Dance in Film · 2013
The Way We Dance (2013)
Adam Wong's Hong Kong feature makes a university street-dance crew—not a decorative number—its dramatic engine, while Fleur's friendship with a tai chi practitioner changes the choreography she brings to the rivalry.
The Way We Dance is a 2013 dance feature film centred on ballroom and social dance. For dancers, it's a chance to see the style performed on screen — the phrasing, partnering, and musicality that the same dances carry onto a real floor.
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Where to watch: Available to rent or purchase through Apple TV in the United States according to Roku's current listing; verified 2026-08-05.
The dance sequences in The Way We Dance
4 sequences — what is danced, by whom, and where to find it.
BombA versus Rooftoppers Dance Chample
Hip-hop / Tai Chi fusion battleDanced by Cherry Ngan; BombA; Tommy "Guns" Ly; Rooftoppers · Choreography Shing Mak
BombA confronting the Rooftoppers after Fleur's injury, with her newly developed fusion vocabulary becoming the emotional center of the showdown.
The culminating contest pays off the crew rivalry and Fleur's movement research, reframing victory around resilience, collaboration and a locally specific Tai Chi–hip-hop fusion.
Open the film at this point · Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. No edition-specific timestamp used: Apple and the Far East Film Festival list 110 minutes, while the Hong Kong Film Archive lists a 111-minute DCP. Roku verified U.S. Apple TV rental from $3.99 on 2026-08-14. Apple names the Dance Chample, the crews and the Tai Chi Hip Hop vocabulary; HKFA confirms Fleur's injury, rival group and Tai Chi-inflected choreography; Eye for Film identifies the major dance-off; FEFF credits Shing Mak at film level. Exact placement within conflicting editions remains unresolved.
Fleur and Alan invent Tai Chi Hip Hop
Tai Chi Hip Hop fusionDanced by Cherry Ngan; BabyJohn Choi · Choreography Shing Mak
Fleur and Alan's opposite worlds meeting as Tai Chi flow becomes the film's named 'Tai Chi Hip Hop' dance language.
The sequence turns a martial-arts lesson into choreographic research: yielding, redirection and pushing-hands principles give Fleur a new vocabulary instead of simply decorating existing hip-hop steps.
Open the film at this point · Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. No edition-specific timestamp used: Apple and the Far East Film Festival list 110 minutes, while the Hong Kong Film Archive lists a 111-minute DCP. Roku verified U.S. Apple TV rental from $3.99 on 2026-08-14. Apple explicitly names the Tai Chi–Hip Hop fusion and Alan's teaching; Eye for Film describes his graceful lessons and FEFF credits Shing Mak at film level. Tai Chi Hip Hop has no exact taxonomy key.
Fleur's hat-flipping BombA audition
Hip-hop audition / freestyleDanced by Cherry Ngan · Choreography Shing Mak
Fleur flipping the hat through a Chaplin-like phrase and immediately winning over the university crew.
The audition establishes Fleur as someone who dances beyond the routine: a playful hat manipulation becomes her entry into BombA rather than a generic exposition beat.
Open the film at this point · Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. No edition-specific timestamp used: Apple and the Far East Film Festival list 110 minutes, while the Hong Kong Film Archive lists a 111-minute DCP. Roku verified U.S. Apple TV rental from $3.99 on 2026-08-14. Eye for Film identifies the hat-flipping audition; FEFF credits Shing Mak with the film's choreography, without a more granular scene credit.
Rooftoppers' industrial-building introduction
Breaking (B-Boying / B-Girling)Danced by Tommy "Guns" Ly; Rooftoppers · Choreography Shing Mak
Stormy and the Rooftoppers erupting through the building in a frenzy of b-boying and parkour.
The scene introduces the rival crew through movement rather than dialogue, layering beatboxing, breaking and parkour into the industrial architecture while the camera preserves the dancers' athletic continuity.
Open the film at this point · Stream or rental only — the timestamp is for when you have it playing. No edition-specific timestamp used: Apple and the Far East Film Festival list 110 minutes, while the Hong Kong Film Archive lists a 111-minute DCP. Roku verified U.S. Apple TV rental from $3.99 on 2026-08-14. FEFF directly identifies this industrial-building introduction, Tommy Guns Ly as Stormy, the b-boying, and Shing Mak's choreography.
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