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- Sometimes inspiration can be found in unexpected places. Choreographer Allison Orr finds beauty and grace in garbage trucks, and in the men and women who pick up our trash. Filmmaker Andrew Garrison follows Orr as she joins city sanitation workers on their daily routes to listen, learn, and ultimately to convince them to collaborate in a unique dance performance. Hard working, often carrying a second job, their lives are already full with work, family and dreams of their own. But some step forward, and after months of rehearsal, two dozen trash collectors and their trucks perform an extraordinary spectacle. On an abandoned airport runway, thousands of people show up to see how in the world a garbage truck can "dance."
- 1984–198722mTV-Y76.0 (12)TV EpisodeSpike's mother is coming to visit, so he pleads with Heathcliff to let it appear that he runs things around the neighborhood. Spike says he'd be a disgrace to his family if they knew he was second to a cat. Heathcliff refuses on the grounds that he doesn't want his neighborhood misrepresented, and continues to torment Spike at every opportunity. However, Heathcliff quickly learns that he is no match for Spike's mother. / Riff Raff talks Catillac Cats into rehearsing for a Dance Troupe. They rehearse break dancing. When they go for the audition, it's a Ballet Troupe and not break dancing. They are thrown out. They end up dancing at home for fun.
- Allison Orr, a modern dance choreographer, found inspiration in the movement of garbage trucks and the graceful dynamics of the workers who operate them. Orr transforms the initial skepticism and reluctance of her subjects into complete commitment to the dance. Together on a rainy night they perform a stunning spectacle. On an abandoned airport runway, two-dozen sanitation professionals and their trucks awe an audience of thousands.