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| Mad Hot Ballroom | 
 enlarge | Director: Marilyn Agrelo
Actors: Tara Devon Gallagher, Alex Tchassov, Ann Reinking, Jatnna Toribio, Cyrus Hernstadt
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  95 reviews
Sales Rank: 3772
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 105
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D345554D
ISBN: 141571455X
UPC: 097363455547
EAN: 9781415714553
ASIN: B000ADS6DA
Theatrical Release Date: May 13, 2005
Release Date: October 18, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 No violence. Very New York. Fun at the end December 26, 2007
The film is a lot of fun and very enjoyable. You jump up off the couch.
 Mad Hot Ballroom December 12, 2007
I purchased this on the recommendation of a friend. I enjoy dance films but was skeptical about this one with children. It carries you along with all the young students. It is tasteful and at the end you are cheering. Nicely put together to make an interesting story.
Dance Lovers Delight December 10, 2007
If you like "Dancing with the Stars" you'll love this real life dance contest between students in New York City.
You'll enjoy every minute. A school teacher's must.
Mad Hot Ballroom July 23, 2007
There's enough sizzle in this wonderful doc to power hundreds of preteen dance lessons, especially as the kids Agrela features--Dominican and Italian, uptowners and outer-borough residents--come from many walks of life. Aside from seeing these youths develop into fancy, sophisticated hoofers, one great charm of the film is hearing the budding dancers talk about their lives, aspirations, and (of course!) the opposite sex. With a leg up on rousing, uplifting entertainment, "Mad Hot Ballroom" makes "American Idol" look like vacuous child's play.
going for the gold April 28, 2007
this documentary is great until the halfway point. then it sort of turns into 'rocky' for preteen ballroom students.
but getting to this eventual point is filled with joys and heartbreaks. as a teacher, i can't watch the middle section. i just want to cry too. it's not so much because of the loss, but it's because of the accomplishment as well. this documentary is very much about the students' but you can't miss the folks that teach them something that requires extra time and preparation. they have fun, but they also feel their dreams of glamour and success revive as well. and the many forms that takes, from emotional tearbreaks to momma rose-like grit, are very real and equally powerful.
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