Were You…Born to Dance, Like This Multimillion-Dollar Dance Movie?
EntertainmentBorn to Dance, a forthcoming New Zealander dance film that appears to employ elements from past dance films such as You Got Served, Step Up 4: Revolution, and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (and, maybe, the documentary Rize), follows the story of Tu, a working class dude and an incredible dancer who thinks just maybe his aspirations can get him out of the Army—as does Sasha, the fetching lady who inspires him to follow his dreams. It apparently counts as New Zealand’s first “multi-million-dollar hip-hop film,” and is choreographed by Parris Goebel—who also choreographed Step Up: All In, aka Step Up 5 to completists.
Does this look as formulaic as every other dance movie? Yes! Do you want to see the hell out of it regardless? Hell Yes! But you’ll have to wait if you don’t live in New Zealand or won’t be attending the Toronto International Film Festival, where it opens this month.
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