Flashdance - Locations

Locations

Much of the film was shot in locations around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:

• The ice skating rink on which Jeanie falls was filmed at Monroeville Mall. This was the same ice skating rink used in the George A. Romero horror film Dawn of the Dead (1978).
• The fictional Pittsburgh Conservatory of Dance and Repertory was filmed inside the lobby and in front of Carnegie Music Hall, a part of the Carnegie Museum of Art, located near the University of Pittsburgh campus in Oakland.
• Alex's apartment was located in the South Side neighborhood of Pittsburgh.
• Alex is seen riding one of the Duquesne Incline cable cars when she goes to visit Hannah.
• Hannah's apartment is located at 2100 Sidney Street at the southeast corner of South 21st Street. The entrance to the apartment is from South 21st Street.
• The opening sequence of scenes with Alex riding her bicycle starts on Warren Street at its intersection with Catoma Street. She rides south on Warren Street to Henderson Street. She makes a hairpin turn from Henderson Street onto Fountain Street. She is next shown riding south on Middle Street. The last scene of the sequence shows Alex riding east over the Smithfield Street Bridge which is a continuity error.