'HOT' MOVES The kids of Washington Heights PS 115 practice for the competition
Mad Hot Ballroom
At last, a documentary that won't bore your kids. This one introduces you to 11-year-old kids from three New York City schools — in workaday Bensonhurst, upscale Tribeca, and hardscrabble Washington Heights (shown) — who are training for the citywide ballroom competition. It's a pleasure to watch them learn the moves, but the kids also speak trenchantly about their home lives, their schooling, and their choreographed courtship with members of the opposite sex. Whether or not they're dancing toward a prize, these kids have grace and style.
