Center Stage (Special Edition)

Set Contains: The DVD includes commentary by director Nicholas Hytner, a six-minute behind-the-scenes featurette, and two deleted scenes. It also includes three extended dance sequences: "Swan Lake," "Romeo and Juliet," and "Stars and Stripes." While only "Romeo and Juliet" is significantly longer (by two minutes) than the cut in the film, the chief benefit is being able to watch the dances without having the camera cut away to audience reactions. --David Horiuchi Product Description The American Ballet Company is not for the fainthearted, it's for the most gifted and beautiful ballet dancers alive. But you'll need more than mere physical prowess and determination to succeed. You'll need to deliver the goods at CENTER STAGE. Jonathan Reeves (Peter Gallagher, American Beauty), the ballet company's owner is evaluating this young tight-knit group of students as they face the growing pains of their ambitions, romances and heartbreaks which prove to be both invigorating and difficult. The results are a celebration of beauty, bodies, and ballet.