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JammX Kids Cant Dance Dont Want To Adventure One

2009-11-21T18:25:41-05:00

Forget about just sitting on the sofa and watching television passively and jump up with the JammX Kids in a live-action adventure that aims to get kids up on their feet and learning the latest dance moves. Josh is just dying to ask Bianca to the upcoming middle-school dance, but thanks to a severe case of two left feet, he just can't seem to muster up the courage to approach her. All he needs is a lesson on how to move when the music comes on though, and with a little help from the JammX Kids and the viewers at home he's sure to make a good impression on the dance floor. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Mad Hot Ballroom

2009-11-20T14:35:23-05:00

Every year, the New York Public School system sponsors a dance competition for youngsters in fifth grade; in this contest, boys and girls ages 10 and 11 learn traditional ballroom dancing styles such as the fox trot, the rumba, and the tango, and then pit their skills against other students from around the Big Apple. Mad Hot Ballroom is a documentary which offers an inside look at this event, as well as the teachers and students who take part, with a particular emphasis on three schools: P.S. 112, in a Bensonhurst neighborhood dominated by Italian and Asian families; P.S. 150, located in the wealthy and fashionable Tribeca district; and P.S. 115, a Washington Heights school where the vast majority of families live below the poverty line. Filmmaker Marilyn Agrelo follows the young dancers as they gain confidence and skill and grow into "little ladies and gentlemen," as one teacher puts it, while also examining how cultural differences impact the competition for some students and how the boys and girls feel about the opposite sex as they begin to make friends with one another. Mad Hot Ballroom received a wildly enthusiastic world premiere at the 2005 Slamdance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Mad Hot Ballroom

2009-11-19T15:55:28-05:00

JammX Kids Cant Dance Dont Want To Adventure One

2009-11-16T18:31:41-05:00

Mad Hot Ballroom

2009-11-16T18:09:26-05:00

Rize

2009-11-15T16:52:42-05:00

Noted photographer David LaChapelle makes his feature directorial debut with this documentary on a new facet of street culture in South Central Los Angeles. In 1992, after long-simmering racial tensions in Los Angeles erupted in riots following the verdicts in the Rodney King trial, a man named Tommy Johnson sought to spread a new message in a new way to the city's African-Americans. Creating a character called Tommy the Clown, Johnson developed an act that combined hip-hop-flavored comedy and dancing with an anti-gang and anti-violence message. Johnson's performances became wildly popular in South Central -- so much so that at one point, 50 different groups inspired by Johnson's example were performing in the area. In time, Johnson's loose-limbed dance style inspired a new wave of hip-hop street dancing called "krumping," a wildly athletic style in which arms, legs, and bodies fly with a frenzied abandon that moves at almost inhuman speeds. Rize follows the birth of clown dancing and krumping in South Central, and records how many young people have adopted the dance as a style of competition, offering a safer and healthier alternative to the gang culture that has long dominated Los Angeles. Rize premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Darrins Dance Grooves

2009-11-14T20:33:48-05:00

Darrin Henson is one of the busiest and best dancer/choreographers working in popular music today. He got his start showing off his moves on the TV shows Club MTV and Soul Food, and has since designed dance routines for Britney Spears, *NSYNC, Jordan Knight, and many others. Darrin's Dance Grooves is an instructional video in which Henson breaks down his style and techniques, and teaches viewers how to dance just like their favorite pop stars. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Tru2form Reggaeton Latin HipHop Workout

2009-11-14T14:17:13-05:00

Gloria Araya-Quinlin leads viewers on this cardio workout based on Latin and hip hop dance moves, creating a routine that fits in with Reggaeton music dance scene. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide

Rize

2009-11-10T15:14:21-05:00

Rize

2009-11-07T19:37:12-05:00

You Got Served Take It to the Streets

2009-11-06T12:30:49-05:00

You Got Served in the multiplexes, now get served on the concrete as you learn the latest dance moves from the street with choreographers Dave Scott, Christopher Jones, and Robert James Hoffman III. Before you know it, you'll be serving up the freshest moves on the block. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Rize

2009-11-05T11:47:59-05:00

DJ Dizzys Dance Hizzy

2009-11-04T23:12:04-05:00

The instructional video DJ Dizzy's Dance Hizzy features a variety of choreographers teaching children a variety of steps in disciplines as varied as hip-hop and ballet. In addition to providing children with rudimentary concepts of dance, the video provides a good workout for kids. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Mad Hot Ballroom

2009-11-04T11:30:33-05:00

Mad Hot Ballroom

2009-11-02T05:28:09-05:00