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Saturday, July 30, 2005
Anyone can make it if they learn how to shake it.
 Gotta tell ya, if the movie Mad Hot Ballroom is playing in any theater near YOU, you really MUST go see it.What a wonderfully uplifting documentary. In case you haven't heard about this little film, the filmmakers chronicle a 10-week period in the lives of 5th graders in NYC who are participating in a program to learn ballroom dancing. The hope of these kids is to be selected to their school's team in order to represent their school in the city-wide ballroom dancing competition at the end of the 10-weeks. Each school sends a team of 6 couples to compete--5 couples who will each dance a different dance, and 1 couple that is the alternate, in case someone is unable to compete. The dances that the kids learn are the Merengue, the Rumba, the Foxtrot, the Tango, and the Swing. I absolutely loved the film. Those kids are amazing. Not because they are wonderful dancers--some are, some aren't. But because they have amazing spirit. I love little Wilson (who happens to be the beautiful little boy on the poster above), who steals your heart; he barely speaks any English, but can rumba like NO ONE'S business. And wee Cyrus, who is so adorable that I want to put him in my pocket and take him home, who says, "I felt like even though I did my best, I still could have done better." And all of the little Latinas who, even at 11 years old, ooze that Latin sensuality on the dance floor, and know how to use those hips. Just so wonderful. Maybe it was because these little 11-year-olds remind me so much of the kids I teach. Maybe it was because I absolutely knew how those teachers felt about those kids because I feel that way about my kids, too. I think it was because I didn't stop smiling at the screen from the moment the movie began until the credits rolled at the end. Literally. I had a silly grin on my face from beginning to end. I felt ridiculous. But I couldn't help it. And, really, when's the last time you saw a movie that made you grin like an idiot the whole way through? Can't remember, can you? That's what I thought. If you have the opportunity, I strongly suggest... Go. See. This. Film. ¶ Ξ PDawg Composed at 10:10:00 PM |
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