Does Zoe Saldana really dance in Center Stage?

Does Zoe Saldana really dance in Center Stage?

Center Stage did have some dance doubles, but not many. While most of the dancers were professionals, Saldana and Pratt both had doubles who performed the more difficult dance scenes.

Does Zoe Saldana have a dance background?

Saldaña discovered her love of dance in the Dominican Republic, then enrolled in the ECOS Espacio de Danza Academy studying forms of dance, but describes ballet as her passion. Her dance training and her acting experience helped her land her first film role, playing ballet student Eva Rodriguez in Center Stage (2000).

Who was Zoe Saldana dance double in Center Stage?

Zoe Saldana may have been one of the only non-dancers in the main cast of Center Stage, but the sheer power of her performance made her its most unforgettable character. Only 22 years old when the film hit theaters in 2000, the actress made her feature film debut as talented but hard-nosed dancer Eva Rodriguez.

What type of dance did Zoe Saldana do?

Zoe Saldana’s first passion wasn’t acting—it was ballet. The Guardians of the Galaxy actress enrolled in the Santo Domingo-based ECOS Espacio de Danza Academy, but she told Vanity Fair she “didn’t have the feet.” But her dance background landed her one of her biggest roles.

Is Zoe Saldana ballet trained?

Saldana broke through to the mainstream in a big way: starring in Nicholas Hytner’s teen drama Center Stage, a film, ironically enough, all about ballet. Saldana herself has even noted that ballet trained her for action, a telling notion considering what came next on her acting agenda.

Who does Jody Sawyer end up with?

Jody would ultimately choose Charlie, but decided to be a principal at Cooper’s new dance company. “I haven’t thought about where she would be. She’s kind of immortalized in time to be where she left off. I think wherever she is she’s happy and she’s definitely owning her own story,” Schull tells Us.

Did Zoe Saldana do her own dancing in Drumline?

For her role as a dancer in the new movie “Drumline,” Zoe Saldana learned a lot more than she bargained for. “I knew how to dance, but the [movie’s] choreography was not hip-hop or modern,” says the 24-year-old Queens native. “Laila’s from the South and she’s respectful, composed and disciplined,” says Saldana.

Is Zoe Saldana Trekkie?

Saldana: I love fashion and am very passionate about it, but I am mostly passionate about what I do as an actor. I love being able to tell stories. The participation of storytelling is what keeps me obsessed. I guess I am a Trekkie for movies.

Did Zoe Saldana learn ballet?

Saldaña discovered her love of dance in the Dominican Republic, then enrolled in the ECOS Espacio de Danza Academy studying forms of dance, but describes ballet as her passion. She told Vanity Fair she quit ballet because she did not “have the feet” and had too much pride and ambition to just be in the corps de ballet.

Did Zoe Saldana finish high school?

Born Zoe Yadira Saldana in Passaic, New Jersey, Zoe initially grew up in Queens. When she was 10, her father died, so her family relocated to the Dominican Republic, where she trained as a dancer. When Zoe was 17, she returned to New York for her senior year and graduated high school.

Which actors in center stage are real dancers?

Nicholas Hytner set the tone of the film’s casting process early on: authenticity. Of the primary characters, three were played by actual American Ballet Theater dancers — Ethan Stiefel, Sascha Radetsky, and Julie Kent.