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The documentary film First Position were filmed in 2011. First Position were about six inspiring young dancers as they prepared themselves for the big stage in the Youth America Grand Prix in New York City. The Youth America Grand Prix is an annual competition for dancers ages 9-19 to earn a place at an elite ballet company or school. In the film there were three young boys and young girls, Rebecca Houseknecht being the oldest at the age of 17 and Jules Fogarty  being the youngest at the age of 10. The other dancers were Aran Bell, Miko Fogarty, Joan Sebastian Zamora,and Michaela DePrince. The film started off with Aran playing around the house and then he explained when he started ballet at the age of four. Aran comes from a military family as his father is a doctor in the Navy and in the film they lived in Italy. After Aran and his family talked the film transition to him being at ballet practice as he prepare himself for the Youth America Grand Prix. After that the film went over to Michaela, Michaela has an interesting story as she is from Africa. Michaela is from Sierra Leone and her parents died in the Civil War, she got adopted and came over to United States. Miko and Jules are brothers and sisters, even though they practice together Miko is better than Jules. Joan Sebastian is a 16-year old boy who have family in Colombia that is rooting for him to do a great job at the Youth America Grand Prix. Rebecca is a 17 year-old girl who is looking for a spot in a professional company as she goes to the Youth America Grand Prix. The film is basically them talking about how much it means to them to go to the Youth America Grand Prix as they prepare themselves for it. All of these dancers have different goals as they prepare themselves for the big show case in New York. As the young dancers want awards, the middle ones want scholarships to ballet schools, and the oldest ones like Rebecca want a contract. At the Youth America Grand Prix the dancers showed off their skills and hard work that they put in for the big stage. Out of six dancers only three of them got something out of the Youth America Grand Prix. As Aran won best overall performance for his division, Miko got a bronze medal, and Michaela won a scholarship to a school.