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Pierre Dulaine (Antonio Banderas) is
a prize-winning ballroom dancer and instructor from Manhattan who volunteers his
services to a high school in one of the roughest neighborhoods in the Bronx.
Principal Augustine James (Alfre Woodard) in turn gives Dulaine a tough
assignment, a detention class with some of the biggest troublemakers on campus.
When the kids learn that Dulaine intends to teach them how to dance in the
classic style, they're incredulous at best and dismissive at worst, until
Dulaine demonstrates his moves for the class. While Dulaine's charges respect
his talent, they have their own way of dancing, and as they mix hip-hop moves
with ballroom discipline, they create an exciting new style. Dulaine also
strives to instill self-confidence and a work ethic in his kids, insisting they
can make their way out of the ghetto if they're willing to try.
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