Gotta Dance Film Series - NPL Teenspace - The Newark Public Library

Gotta Dance – Teen Film Festival

Join us at the Main Library on Thursdays at 3:00 pm for a series of films about dance.

These films are sponsored by the Prudential Foundation as part of the Summer Reading Challenge.

July 9 – August 27, 2009
Thursdays at 3:00 pm
(Open to teens)

Main Library
5 Washington Street
4th Floor Auditorium

Date	Description
July 9, 2009	Will DJ, a talented street dancer, learn to stop dancing as an individual, and start stepping as a team as part of his college fraternity in time for the National Step Championship? Rated PG-13, 114 minutes.
July 16, 2009	Sara is a small-town girl with big dreams of becoming a world-class ballerina. Relocated to Chicago's South Side, she meets Derek, who shares her love for music and dance. Rated PG-13, 112 minutes.
July 23, 2009	Part two of last week's film, Sara has made it to Juilliard, but finds herself torn between her talent for classical dance and her passion for hip-hop—and a musician named Miles. Rated PG-13, 83 minutes.
July 30, 2009	Ballroom dance instructor Pierre is hired by an inner-city high school principal to supervise detention for the school�s most troubled students. When he takes an interest in their hop-hop dancing, together they create a new style of dancing that takes the students all the way to a national competition. Rated PG-13, 108 minutes.
August 6, 2009	Devon snares the top spot in the marching band of a Southern university, where he quickly discovers that it takes more than talent to make it on the drumline. Rated PG-13, 122 minutes.
August 13, 2009	Secret ballroom dancing lessons mark the beginning of a workaholic's making changes in his life. Rated PG-13, 106 minutes.
August 20, 2009	Charming Rafael follows cool Ruby to Las Vegas for the World Open Dance Championships, where Ruby is competing with another. Rafael, however, is looking for more than just a dance partner. Rated PG, 127 minutes.
August 27, 2009	This documentary follows New York City fourth and fifth graders preparing for a ballroom dance competition. They will merengue, tango, and rumba their way into your heart forever. Rated PG, 105 minutes.

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