--- title: 'Take the Lead (2006)' type: 'film' director: 'Liz Friedlander' released: '2006-01-01' runtime_minutes: 117 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Music' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/take-the-lead-2006' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446046/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Take the Lead (2006) 2006 · 117 min · Drama, Music · United States ## Synopsis Take the Lead is a 2006 American drama dance film directed by Liz Friedlander in her feature directional debut and starring Antonio Banderas as dance instructor Pierre Dulaine, the founder of Dancing Classrooms. It also stars Alfre Woodard, John Ortiz, Rob Brown, Yaya DaCosta, Dante Basco, Elijah Kelley, and Jenna Dewan. The film was released on April 7, 2006. Although based in New York City, it was filmed in Toronto. Stock footage of various locations in New York City was used. ## Credits - **Director:** [Liz Friedlander](https://cinepixo.com/people/liz-friedlander) - **Screenplay:** [Dianne Houston](https://cinepixo.com/people/dianne-houston) - **Original Music Composer:** [Swizz Beatz](https://cinepixo.com/people/swizz-beatz) - **Director of Photography:** [Alex Nepomniaschy](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-nepomniaschy) ## Cast - [Rob Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/rob-brown) - [Jasika Nicole](https://cinepixo.com/people/jasika-nicole) - [Jenna Dewan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jenna-dewan) - [Marcus T. Paulk](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcus-t-paulk) - [Jo Chim](https://cinepixo.com/people/jo-chim) - [Katya Virshilas](https://cinepixo.com/people/katya-virshilas) - [Dante Basco](https://cinepixo.com/people/dante-basco) - [Lyriq Bent](https://cinepixo.com/people/lyriq-bent) - [Alfre Woodard](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfre-woodard) - [Tony Craig](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-craig) - [Laura Benanti](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-benanti) - [John Ortiz](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ortiz) - [Yaya DaCosta](https://cinepixo.com/people/yaya-dacosta) - [Antonio Banderas](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-banderas) - [Elijah Kelley](https://cinepixo.com/people/elijah-kelley) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/take-the-lead-2006 Film facts: Wikidata (Q761740); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.