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• March 12, 2007, the star.com
  “Grace under pressure” by Debra Black. Toronto.
• April 4, 2006, The Daily News
  “Mad hot classroom” by Robert Dominguez.
• April 2006, dancespirit
  “Leading by Example” by Adriana Lee. A look inside the hot new hip-hop ballroom flick, Take the Lead.
• April 2006, About.com: Hollywood Movies
  “Antonio Banderas Stars as Dancer Pierre Dulaine in Take the Lead” from Rebecca Murray.
• October 17, 2005, Chicago Tribune
  “Chicago schools ask: Shall we dance?” by Tracy Dell’Angela.
• August 26, 2005, Life
  “One Small Step” by Johnny Dwyer. Photo review of Rainbow Team Match.
• June 28, 2005, The Wall Street Journal
  “Lord of the Ballroom Dance,” by Joanne Kaufman, interview with Pierre Dulaine.
• June 27, 2005, New York Newsday
  “Well, do you wanna dance?,” by Shawna Van Ness.
• June 19, 2005, USA Today
  “‘Mad' rivals clear the dance floor,” by Olivia Barker.
• June 17, 2005, CBS-TV – The Early Show
  “Kids Learn Poise Through Dance.”
• June 16, 2005, TimesLedger
  “Borough tweens mad, hot for ballroom dancing,” by Scott Sieber, covering the Queens 2005 Colors of the Rainbow Semi-Final Team Match.
• May 13, 2005, The New York Times
  “Where the Rumba Is as Much a Part of School as Recess,” by A.O. Scott.
• May 13, 2005, New York Daily News
  “Kids ‘Hot’ to Fox Trot,” by Jami Bernard.
• May 11, 2005 , New York Post
  “Tiny Dancers – Citywide kids dance contest captured in dazzling documentary,” by Mercedes Sanchez.
• May 8, 2005 , New York Daily News
  “Ballroom buds – New York 11-year-olds dance their hearts out in a new documentary," by Nancy Ramsey.
• April 21, 2005, The New York Times
  "Learning to Count, to Two," by Leslie Kaufman.
• April 14, 2005, New York Teacher
  “Gentlemen, escort your partners,” by Dorothy Callaci, for a publication of The United Federation of Teachers.
• August 5, 2004, New York Post
  “Helping Children Keep Step,” by Rita Delfiner.
• September 1, 2003, Woman’s Day
  “Let’s Dance!,” by Jeanne Muchnick.
• June 13, 2001, The New York Times
  ” It’s Ballroom Dancing, Preteen Style,” by Susan Saulny.
• March 12, 2001, TIME magazine
  “THEY’RE HAVING A BALL: Ballroom dancing – the waltz, the meringue, swing – is not only O.K., it’s downright hot with kids,” by Valerie Marchant.
• October 2001, QueensParent
  “MERENGUE! A program for positive youth movement,” by John Biscello. 

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