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Ball & Socket
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Ball & Socket

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Drama

Guy, a once-promising dancer now entering the uncertain stretch of middle age, is thrown off course when he dislocates his shoulder in the middle of a live performance, an injury that leaves him suspended between recovery and the painful possibility that his career may never return to what it was. Unsure of his place in the world of dance and increasingly reliant on painkillers and self-doubt, he accepts a weekend teaching job upstate, hoping the small detour will provide clarity.

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Directors
Ben Cook, Yesenia Ayala
Production companies
Hechtman Filmworks
Countries
United States of America
Status
Post Production

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Zach McNallyZach McNallyGuy
Kate Jennings GrantKate Jennings GrantMelinda
Calvin KnegtenCalvin KnegtenCaleb

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