Abstract
This paper compares and contrasts two movies that deal with ballroom dance, "Mad Hot Ballroom" and "Take the Lead". The paper looks at "Mad hot ballroom", a documentary that follows three schools from different parts of New York during the preparation and the competition for the Challenge Trophy at the Colours of the Rainbow Finals in Manhattan. The paper then examines the second movie, "Take the lead", a fictional Hollywood movie inspired by Pierre Dulaine and the ballroom program.

From the Paper
"This essay will compare and contrast two movies that deal with ballroom dance 10 week school program that was introduced in 1994 by a ballroom teacher and dancer Pierre Dulaine and that now exists in many New York public schools as a compulsory part of the curriculum. "Mad hot ballroom" is a documentary that follows three schools from different parts of New York during the preparation and the competition for the Challenge Trophy at the Colours of the Rainbow Finals in Manhattan. The second movie, "Take the lead" is a fictional Hollywood movie inspired by Pierre Dulaine and the ballroom program. The two movies will be compared and contrasted in..."

Tags:children, mad hot ballroom, take the lead

Abstract
The paper compares and contrasts two movies "Mad Hot Ballroom" and "Take The Lead", which deal with the ballroom dance school program and its impact on the children. The paper examines the importance that is placed on the voices of the children in both films. The paper relates that both films show how a short dance class can impact children and teenagers. The paper argues, however, that in "Mad Hot Ballroom" the voices of the children are better represented and the experiences and agendas of childhood are more realistically portrayed.

From the Paper
"Both films deal with the same topic: introducing ballroom dancing to children and the impact that this exposure has on the childern. However, there are many differences between the two films in how this is done. One of the biggest differences is in the age of the children. While the students of the documentary are 4th and 5th graders and thus 10-12 years of age, those of the "Take the lead" are older teenagers in high school. The children in "Mad hot ballroom" are from different social, economic, religious and cultural groups, while the children in "Take the lead" are "ghetto" children (at least "ghetto" in the Hollywood sense), mostly black, from lower social and economic groups."

Tags:Pierre, Dulaine, documentary, Hollywood, ages, approaches