in a tight bun with cornrows! wtf

[LittleMissRachelLee]

LOL, well I think it's obvious they just chose that for change for film/camera sequence length, but that made me laugh.

[saintconnnor]

@Broadway3 i claim intermission

[Ladiebug2012]

why do her shoes start out white and then the next yime you see them they are red?

[lemonylimes]

good eye!

[joskitzo]

Oh the levels u can reach when u bang the choreographer.

[jahspromise]

LOL @ joskitzo

[alexxx566]

I don't think that was a mistake.

If you notice in the previous part, her pointe shoes are normally coloured. I think it was a way of transitioning from one dance to the next.

[RibbonBangles]

OMFG i have seen this dance b4 on a vidio on its own but i htought it was from a real show.... lol

[TwiHardGirl]

Oh I definitely just noticed something. At the very first shot of this video, her pointe shoes are pink. Then, in the next shot they are red.

[wickeddance93]

oh wow I saw that too!!! Thats a bit of a slip up haha

[TwiHardGirl]

Hahaha yeah! And fairly blatant for anyone who's paying attention. :P

[fhc8]

THIS is the ballet I loveee!

whoever said ballet was boring has clearly never seen this perfomanceee!!

LOL yes... her hair and costume are SO NOT realistic but OMG they are greatt.... I am completely in LOVE whit her red pinte shoes! (L)

[theflyinTARDIS]

those spins are AMMMMAZZZIIING!!!!!

[mOoMoO5987]

well they would have done a wig guys

[maisumnomundo]

Do you notice how Jodi takes a long time to recognize her mother???

[dancer65u]

I have more respect for this movie, because when Jodi was dancing at the end (when she was in red), they used the song from Napoleon dynamite (when Napoleon was dancing for the school election)...

[Alexilovescats]

actually the movie was made in 2000 so it would be napoleon dynamite used the song in center stage (the movie) rather than "they used the song from napoleon dynamite"

[jahspromise]

It's a movie....  LOL!! Wow... Some people.

[randomhouse61]

julie andrews look-alike at the end during the turns...

[showersinger34]

it's fun to watch, but i can't help thinking how ridiculous it is! especially the costume changes. i love how her hair starts the piece in a tight bun, then shakes right out to loose, and ends up in cornrows!

[hanacurekovic]

i know hey!!! those braids would have taken a good hour to do!!! they could have TRIED to make it a bit more believable..

[frankika1]

even though i don't know where they came from i LOOOVE her red pointe shoes! =]

[pajamagirl123]

does anyone else think that jodie, while doing the awesome spins at the end, kinda looks like jennie garth from 90210? idk maybe its the face shes making and her makeup combined but i see a resemblance.

[hiphopopotamus5]

i find she looked like sophia bush!

[pajamagirl123]

from one tree hill? i dont see it at all. being that jodies blonde and pale and sophia's brunette and tanish

[WHStwirler2011]

i knoow. i was thinking the same thing!

[bcrocker33]

it sort of pisses me off they way they made jonathan and his wife still like that at the end. most dancers/coreographers support eachothers' work and clap for it, cheer for it at the end of a piece...the way they made them pause before standing was good "drama" but not realistic.

[miutroc]

because the dance its about them...Cooper retold their love triangle

[bcrocker33]

i never even thought of it like that!! how true. it still made them look bad, but i understand. thanks.

[kashmirivogue]

then again why would they clap

cooper's story was about them

[jahspromise]

OMG... I never even thought about that. i thought they were telling the story of them, not his ex and her husband, Jonathon. Duh!

[bcrocker33]

Thanks SugarPlumJade for upping this one! one of my faves!!!!!!

[shinninggum]

i didn't realise before but her costume change is just impossible ha

[bcrocker33]

i know.. i remember thinking. how did she get her red shoes on...but perhaps there were a few numbers before somehow? i always wondered why she could be featured or be the lead in so many dances in a company show to see if they are going to stay. i love this piece! the coreography of that ballet is fantastic.

[harrisvllybll2]

the song canned heat reminds me of napoleon dynomite. (:hahah

[ElectricEclipse24]

OMGGG so trueeee hahahahahahah

[LoOoViNlYfe08]

lmao!! i know right

[heytamata]

my second cousin is jon heder, the guy who plays napoleon dynomite. he's my dads cousin.

[tea2727]

Something tell's me if he was you wouldn't be randomly stating it.

[kcizzle727]

those fuetes at the end: sick!

[Izallthat]

what is the song that jody dances too when she is all in red and stuff and red point shoes

[JJSilentJ]

Jamiroquai - Canned Heat

[tameeka182]

canned heat-jamiroquai

[heartlandtvrocks]

gotcha ty

[heartlandtvrocks]

Whats wit Jonathan and his girlfriend at 3:20

[jahspromise]

They didn't like it. And his "wife" used to be with Cooper.

[amadeexxdancer]

sour grapes. haha.

cos cooper's ballet was better than jonathan's.

[wild4music101]

they dont wanna admit that um cooper's koreography was good

[dancamey123]

wait wat did eva do tht was "completely disrespectful"???

[edoof5]

she underminded the johnathan by dancing moureens part.

[naughtynnice1219]

she was doing a favor to moureen by dancing her part

[mandy00025]

I love it but i think it's not the best dance scene of the movie!

[jahspromise]

What is your opinion on which dance scene is the best?

