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Former ballet student, Tara Webster, was destined to become one of the top dancers of her generation before a devastating injury crippled her career. Over the last eighteen months she has tried to move on but cannot get over her dream of dancing professionally with the National Ballet Company. In her quest to defy the odds in a near impossible comeback, Tara leaves her life and love behind in Sydney and travels to New York, determined to prove she still has what it takes. But as the rejections pile up, and Tara tears herself apart trying to fit the unrelenting ballet mould, she must learn to find, and trust, her own voice before she loses everything that truly matters in the dogged pursuit of who she thought she was, rather than who she has become.

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Director
Jeffrey Walker
Writers
Samantha Strauss
Producer
Joanna Werner
Executive Producers
Louise Smith  Joanna Werner
Dir. of Photography
Martin McGrath ASC
Composer
David Hirschfelder
Editor
Geoff Lamb
Production Designer
Chris Kennedy
Cast
Xenia Goodwin - Alicia Banit - Dena Kaplan - Jordan Rodrigues - Keiynan Lonsdale - Thomas Lacey - Tara Morice - Miranda Otto
Production Completion
2017
Genre
Family
Production Company
Werner Film Productions Pty Ltd
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