The Mad Hot Ballroom is a 2005 American documentary film directed and produced jointly by Marilyn Agrelo and written and co-produced by Amy Sewell, on ballroom dance programs in New York City's Department of Education, New York City public school system for fifth graders. Some dance styles are featured in movies, such as tango, foxtrot, swing, rumba and merengue.
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Plot
Based on feature articles written by Sewell, Mad Hot Ballroom looks into the lives of 11-year-old New York City public school kids who travel to dance worlds and reveal pieces of themselves along the way. Told from the students 'point of view as children struggle toward the city's final competition, the film tells of students' experiences at three schools in the Tribeca, Bensonhurst and Washington Heights neighborhoods. The students are united by an interest in ballroom dancing lessons, built over a 10-week period and culminated in a competition to find schools that have produced the best dancers in town. When teachers persuade their students to learn the intricacies of different disciplines, Agrelo juxtaposes class recordings with students' reflections on life; many of these reveal the underlying maturity.
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Release
The documentary aired at the 2005 Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah and purchased by Paramount Classics and Nickelodeon Movies. It had a limited theatrical release in the United States on May 13, 2005. Mad Hot Ballroom was the second best-selling documentary in 2005 after March of the Penguins. On February 7, 2012, it has earned over $ 8.1 million, making it the 16th best-selling documentary in the United States (in nominal dollars, from 1982 to the present).
Awards
Awards awarded to Mad Hot Ballroom include:
- The Christopher Award 2006
- Best Documentary at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2005
- The Audience Award at the Philadelphia Film Festival
- Satellite Award for Best Documentary Features 2005
See also
- Pierre Dulaine
References
External links
- Official website
- americanballroomtheater.com - Dance Classroom
- Mad Hot Ballroom on IMDb
- Mad Hot Ballroom in Box Office Mojo
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