It's been a while since I've dived longingly into a ballet heart first. Taking a ballet class has been on my bucket list for a long time. For Shirley McClain's character, Dee Dee Rodgers, the regrets of choosing family over a life on the stage has lingered. Her long-time friend and ballerina, Emma Jacklin (played by Ann Bancroft) has lived her dream, but is facing retirement with the realization that her life will soon fall into meaninglessness. Sandwiched between them both, is Dee Dee's daughter, an up-and-coming ballerina who wants to make the decision she will regret the least. Adelaide's budding career brings the past to the forefront and both women must clear the air before moving on.This movie is just the right balance between stunning ballet performances by dancers the likes of Mikhail Baryshnikov, body-beating practises, and heart wrenching acting. The unexpected moment is when the women finally speak the truths they've kept from each other for twenty years. Of course, those kinds of secrets have the tendency to come out stinging. But, I never would have dreamed there would be a fight scene!
Life is full of choices. Hopefully, twenty years from now, there will be a friend who knows me as well and loves me still.
There will be.
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