Gotta Kick It Up! is a Disney Channel Original Movie. In the US, it was first aired July 26, 2002 and garnered 1.18 million viewers. It is based on a true story of a middle school dance team.

Plot

This film depicts the lives of Mexican teenagers who come from low-income families. Each of the girls struggle through their own personal lives while trying to stay on their middle school dance squad. The girls in the film form a dance team and reach the qualification of a regional competition.

Cast

• Camille Guaty
  Camille Guaty
  Camille Guaty is an American film and television actress. She is known for her role as Daisy on Gotta Kick It Up!.-Early life:Guaty was born in California of Cuban and Puerto Rican descent...
  
   - Daisy Salinas
• America Ferrera
  America Ferrera
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   - Yolanda Vargas
• Jhoanna Flores - Alyssa Cortez
• Suilma Rodriguez - Marisol
• Sabrina Wiener - Esmeralda Reyna
• Miguel Sandoval
  Miguel Sandoval
  Miguel Sandoval is an American film and television actor.Sandoval was born in Washington, D.C. He began working as a professional actor in 1975 when he joined a mime school in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He later joined the troupe full time and continued his study of mime. He began his film career in...
  
   - Principal Zavala
• Erik Alexander Gavica - Chuy
• Susan Egan
  Susan Egan
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   - Heather Bartlett
• Elizabeth Sung
  Elizabeth Sung
  Elizabeth Fong Sung is an Asian American actress and film director.From 1994-96, she appeared on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless as Luan Volien....
  
   - Ms. Kim
• Gina Gallego
  Gina Gallego
  Gina Gallego is an American actress, known for her work in television.Gallego was born in Los Angeles, California, daughter of Maria, a homemaker, and George Gallego, a landscape designer....
  
   - Alyssa's Mother
• Gerry Del Sol - Alyssa's Father
• Valente Rodriguez
  Valente Rodriguez
  Valente Rodriguez is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Ernesto "Ernie" Cardenas on the sitcom George Lopez. He currently stars as Cesar in the TV Land sitcom Happily Divorced.-Life and career:...
  
   - Mr. Reyna
• Anita Ortega
  Anita Ortega
  Anita Ortega is an Afro-Puerto Rican that was a collegiate basketball player at UCLA. She was an All-American. The team went on to defeat the University of Maryland, College Park in 1978 to take the Division I collegiate title . In 1979, she played in the 1979 Pan American Games, representing...
  
   - Mrs. Reyna
• Yvonne Farrow - Lynell Elliott
• Ulises Cuadra
  Ulises Cuadra
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  - Segura