High Strung

Apr 8, 2016

1h 36m

★ 7.0

See the music. Hear the dance.

Overview

When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, sparks fly. With the help of a hip hop dance crew they must find a common ground while preparing for a competition that could change their lives forever.

Genres

Music

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

Sforzando Productions

Castel Film

Riviera Films

High Strung Trailers

Cast

Ruby

Keenan Kampa

Johnnie

Nicholas Galitzine

Jazzy

Sonoya Mizuno

Oksana

Jane Seymour

Kyle

Richard Southgate

Kramrovsky

Paul Freeman

Hayward Jones III

Marcus Emanuel Mitchell

Markova

Maia Morgenstern

April

Anabel Kutay

Krispy

John Silver

Rik

Ian Eastwood

Poptart

Comfort Fedoke

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