Antonio Banderas takes on the role of real-life ballroom instructor, Pierre Dulaine, who teaches inner-city kids how to dance. Find out if Take the Lead sizzles or fizzles!
Take the Lead - Kidz In the Hood
After a night of
whirling around the dance floor, Pierre Dulaine is heading home when he runs into a high school senior named
Rock, who's in the middle of
trashing the principal's car. Wanting to reach out to
troubled teens and teach them a thing or two about
respect and manners, he signs up to teach
ballroom dancing to the
school rejects. Think these tough, New York
inner-city kids - who love all things
hip-hop - will embrace the waltz and the foxtrot?
Take the Lead - Ballroom Meets Hip-Hop
Meet the school rejects
serving time in
detention - Rock, who's dangerously close to
joining a gang, Larhette (played by former
ANTM contestant, Yaya DaCosta), who blames Rock for the death of her brother, Caitlin (played by
Degrassi's Lauren Collins), a rich girl who doesn't exactly have it easy, and a whole crew of other
teens with problems. At first, ballroom dancing is just a joke to them, but things heat up when they
fuse ballroom and
breakdance to come up with
something fresh!
Take the Lead - A Few False Steps
After a
slow start, Pierre gets the students fired up to compete in the ballroom championship. But inbetween scenes of
smoldering tangos and
funky breakbeats, you might get
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