Backwards and in Heels

Maya is no stranger to trouble at school and after another call to the principal’s office for fighting, and with summer fast approaching her father gives her an ultimatum, an intensive dance program or grief therapy. She reluctantly chooses the program at Moon River Dance. Maya quit ballet before her mother’s illness but as she dances, she starts to let her guard down. Natalia, one of the instructors, reaches out to Maya. As their friendship grows Maya intuits a secret that Natalia hasn’t shared with her family or the ‘uptight’ world of Ballroom Dance, she’s gay. Maya and Natalia’s bond gives each the strength to love themselves and those around them. At the competition Maya finds out that Natalia hasn’t told her that the dance school, her new home-away-from-home is at risk of closing. The school is struggling and needs to do well at the regional competition if it has any hope of surviving. Betrayed she storms off but when Natalia’s partner for the competition abandons her after his advances are rejected Maya comes back to dance with Natalia shocking the Ballroom judges and saving the day.