[Paigerrrs]

i think that this is the best in trems of the genre, the dance with eva [jonathan's] is my favorite for classical ballet, and this is my favorite for a modern type of ballet (:

[dancer3888courtneyXX]

Who is she going to pick???

[jahspromise]

The dark haired due... Forgot his name...

[Paigerrrs]

i think his name is charlie, not sure though xD

[jahspromise]

yeah. that's it. lol thanks!

[dancergrl617]

I know what u mean I'm a dancer too and I don't really like to wear all the heavy make-up but if u don't then it's kind of hard 4 people to c u on stage

[Manashita]

i agree with surfgirl, it's the only way people notice your face in stage. i'm a performer too and i don't like heavy makeup but is part of the job and you have to deal with it..

[AsshoNext]

she doesn't look good in heavy makeup. Her face can't handle to much makeup, it looks terrible, she looks so much prettier with little makeup and light colored like baby pink and such.

[Surfgirl3901]

its stage makeup people in the back wouldn't be able to make out her face with out it, thats the only reason its so heavy i know becaus ei'm a performer

[dancer4life85212]

thats the reason they cant act.

its cuz they can DANCE!!

[Wantje93]

Why are there small pieces missing between the "parts"???

[jhilly123]

Does anyone else think Charlie should have gotten to dance more???

[supahsecretcrushh]

YES

hes soooo hot

[INTEREFAN]

@jhilly123 yes!!! he's hot

[pqowmznx]

What I dont get is that Jodie was meant to be the worst in the year but she got loads of leads in the end.

[tashalicious88xx]

yeah me too!!

[manashiina10]

i luv this scene!!! so well choreographed :]

[starfallDL]

Wow I can't believe how quickly she is able to change her outfits, hair, and makeup!! (sarcasm :)

[GOODBYETOME61994]

Well, duh, it's IMPOSSIBLE to do that on stage. Especially the shoes.

[cashncoins1996]

scratch that comment i just said! i had the wrong guy's name. it's the guy who asked jody out on the boat. he's the one who has nice eyes.

[cashncoins1996]

i loved the performance!!!!!!! :D

johnathan has some nice eyes!

[ballet148]

I LOVE IT!!!

[cleliadec37]

a small mistake ... before pointe shoes are pink and then become red

[BlackCelebration90]

the whole outfit changes... and teh hair and makeup... It's not a mistake,it's just obvious that that is not an actual live performance

[beckiw19]

I think cleliadec is pointing that in the very last section of the performance, only the part where she is in the red dress with the black trim that the shoes change. That actually is a continuity error.

[Wantje93]

True.

[got2smile4u]

when?

[ElectricEclipse24]

yesterday

[tinkercutie101]

She does look just like jennie garth but omg shes sooo goood one of my favorite movies i love this movie & step up.

[crashedxox]

i liked step up 2 moree than step up 1.

this movie was amazing!

[missjen84]

i think that they are taught to finish their pirouettes even when the curtain comes down.  i think this also happens in real life when you're practicing for a big ballet production like that.

[escapist11]

It's fouettes at the end.

[mypantsmetal]

i'm in love with the red pointe shoes!

[kellyb4]

Is it just me or does Amanda (Jodie) looking strikingly similar to Jennie Garth?  Especially in that last dance number in the red lipstick. Anyone else?

[glamourkillsbabyx]

ever since i saw this when it very first came out, i get that last dance scene stuck in my head

[escapist11]

Reply to glamourkillsbabyx:

I do too! Once, it was in my head so much, that I dreamed that I danced it one night!

[writer13426]

When she does the "NO", with the red lipstick, she looks like Sabrina from Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

[Charmedelam]

i love the dance...dance....dance...dance part. the whole thing was just beautiful

[danceadoration]

red pointes!!

I love it!!

Ballet is my life!

[ilivedance5]

her fouette's are REDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!

[TinaSoFresh]

ridiculous like good or ridiculous like terrible?

[sookala]

Love Eva's reaction when they ask her! I'm so happy for her!

[honeypireas]

She reminds me a lot of Jenny Garth

[Tinesha1516]

I agree...I thought I was the only one thinkin that..

[OtherLittleMikey]

When I was 6 I got this purple tutu for Christmas and took it to class because I wanted to wear it and my teacher was this mean old French lady and she was all "wtf no".  I can only imagine her face if she saw RED toe shoes, shock, horror! Lol.

[iluvballet17]

at the beginin her pointes are pink but then they r red

[disneyfreak191]

i love the fact that she finishes the piroettes as if she were in class instead uv doin wat i do just stop wen the curtain comes down hahah

[MissGalCherie]

soo true, thats soo cute!

[Theonlyone666777]

lol

[JessicaSophiaC]

Am I the only one who thinks the red lipstick makes her look a little like Christina Applegate?

[9597963]

its obvious ITS A DIFFERENT PERSON !!!

[B3Ger]

No she's an actual ballerina. I think she JUST retired from the San Fransisco Ballet

[9597963]

as you say

[mothafukingprincess]

I don't really get this part. like, does Johnathan want to keep Jody in the American Ballet or did he want her to leave?

[OoMASEoO]

She cut him off cuz she didn't want to know if he accepted her or not. She says it in her monologue. :)

[Jonnygasms]

Yeah, so this dance would look EXTREMELY weird if you actually saw it on stage and all from the same angle without movie magic.

[hrauthor87]

"Are you nuts??"

"Oh I hope not but that depends entirely on you.."

XD

any one notice her shoes changed colour from pastel to bright red