Film

Take the Lead 2006

Directed by Liz Friedlander

  • Drama, Music
  • 118 min
  • PG-13

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A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom dancer, Pierre Dulane.

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Classical in form, earnest, contemporary and resolved.

  • classical in formformally daring
  • earnestironic
  • contemporarynostalgic
  • resolvedopen-ended
  • warmbleak

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