Task: Story Composition
Input (English): Fact1: Mad Hot Ballroom looks inside lives of 11-year-old New York City public school kids Based on feature article written by Sewell, Fact2: children strive toward final citywide competition, Fact3: students are united by interest in ballroom dancing lessons, Fact4: ballroom dancing lessons culminates in competition to find school, Fact5: school has produced best dancers in city
Output (English): Based on a feature article written by Sewell, Mad Hot Ballroom looks inside the lives of 11yearold New York City public school kids who journey into the world of ballroom dancing and reveal pieces of themselves along the way. Told from the students perspectives as the children strive toward the final citywide competition, the film chronicles the experiences of students at three schools in the neighborhoods of Tribeca, Bensonhurst and Washington Heights. The students are united by an interest in the ballroom dancing lessons, which builds over a 10week period and culminates in a competition to find the school that has produced the best dancers in the city. As the teachers cajole their students to learn the intricacies of the various disciplines, Agrelo intersperses classroom footage with the students musings on life; many of these reveal an underlying maturity.