First Position (USA) | Click here to watch
(95 min; 2011; English)
Director: Bess Kargman

Recipient of the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature, Dallas International Film Festival 2012; Audience Award, DOC NYC 2011; Audience Award for Best Documentary Film, Portland International Film Festival 2012; and Staff Prize, San Francisco Docfest 2011

First Position follows six talented young dancers (ages 9-19) from five continents as they prepare for a worldwide ballet competition that could transform their lives overnight. 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. The film follows six young dancers as they prepare for a chance to enter the world of professional ballet, struggling 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.

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