Where They Went

Flashdance (1983)

Directed by Adrian Lyne

A Pittsburgh steel welder who dances in a working-class bar at night dreams of getting into the city's prestigious ballet conservatory.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Mawby's bar
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    ≈ 00:02:00
    Stated on screen

    Alex performs one of her routines at the neighbourhood bar while her boss Nick watches from the crowd.

  2. 2Steel mill
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    ≈ 00:10:00
    Stated on screen

    By day she welds at the steel mill that Nick runs.

  3. 3Alex's warehouse home
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    ≈ 00:15:00
    Inferred

    She lives with her dog in a converted warehouse, practising dance moves.

  4. 4Conservatory of Dance
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    ≈ 00:22:00
    Stated on screen

    Intimidated by the other applicants, she leaves without taking an application form.

  5. 5Conservatory audition hall
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    ≈ 01:20:00
    Stated on screen
  6. 6Outside the conservatory
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    ≈ 01:28:00
    Inferred

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
0.0 km
Places
1
Countries
1
Stops
6
  • Not shown: 0.0 km
  • Bicycle: 0.0 km
  • On foot: 0.0 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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