FIRST POSITION

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• Release Year: 2011
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: Every year, thousands of aspiring dancers enter one of the world's most prestigious ballet competitions, the Youth America Grand Prix, where lifelong dreams are at stake. This award-winning film follows seven of these young dancers as they vie for a handful of elite scholarships and prepare for a chance to enter the world of professional ballet. Follow in their inspiring footsteps as they struggle through bloodied feet, near exhaustion and debilitating injuries, all while navigating the drama of adolescence. A showcase of awe-inspiring talent, tenacity and passion, First Position paints a thrilling and moving portrait of the most gifted young ballet stars of tomorrow.
• Cast: Aran Bell, Rebecca Houseknecht, Joan Sebastian Zamora, Miko Fogarty, Jules Jarvis Fogarty, Michaela Deprince, Gaya Bommer Yemini, Michelle Bell, Ryan Bell, Elaine DePrince, Charles DePrince, Wendy Houseknecht, David Houseknecht, Satoko Fogarty, Mat Fogarty, Nadine Bommer, Ziv Yemini, Claudia Hurtado, Guido Arturo Prieto, Denys Ganio, Bo Spassoff, Stephanie Spassoff, Viktor Kabaniaev, Michelle Lees, Larissa Saveliev, Mia DePrince, Derek Dunn, Brian Dunn, Vicki Dunn, Danielle Dunn, Melanie Shee, Chiu Shee, Aleandra Bell, Travis Halsey, Dmitri Kulev, Emily Entingh, Hannah O'Neil, Juliet Doherty, Zhao Wan Ting, Claudia Dean, Miki Akuta, Kazuko Sugihara, Edo Wijen, Sam Zalvidar, Gabe Shayer, Shelley King, Alys Shee, Evelyn Hart, Victoria-Rose Viren, John Viren, Jenna Graves, Svetlana Dvorkin, Olga Kresin, Mariaelena Ruiz, Jeanetts Kakareka, Brooks Miller, Nathaniel King, Nadal Safi, Anastasia Torba, Jacqueline Callahan, Ka'imi Cambern, Ashley Baszto, Beckanne Sisk, Esteban Hernandez, Alejandro Prieto, Flavio Salazar, Jonathan Mendez, Gailene Stock, Franco De Vita, Deborah Hess, Elisabeth Platel, Tadeusz Matacz, Raymond Lukens, Mikhail Tchoupakov, Shelly Power, Luca Masala, Adam Skulte, Susan Jaffe, Anna-Marie Holmes, John Robert Gosnell, Ron Nilson, Kee-Juan Han, Juan Miguel Fernandez Vera, Arata Miyagawa, Sergey Gordeev, Rosaline Kassel, Maddalena Di Giacomo, Giuseppe Bausilio, Bess Kargman
• Director: Bess Kargman
• Runtime: 1:30
• Company: Mongrel Media
• Media Format: Movie