MovieChat Forums > Flashdance (1983) Discussion > Alex character was TOO OLD to join a pre...

Alex character was TOO OLD to join a prestigious ballet school


With no professional training and already 18, they would have passed. Maybe they would have given her the name of a modern dance company if they were impressed with her dancing but they wouldn't have accepted her as a ballet student.

Also, since the fact that the only reason she got the tryout was because she was sleeping with a ballet patron (who gives money to support the art), that's creepy too!

reply

she was self trained freestyle modern dance =good chance to make the cut, especially if shr got to go to Jacobs Pillow dance classes

~*~~*~

"Ooh!Pass the popcorn! This is gonna be good!"

reply

Cheap, maybe. Slutty. Not creepy. Can people please stop using this word incorrectly?

reply

Was it a school or a company? It seems highly unlikely she would be hire to dance for a company. And I would think they would steer her toward modern dance for sure.

------------------------
"Love means never having to say you're ugly." - the Abominable Dr. Phibes

reply