A shy 18 year old moves from Kansas to The Big Apple and starts learning five dances hence the title. Every piece of the film's dances will be seared into your brain by the end of the film, but it is how it gets there that is the best part
Katie, Theo, Anthony, Cynthia and Chip are the main cast and most of this movie takes place in the dance studio. It's pretty much life for these dancers.
Always in the back of his mind is his Mom, his mother wants him to return to Kansas and she suspects Chip's doing a lot more than dancing in NYC
It is indeed a slow burn, but worth it. There's lots of silence in the film and some of it is filled with music. All the cast I feel help it shine but one subplot in the film must have had more time but may have been cut.
If you like an artsy slow burn that has good pay off, I would venture this as a good flick. I like how it does have LGBT themes but it is about opening up and being who you're supposed to be