Tag: center stage

Quiz: What's Your Dance Movie IQ?

From Dirty Dancing to Center Stage to Black Swan, there are a lot of epic dance movies out there. But how well do you REALLY know them all? Take our quiz to find out! Loading…

5 Last-Minute Halloween Costumes Inspired by Your Favorite Dance Movies

News flash, guys: Halloween is TODAY. We know how easy it is to get caught up in the endless cycle of school, rehearsal, rest, repeat, and totally forget about a costume. If you’re nodding to yourself right now, thinking “#Storyofmylife,” we feel you—and we’re here to help. Behold, our favorite dance-movie-inspired Halloween costumes that you […]

Cancel Your Weekend Plans—Center Stage: On Pointe Is Here!

Have plans Saturday night? You might want to cancel them ASAP (or at least set your DVR) because Center Stage: On Pointe is making its much-anticipated (and MUCH-waited-for) world premiere. The threequel (which we’ve been freaking out about since November) has all the makings to be a huge win for dance movies, taking what we […]

STOP EVERYTHING: Center Stage 3 Is Happening

You guys. Our entire office is on the verge of hyperventilating right now, because we just found out that there is a third Center Stage movie in the works. I REPEAT: THERE IS A THIRD CENTER STAGE MOVIE IN THE WORKS. And here’s the thing: It sounds like it might actually recapture some of the […]

Ethan Stiefel Figured Out His New Ballet in the Most Cooper Nielson-y Way

Here’s one of the many (MANY) things that makes Center Stage so magical: There’s a sense that the dance-actors were basically playing themselves. Amanda Schull, a real-life sweetheart who struggled with her turnout, became the sweet and turnout-challenged Jody Sawyer. Sascha Radetsky, a real-life heartthrob and all-around nice guy, became the adorable and eternally nice […]

Watch the New Trailer for Center Stage: On Pointe

Center Stage is, in my humble opinion, the most important dance movie of all time (if not the most important movie in general). Every moment was iconic, everyone was so beautiful and every costume change was so truly #goals, I can’t even: Same. So I, along with many other fans, have been a little skeptical about the latest […]

9 Crazy Moments in Pointe Shoe History

Ah, pointe shoes: We love those beautiful, glamorous torture devices! But pointework didn’t always look or feel the way it does today. In fact, pointe shoes evolved over the course of several centuries—with many fascinating (and some straight-up bizarre) stops along the way. Here are a few highlights of pointe shoe history. 1796: French dancer […]

How Well Do You Know Your Movie Dance Scenes?

Is it Friday yet? WOMP. If you, like us, are suffering from a severe case of the Mondays, we’ve got a little something to ease your pain (or at least distract you from whatever productive thing you “should” be doing). You know we love a good dance-in-movies supercut, and today, we’re sharing perhaps the most […]