Take the Lead

Name: Take the Lead
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 2006-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 6.9

About Take the Lead

A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom dancer, Pierre Dulane.

Take the Lead is a 2006 music film directed by Liz Friedlander. Its themes are dance and dancing master.

Antonio Banderas takes the lead as Pierre Dulaine, Rob Brown as Rock, Yaya DaCosta as LaRhette, and Alfre Woodard as Augustine James. At 118 minutes long, it arrived in March 2006.

The screenplay is by Dianne Houston.

Step Up, Shall We Dance?, and Battle make useful companions to Take the Lead. TMDB voters put it at 6.9 out of 10 across 765 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.