A 17-year-old high-school student sets her sights on being a professional ballerina, but she has to put her plans on hold when her mother is killed in a car accident and she is forced to move to her father's bleak Chicago neighborhood. Intimidated by inner-city life, she turns to the clubs for refuge, where she meets a young black man who shares her love for dancing. As their mutual respect evolves, they soon discover that peer pressure is a more formidable obstacle to romance than differences in race or class.

GENRE: Romance, Drama, Music
MPAA RATING: PG-13
RUN TIME: 1h 52m
RELEASE DATE: January 12, 2001
STARRING: Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington, Terry Kinney, Bianca Lawson
DIRECTOR(S): Thomas Carter
PRODUCER(S): Robert W. Cort, David Madden
WRITER(S): Duane Adler, Cheryl Edwards
STUDIO: Paramount Pictures