Shoed

It is the first Live-Action/Animated hybrid film by Classix Animation Studio.

 Plot 

The film opens with Madame Christine overseeing the dancers's warm-up session, and critiquing the children's number. Kristyn and Hattie are backstage talking when Olive and Dylan perform their Pas de Deux. Kristyn's solo begins and she dances flawlessly, but soon the music overtakes her and she begins to improvise new choreography. Madame Christine chastises her, causing Kristin to fall and rip her shoes, and warns her not to deviate when the international ballet scouts come. Kristin and Hattie leave to get a new pair of shoes, while Olive's father tries to convince Madame to let his daughter have another solo - Kristyn's. But Madame tells him that his daughter already has enough solos and walks away.

Meanwhile, while looking for a new pair of shoes, Hattie can't seem to find any Kristyn's size (which is five). But then, the costume mistress, Madame Katrina gives Kristyn a pair of red pointe shoes that overwhelm her. When she tries them on, she and Hattie are suddenly transported to a magical animated CGI world, which turns out to be the ballet world of Giselle, where Kristyn has transformed into Giselle. She starts to dance Giselle's solo and dances beautifully. However, when Lord Albrecht asks her to marry him and is interrupted by Hilarion, Kristyn rejects them both. Hattie reminds her of the tragic ending of the ballet, and suggests that they leave.

As they are about to leave, they are nearly run over by an icy sleigh ridden by the Snow Queen, who rules the ballet world. She demands to know why the dancers have deviated from the story, and where 'Giselle' is. Hilarion tries to cover for her, but the Queen turns to Giselle's mother, Persephonie. The Snow Queen knows when Persephonie tries to lie to her and turns her into an ice-sculpture. Hilarion and Albrecht agree to work together to find Giselle. Meanwhile, Hattie has figured out that the shoes are behind everything and tries to convince Kristyn to take them off. However, Kristyn refuses and runs away. When Hattie catches up, she finds Kristyn at a lake and that she has now transformed into Queen Odette.

Prince Siegfried happens upon them, and asks 'Odette' to dance, while Rothbart looks on. The Prince asks 'Odette' to come his party that night and she agrees. However, Rothbart wants his daughter, Odile to marry the Prince and turns Kristyn and Hattie into swans to detain them. The Snow Queen arrives, approves of Rothbart's plan and then leaves to continue looking for the source of the ballet disruptions. After a narrow encounter with Hilarion and Albrecht, Hattie and Kristyn are able to fly away and arrive at the party, knowing that only Siegfried can break Rothbart's spell. Kristyn is able to interrupt the Prince's dance with Odile, who has been disguised to look like 'Odette', and breaks the spell. Unfortunately the Snow Queen has caught up with them and takes Hattie captive as she 'does not belong in the story.'

Distressed and worried for her friend, Kristyn follows the ice trail left by the Snow Queen's sleigh but breaks down and starts crying as she thinks that it is hopeless to find Hattie. Hilarion and Albrecht catch up to her, and Kristyn explains that her friend is missing. She asks them for help in taking on the Snow Queen, and they set off. When they get to the Ice Palace, both men try to convince her of marriage again, but Kristyn says she would never be happy if she doesn't save Hattie. Hilarion and Albrecht decide to help her. Inside the palace, the Snow Queen is furious with Kristyn and proves her point by making Hattie dance the Chinese Doll dance from Coppelia before turning her attention to Kristyn and forcing her to dance as well.

Hilarion and Albrecht try to save Kristyn but are unable to overcome the Snow Queen's powers. Luckily, Kristyn's passion for making up her own choreography allows her to break the Snow Queen's control by herself. As she does so, she undergoes another transformation into a beautiful red, rose-decorated costume. Hattie and the other victims of the Snow Queen un-freeze and Hattie asks Kristyn if she is finally ready to go home, to which Kristyn says "yes" and takes off the red shoes. As they return magically back in the costume shop, Madame Katrina comes in and reminds them that Kristyn needs to be on stage in twenty minutes. Olive gives her a pair of her ballet shoes, and Hattie makes some last-minute adjustments to the costume while the talent scouts watch the other numbers.

Kristyn comes on stage and begins her dance. As she modulates into her own choreography, her dress magically changes from blue and purple to glittery red, and everyone agrees that her dance is amazing. The scouts want to feature Olive and Dylan in their company and ask Kristyn to star in a new ballet with Hattie as her costume designer. As the dancers leave, Madame Katrina takes the red shoes and carefully packs them away, smiling.

 Cast 

Anya Taylor Joy as Kristyn Farraway (live action and voice)

Sydney Mikayla as Hattie Smith (live action and voice)

Madeleline Madden as Olive Perryton and the voice of Odile

Micheal Pena as Mr. Perryton

Ben Vereen as the voice of Rothbart

Donna Murphy as the voice of The Snow Queen

Ansel Elgrot as Dylan Matthews and the voice of Prince Siegfried

Owen Wilson as Ballet Scout #2 and the voice of Hilarion

James Marsden as Ballet Scout #1 and the voice of Lord Albrecht

Kristen Wiig as Mademe Christine

Embeth Davidtz as Mademe Katrina

Amelia Mento as Annie Davis

Differences from the fairytale

Trivia


 * Some of the puppets from the Nickelodeon Series "The Barbarian and the Troll" make cameo roles in the puppet section of the Feliece School of Performing Arts backstage, but not as themselves.