影片以美国著名芭蕾舞比赛（Youth America Grand Prix）为背景，讲述了六个6-19岁的孩子，在学习芭蕾的过程中，学会坚持，学会哪怕经历伤痛、沮丧也依然面带微笑的坚强背后，是如何为自己的理想奋斗的。

The story of a young man coming face to face with his hero (Jeff Daniels) and exploring the tangled relationship between the dreams of youth and the wisdom of age.

A journalist goes in search of the truth after a series of brutal deaths and disappearances lead back to an urban legend about a serial killing clown that has stalked the woods of Century Park for over a hundred years.

本片记录五个小芭蕾舞者角逐竞赛的心血历程，包括4岁便开始习舞的11岁男孩艾伦；天资过人的17岁金发女孩瑞贝卡；从哥伦比亚远征纽约的16岁拉丁男孩琼-塞巴斯蒂安；12岁的英日混血女孩米可；被领养到美国的西非内战遗孤14岁的米凯拉。　　…