Comments on: How did she put those cornrows in her hair so fast?

By: Amy Slutton

Amy Slutton — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:35:31 +0000

Joanna – I’m just wildly guessing, but could it be from a series called “Ballet Friends”?

By: Joanna

Joanna — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:50:26 +0000

I am dating myself, but after taking my daughter to see her first Nutcracker today, I recalled a book I LOVED as a child, but I can’t for the life of me recall it’s title. It was about a young girl in a ballet company who wanted to dance the part of Clara (and I think she did), but it gave a huge amount of background into the casting and hierarchy of the roles of The Nutcracker–some roles the dancers wanted and some roles that no one ever wanted. I think this was geared toward the preteen age, but it might have been younger? As I said, I have vague memories, but I would just lvoe to revisit this book with my daughter.

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:53:02 +0000

OMG Center Stage. I love the look on the parents’ faces. ‘Are we paying these guys to maul our daughter onstage?’

By: I like toast

I like toast — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:47:54 +0000

I really need to see this sequel. Me and my friend were obsessed with this movie in high school. We tried really hard to learn all the dances in it. She had a much easier time of it, having done ballet for years. The closest I’ve come to ballet is trying to learn the dances from this movie-haha. Here’s the thing my friend would always point out about that last dance sequence–when Jodie gets on the bike and her hair comes undone–completely unrealistic considering how much crap they put in their hair to keep it in place. The other thing about this movie–it had a few “real” actors, but it was just really really bad. The guy who played Eric is a “real” actor by the way. He played one of the Jacksons in “Jackson Five-The American Dream” (which I have still never finished).

By: Jade Wu's Toe Shoe

Jade Wu's Toe Shoe — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:52:39 +0000

It is my duty to inform you all that the utterly fabulous, nonsensical, awesome mess that is Center Stage 2 will be airing on Oxygen this Friday and Sunday.

I will obvs (TM ihatewheat) be watching – who’s with me??

By: maybeimamazed02

maybeimamazed02 — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:25:59 +0000

Thanks to all y’all, I have ordered Satin Slippers 4-6 on Amazon, and am now eagerly anticipating their arrival. Hooray for GOOD 80’s YA lit!

By: Clubx

Clubx — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:12:53 +0000

I have to agree with Cyanne and anyone else who may have said it – Dirty Dancing is the best dance movie!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:11:40 +0000

I have to agree with Cyanne and anyone else who may have said it – Dirty Dancing is the best dance movie!

By: The Black Sheep

The Black Sheep — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:05:30 +0000

I gotta ask…. when Jodie Sawyer is in the edgy dance class where Cooper comes in and joins, did ANYONE ELSE notice some random guy feeling up another girl in the floor routine part?

By: Rachel

Rachel — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:33:17 +0000

I used to be totally into ballet as a preteen – I went to classes and everything. Then my teacher moaned at my for having feet that rolled inwards…and I went into my Goth phase…so I stopped. I kind of wish I hadn’t, but I know my feet would have stopped me from doing proper ballet.

Anyway, from someone who has had her hair cornrowed – although the girl in the film didn’t have many, it would still take her a pretty long time to get them done! I have shoulder-length, medium thickness hair and it took me five hours to have my hair cornrowed by two people. So yeah, so unrealistic.

Also, sex on stage in a ballet? That was so creepy. The whole ballet was very odd, although the dancing was lovely. I’m glad I never saw that film as a teen – I know I would probably have totally loved it and then been ashamed about it afterward

I read a ton of ballet books when I was younger but don’t remember the names of any of them, sadly