Burn The Floor (1999)

Ballroom dancing has long carried a certain reputation - elegant, polished and maybe a little stuffy. "Burn The Floor" tears up that image and replaces it with something far more exciting. Filmed at its world premiere, the show stars 44 of the world's champion ballroom and Latin dancers, and from the very first steps you can tell this isn't your grandparents' night out on the dance floor. The program moves like a roller coaster, opening with a waltz full of grace and beauty before building through the raw emotion of "Passionata" and arriving at a cool, sexy finale set to contemporary beats, "Would You Like To Dance With Me?" Along the way, you'll see every style handled with the kind of precision that only comes from years of competition-level training, yet it never feels stiff or rehearsed. The energy is infectious, and it's easy to understand why audiences around the world have been rising to their feet for standing ovations. What makes the show so effective is how it honors the traditions of ballroom while refusing to be boxed in by them. Respect the fundamentals, then push past them - that's how any art form stays alive, and "Burn The Floor" does exactly that with style to spare.