Marisol has always loved to dance-- to the salsa at family parties, to the boom boxes on Loisada Avenue. Then she wins a scholarship to ballet school and discovers an inspiring new world of beauty and discipline. But when violence erupts in Alphabet City, Marisol' s dream starts to slip away. To keep dancing she must make heartbreaking choices-- perhaps impossible ones.

1996 America' s Commended List (CLASP)