Into the Beat

Dancemovie
2020

Production: Lieblingsfilm GmbH
Co-Production: ZDF, KIKA, SK PRODUKTIONS, SENATOR FILM
Förderung: MDM, FFHSH, FFF BAYERN, BKM, FFA, DFFF, mit Initiative DER BESONDERE KINDERFILM
Distribution: Wild Bunch germany
Locations: Leipzig und Hamburg

Director: Stefan Westerwelle
Screenplay: Stefan Westerwelle und Hannah Schweier
After an idea of: Vera Kissel
Producers: Thomas Blieninger, Philipp Budweg
Co-Producers: Sonja Ewers, Marc Gabizon, Sebastian Kursawe, Michael Stumpf, Astrid Plenk
Editorial Offices: Jörg von den Steinen

Main Cast: Alexandra Pfeifer, Yalany Marschner, Trystan Pütter, Katrin Pollit, Anton Wichers, Ina Geraldine Guy, Julius Nitschkoff, Dennis Kyere, Helen Schneider

Katya (Alexandra Pfeifer) is an outstanding ballet talent. She trains hard for auditions at the New York Ballet Academy and has a good chance of getting a scholarship. But when she meets a group of street dancers, a whole new world opens up to her: in contrast to classical ballet, street dance is free and explosive, without rules, the laws of gravity seem to be out of force. Katya’s heart catches fire for the new style, where she can express all her emotions and for the introverted Marlon, a gifted hip-hop dancer (Yalany Marschner). He recognizes their potential as a dancer and invites them to join him in an audition of the world-famous street dance crew Sonic Tigers. Katya immerses herself in a hitherto unknown attitude to life of lightheartedness, community and spontaneity. She senses she can’t go back to ballet. But her father Victor (Trystan Pütter), a famous ballet star, takes a different view. But Katya follows the dance of her heart can she make the jump?

 

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