Mad Hot Ballroom (2005)

Directed by

Marilyn Agrelo

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Fifth graders in New York City public schools learn ballroom dancing through a school program. It follows several groups of kids as they practice different dance styles and prepare for a citywide competition.

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What happens

Mad Hot Ballroom is a 2005 American documentary film directed and co-produced by Marilyn Agrelo and written and co-produced by Amy Sewell, about a ballroom dance program in the New York City Department of Education, the New York City public school system for fifth graders. Several styles of dance are shown in the film, such as tango, foxtrot, swing, rumba, and merengue. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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