One fraternity gains DJ's attention and he pledges. Once on campus DJ is works for his uncle as a gardener and is soon courted for his step dance skills by two rival fraternities. DJ (the enormously talented dancer/actor Columbus Short) is sent from Los Angeles to Atlanta's Truth University after his conviction for street brawling, a fight in which his brother (Chris Brown) was killed. The story is minimal and hackneyed and serves basically as an outline for the dance performances. STOMP THE YARD comes as a pleasant surprise to those of us who have yet to be introduced to 'stepping' - a sport/dance form that is not break dancing, not hip-hop, not modern dance, not clogging, not ballet, but instead is an exhilarating display of rhythm, physical dexterity, and creative choreography that makes this little film well worth watching.
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