Good girl entering a famous dance school having serious trainings hoping that one day will shine on the stage- it is quite a simple story and one can guess how it develops in ten minutes then tell the ending before it actually happens. Well, growing up takes time, and it is especially time-consuming when one has a dream and a definite goal; to me this movie seems to be the stories of a striver getting successful before running into enough problems- I have enough of these so the plot itself didn't really catch me.
What raised my interest has been the line in the plot summary: dance should be a passion, not a duty. Not long ago in a casual chat, Mr Someone told me that I have made dancing a duty instead of a pastime and he thought that was not fun at all. It upset me a bit but after all, I could tell that I am definitely lucky to have made my favourite hobby my job. If I am only a keen amateur, I might not be able to keep it fueling through life's up and down and might have abandoned it during major life changes. It is true that at tough time I would feel lost… but after I conquered everything and found that I am still doing what I enjoy doing, gees, I am just lucky.
Center Stage (Special Edition)
