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...Pierre, who volunteers to supervise after-school detention for the high-schoolers (the real Dulaine taught grammar-school kids), has a steely will to match theirs. He will teach them the seven classic ballroom dances: waltz, Viennese waltz, fox trot, swing, tango, rumba and meringay. And if they dedicate themselves to it, they can compete in the city-wide dance-off at the end of the term. One kids sneers: "Music is corny. There's no feeling." To prove he's wrong, Pierre bends and blends. When someone proposes to mix the standards repertoire with a hip-hop beat, Pierre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! | 4/7/2006 | See Source »

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