Dancing Under a Buzzing Streetlamp

The chance of a lifetime, or the expectations of family–your choice. One means the future of dreams; the other, soul-crushing submission to monotony. The decision awaits. A sixteen-year-old boy with a passion to dance burning in his soul finds favor with a local dance instructor, who takes him under her wing. She hones that passion, shapes it into something incredible. But all along, the boy struggles with the certain knowledge that his Old World grandfather will never relent for him to follow his dream. With the desire gnawing at his soul, the boy must choose: duty to family, or his passionate dream. The pressure mounts until the boy can take no more. The consequences of his actions leave his life in ruins, but the boy seizes inspiration from an extraordinary expression of human fortitude and rebuilds his shattered dream into a sum greater than he could have ever imagined. Movies like “Billy Elliot” and “Strictly Ballroom”, powerful, timeless, transcendent tales of young men finding their coming of age in dance, are my inspiration for “Dancing Under a Buzzing Streetlamp.” “Dancing Under a Buzzing Streetlamp”, Finalist in the Coverfly 2022 Pitch Week and Quarter-Finalist in the BlueCat Screenwriting Competition, will yank at your heartstrings, punch you in the gut, and make you cry. The rousing and powerful dance set pieces will make you stand and cheer. The images will resonate in your soul long after the words fade.