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.
学习社交舞不是中年叔叔阿姨的专利，连小朋友也可以玩得很投入。被誉为《我们来跳舞》＋《舞国英雄》小孩版的《狂热舞厅》(Mad Hot Ballroom)中，纽约的公立小学早年为校内的5年级生安排社交舞课程。影片追踪来自3所学校的学生利用课堂以外的时间学习探戈、狐步、Swing及森巴等，小朋友在学习的过程中抛开种族隔膜，从而建立自信及团队精神。小朋友最后还要参加比赛，看老师及家长紧张的样子，也替他们捏一把汗。

从1994年开始，纽约教育主管部门将舞蹈课引入教育体系。因此，从曼哈顿到布鲁克林的公立学校都开始响起“一、二、三”“左、右、左”的舞蹈排练声……电影将摄像机对准了三间学校的五年级学生，关于他们如何在学校舞蹈课开始迈出他们人生的第一步探戈舞步，关于他们如何尽情享受生活和艺术带给他们的快乐。当然，既然是课程，必然也会有考试，而其中最让他们期待的是最后的一年一度的舞蹈大赛。