As professional dancer Kelly Bennett grows tired of working in the chorus line of musical theatre productions, her parents think she is wasting her life. Kelly visits her former dance partners, Ozone and Turbo, in East Los Angeles, California. The boys take Kelly to the “Miracles” Community Center, where they teach break dancing classes, and introduce her to proprietor Byron Smith. Ozone encourages Kelly to join them and teach at the center. Meanwhile, a developer, Mr. Douglas, and a city planner, Ken Randall, plan to demolish the center and build a shopping complex. Later, at the neighborhood dance club, Radiotron, Ozone, Turbo, and Kelly clash with a rival dance group, Electro Rock, and its leader, Strobe. Sometime later, Byron receives a letter from the city informing him that he has thirty days to raise $200,000 to renovate the center or face closure. The kids rally to attempt to save the center and raise $7,000 with a car wash, but remain far from their goal. Undeterred, they decide to stage a street festival. Over dinner, Kelly’s agent, Stanley, informs her of an audition for the lead in a show scheduled to open in Paris, France. Back at the community center, Ozone questions Kelly’s commitment to the cause, and the Electro Rock crew toss an aerosol paint can through the center’s window. The kids chase Electro Rock to a spot under a nearby bridge and a dance-off ensues. When the kids return to the center, there is a confrontation with Douglas, and they inform him of their plans to fight his project. Later, Ozone’s former girl friend, Rhonda, tells him to stay away from Kelly. Meanwhile, “Coco,” a dancer in Hollenbeck Park, catches Turbo’s eye and asks Ozone for romantic advice. Following Kelly’s audition for the Paris show, she denies Stanley’s suggestion that she is in love with Ozone. Meanwhile, her father is displeased that she is dancing with the breakers again. Kelly invites Ozone and Turbo to dinner at her parents’ house to ask her father for advice on raising money for the center. Mr. Bennett invites Derek, Kelly’s ex-boyfriend, to join them, and insults Ozone and Turbo. Later, as Kelly counsels Turbo, his relationship with Coco blooms. At club Radiotron, Ozone asks Strobe for a truce and his support in saving the community center, but the Electro Rock leader refuses. Kelly informs Ozone she got the Paris job, but is unsure whether to take it. Afterward, Ozone insists he cannot make up her mind for her, and she telephones Stanley to accept the offer. As Kelly leaves the club, Rhonda threatens her and warns her to stay away from Ozone and out of the neighborhood. The next day, Kelly shops with her mother for her trip to France, but becomes conflicted when she sees a group of break dancers performing on a street corner. Sometime later, Ozone and Byron address Commissioner Mrs. Margaret Snyder and the zoning committee on behalf of the community center. Randall argues that the group lacks the resources to make the required improvements on the building. Snyder rules in favor of Randall, accepts Douglas’s bid for the property, and orders the center vacated within two weeks. Back at the center, when workers begin assessing the project, Turbo steals a piece of equipment. Chased by a pair of workers, he falls down a flight of stairs and is badly hurt. Ozone informs Kelly of the accident as she prepares to leave for Paris, and she tells Stanley that she cannot go. At the hospital, a kiss from Coco awakens an unconscious Turbo and a dance party breaks out. Later, Mr. Bennett offers to save Miracles on condition Kelly agrees to leave and attend Princeton University. However, Ozone refuses to allow her to do so and insists they can save the community center together, without her father’s help. Meanwhile, Coco assists Turbo in escaping from the hospital and the kids build a stage for the street festival. An altercation between Kelly and Rhonda is interrupted by the arrival of bulldozers, and the kids halt the work by dancing. Douglas orders the bulldozers to wreck the stage, but the drivers refuse. With the arrival of a television crew, and newscaster Howard Howard, Randall informs Douglas the city is withdrawing its support for his shopping center. To save face, Douglas announces he is donating $10,000 to the center. Howard allows Ozone to make an on-camera plea to raise the additional money to renovate the center. He invites them to attend the street festival, a large crowd turns out, and the center’s fundraising reaches $150,000, but is still short of their goal. However, Kelly’s parents see the event on television and, impressed by her conviction, donate the final $50,000.