Diana A 7 2011

Mad Hot Ballroom



What does the word "teamwork" means to you?
What the word teamwork means to me is when some people work together and they help you when they are helping you too.

This documentary takes place in New York city public schools in 1994 and was introduced to 5th graders. Today 6,000 kids from over 6o schools are required to take this 10-week course. There are a few schools that compete on a dance competition. They dance and practice before the dance witch is 8 weeks away.


How do you see these students trying to work together?
They support each other and they don't say anything like they don't want to dance with the boys or the girls. They just enjoy practicing with each other without saying things and complaining because they don't want to be with the partner that they were assigned to dance with. They do a lot of teamwork to support everyone without saying complaining.

How important was teamwork for these students?
Teamwork was really important to this students because they had to work together in order to to get where their goal is. They work together really hard to get to the finals and to achieve what they really want.

What do you think is the main message that these students should take away from this experience?
To prove that anyone can be something in the world and that anyone can achieve their goals.

How will you work together with your teammates in Globaloria?
The way that I would work in a team with my fellow students is by working together and helping each other on what we need help with. We would support each other more then we do. This will help because we are having more help and we would work harder because we understand things better by the support that we had by our fellow students.