Release Year: 2005 Rating: PG Duration: 110 minutes Director: Marilyn Agrelo Producer: Marilyn Agrelo, Amy Sewell Distributor: Paramount Classics
synopsis
Eleven-year-old New York City public school kids journey into the world of ballroom dancing and reveal pieces of themselves and their world along the way. Told from their candid, sometimes hilarious perspectives, these kids are transformed, from reluctant participants to determined competitors, from typical urban kids to "ladies and gentlemen," on their way to try to compete in the final citywide competition. Providing unique insight into the incredible cultural diversity that is New York City, this film profiles several kids from three schools (out of 60) at this dynamic age, when becoming that "cool" teenager vies for position with familiar innocence, while they learn the merengue, rumba, tango, the foxtrot and swing.
cast
Alyssa Polack as Elsamelys Ulerio as Michell Rodriguez as Tara Devon Gallagher as Wilson Castillo as Yomaira Reynoso as
