";s:4:"text";s:4436:" is directed by Ramón Menéndez.
When Ms. Bartlett agrees to be their new dance coach, a group of girls must give it their all to win the admiration of their parents and friends. ''They were not just in my dance program; they were in my science class; they were in my homeroom; they saw me a lot,'' she said.For example, there is Daisy Salinas (Camille Guaty), a rebellious student who gets caught disrupting the classroom to dance on Miss Bartlett's first day teaching; Yolanda Vargas (America Ferrera), who adds salsa and hip-hop moves to the routines; and Esmeralda Reyna (Sabrina Wiener), a responsible dance member who helps keep the academic rules intact and often has the responsibility of taking care of her younger brother.Though the real-life team became a tight-knit group with a few members who continued to pursue dancing in high school, the mantra ''Si, se puede,'' meaning ''Yes, we can,'' was added by the Latina writer Nancy De Los Santos and was chanted only in the movie.The opportunity to start developing Latino talent at an early age is also what drew Ramon Menendez -- the director of ''Stand and Deliver'' -- to direct ''Gotta Kick It Up. But 7 year old me already knew that.Does anyone remember ‘Gotta Kick It Up!’ ?So the Disney channel is on my tv right now and they have this whole campaign about helping the community, and they just had a commercial about it focused around the phrase “si se puede”,LIKE IT’S A TOTALLY NEW THING AND DOESN’T EVEN HAVE A DEEPER DISNEY CHANNEL MEANING AND THEY JUST DON’T KNOW AND I FEEL SO OLD AND I JUST HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS.Gotta Kick It Up is on Disney Channel right now.Perfect timing too with Defenders of Berk premiering tomorrow.daisy from ‘gotta kick it up’ is so cute i can’t even,Soooo, after watching “gotta kick it up” i remember why i always wnated a cholo for a boyfriend in middle shool.Watching all those old Disney movies & sobbing from how much it’s not the same as it was in 2001. :/ Yep. It is based on a true story of a middle school dance team. Quack!