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C. Vivian Stringer is one of the most prolific coaches in the history of college basketball. She was the first to lead three different schools to the NCAA Final Four (Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, Iowa and Rutgers) and received the highest honor of all in 2009 -- a place alongside Michael Jordan, John Stockton, Jerry Sloan and David Robinson as an inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Coach Stringer became more well known to the non-sports world in 2007, when the words "nappy headed hoes" were used to describe the group of young women she led, in spite of tremendous odds, to the National Championship game that same year. Perhaps because Stringer is also a mother whose career successes have been intertwined with personal tragedy, her response to the 2007 incident showed she wasn't just a great coach, but the perfect example of grace under fire.
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Each year, thousands of young dancers compete for the prestigious Youth America Grand Prix. THE DANCE COMPETITION profiles six young finalists, aged 11 to 17, from 5 continents, as they prepare to enter the professional world of classical dance. Despite the injuries and failures, with tenacity and passion, these young dancers will become, or not, future stars.
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1년에 단 한번, 미국에서 열리는 ‘유스 아메리카 그랑프리’는 발레댄서를 꿈꾸는 20세 이하 친구들에게는 꿈의 무대이다.
이 곳에서 수상을 하면, 최고 명성을 자랑하는 미국, 영국, 러시아 등의 유명 발레스쿨과 발레단에 입단할 수 기회를 얻을 수 있기 때문.
전세계 피부색깔도 나이도 살아온 환경도 다른 6명의 친구들의 공통점이 있다면 오로지 5분의 무대를 위해, 땀과 눈물을 매일 흘려야 했다는 것!
과연 이들은 ‘유스 아메리카 그랑프리’에서 자신의 열정을 모두 쏟아내며 완벽한 파이널 무대 도전에 성공할 수 있을까?
