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        <title><![CDATA[‘Center Stage’ star Ethan Stiefel looks very different these days]]></title>
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            <media:title type="html">‘Center Stage’ star Ethan Stiefel looks very different these days</media:title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stars from the cult 2000 movie “Center Stage” <strong>reunited via Zoom</strong> on Tuesday night.</p><p>Zoë Saldana, Amanda Schull, Sascha Radestsky and Ethan Stiefel regaled the audience with behind-the-scenes tales — but it was ballet dancer Steifel’s appearance that had fans buzzing.</p><p>Resembling a Cher-era Gregg Allman with a large blond mustache, Stiefel, 47, looked unrecognizable from the short-haired dancer character that resulted in him becoming a ballet boy pinup.</p><figure id="attachment_5369208"  class="wp-caption aligncenter"><strong><noscript><img data- data-src="/uploads/2020/09/Ethan-Stiefel.png" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" /><noscript><img  data-src="/uploads/2020/09/Ethan-Stiefel.png" /></noscript></noscript><img class="lazyload" src='data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E' data- data-src="/uploads/2020/09/Ethan-Stiefel.png" /></strong><figcaption class="wp-caption-text"><span>Ethan Stiefel joins a &#8220;Center Stage&#8221; reunion Zoom call.</span><span class="credit">YouTube</span></figcaption></figure><p>&#8220;Good god, Ethan Stiefel, that look is a choice,&#8221; wrote one Twitter user, while another added, &#8220;And Ethan Stiefel&#8217;s look is . . . a lot.&#8221;</p><p>Steifel was the principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater from 1997 to 2012. He then became the artistic director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet from 2011 to 2014.</p><p>The &#8220;Center Stage&#8221; chat touched on serious subjects like diversity and representation in ballet. Saldana revealed that the movie was her first big role but she had been a ballet dancer for years.</p><p>“I was incredibly discouraged with the lack of diversity in the classical form dance,” Saldana said. “So my heart was broken. I feel like that was my first heartbreak. So booking ‘Center Stage’ was a sign from the universe where you get to bid off and say goodbye to a part of my life that had been so fundamental up until that point and say hello to another form about that I was inquisitive about but being so insecure. ‘Center Stage’ sealed that deal.”</p><p>The reunion raised funds for the <strong>American Ballet Theatre&#8217;s Crisis Relief Fund</strong>, a charity that helps those working in the world of ballet who have been impacted by cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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