Amanda Schull

Amanda Schull Instagram – 25 years ago I was in the right place at the right time. I was in my favorite city, San Francisco, I was about to become an apprentice with one of the world’s best ballet companies, @sfballet, and I was given the opportunity to audition for and then portray the role of #jodysawyer in the movie #Centerstage. Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that this movie would have the impact that it has. It shaped the course of my life. And I learned this past weekend that it has moved more people than I realized. Almost 25 years to the exact last day of filming Center Stage I had the absolute honor to attend @sfdancefilmfest screening of the film at the Herbst theater in San Francisco co-presented by my former company, @sfballet. Everyone in attendance was there to celebrate not just the movie, but also dance and the power of art. The divine @ladycamden whipped the crowd into a state of fervor I was truly not prepared for and I felt a swell of love from the audience that I will never in my life forget. We make art hoping that someone somewhere will see it and feel a stir within themselves that validates the countless hours of anguish in our pursuit. But to still feel the ripples of that affirmation 25 years later is astounding. I will carry the flutters you all gave me on the stage of the Herbst theater in my pocket for the rest of my life.
Thank you to the luminous @garenscribner for creating the most magnificent homecoming for me and the film. Thank you to the San Francisco Dance Film Festival for making the evening possible. Thank you to everyone who attended and said the lines aloud, and sang the songs and tapped the choreography and went on the journey with all of those young dancers. Thank you to @sonypictures for taking the risk on an unknown dancer for the role, I owe my path to that gamble. Thank you to patrons of the arts everywhere.
(and thank you to those who have actually read this very long-winded message)
📸: @reneffolsonproductions
👗: The exquisite @peggyhartanto
Whose pieces always make me feel special.
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