揭示了纽约市公立小学舞蹈课程的实态,从舞蹈的角度扩展,将居住于城市边缘的工人阶级的子女、多米尼加等国移民子弟的生存现状一展无遗。但影片并没有过分深入探讨相对敏感的内容,而是将不同阶层、不同种族,在舞蹈艺术的魅力面前束手就擒的一面细致描摹,从而将社会性与娱乐性完美结合。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.