Hope Dances

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Hope Dances

2017

1h 30m

7.1(7 votes)

Family

Drama

Overview

Hope Douglas has a dream but her parents have thrown her into battle between playing sports and dancing ballet. When a tragedy strikes, Hope has to make a difficult choice that will decide her fate - which way does she go?

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9 featured cast members

Starring

Michael Swan

Yuri

Michael Cotter

Jay Douglas

Avarose Dillon

Hope Douglas

Sunny Doench

Tina Douglas

Karen Kahn

Vivi

Astrid McWilliams

Gigi

Sasha Desola

Natasha

Gianna Gularte

Kayla

Elaina Greenwalt

Dani

Creative team

Directed by: Andrew Dillon
Written by: Andrew Dillon
Produced by: Andrew Dillon

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