(From left to right) Leaving the disciplines of ballet behind, dance students Charlie (Sascha Radetsky), Eva (Zoe Saldana), Erik (Shakiem Evans) and Jody (Amanda Schull) cut loose on a limo ride through midtown Manhattan in Columbia's Center Stage
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A budding romance, the watchful eye of her overbearing mother, Nancy (Debra Monk, left), and other mounting pressures cause gifted dancer Maureen (Susan May Pratt) to question her devotion to the art in the Columbia Pictures presentation, Center Stage
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Amanda Schull (second from left) and Ethan Stiefel (center) in Columbia's Center Stage
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American Beauty's Peter Gallagher plays Jonathan Reeves, the artistic director of both the American Ballet Academy and American Ballet Company in the Columbia Pictures presentation, Center Stage
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At the heart of the Columbia Pictures presentation Center Stage (2000) is the romantic struggle between world-class ballet star Cooper (Ethan Stiefel, left), aspiring dancer Jody (Amanda Schull) and unassuming ballet student Charlie (Sascha Radetsky)
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Director Nicholas Hytner (right) discusses a scene with young star Ethan Stiefel (
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In a case of art imitating life, American Ballet Theatre star Ethan Stiefel plays the most acclaimed male dancer in the country, Cooper Neilson, in the Columbia Pictures presentation Center Stage
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Rogue ballet star Cooper (Ethan Stiefel) courts wholesome, American Ballet Company hopeful Jody (Amanda Schull) in the Columbia Pictures presentation, Center Stage
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The finale of the Columbia Pictures presentation Center Stage (2000) culminates in an original ballet that explores in dance and music the central romantic triangle of Cooper (Ethan Stiefel, left foreground), Jody (Amanda Schull, center foreground) and Charlie (Sascha Radetsky, right foreground)
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The relationship between young ballet students Jody (Amanda Schull) and Charlie (Sascha Radetsky) heats up on the dance floor of a New York salsa club in the Columbia Pictures presentation, Center Stage
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The talented young cast of the Columbia Pictures presentation Center Stage (2000) strikes a pose: (From left to right) Zoe Saldana (
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Wined and dined by the magnetic, world-class ballet star, Jody Sawyer (Amanda Schull) becomes infatuated with renegade dancer Cooper Neilson (Ethan Stiefel) in the Columbia Pictures presentation, Center Stage
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