Frustrated and overshadowed by his brother's success and fame, Mitchell Malitowski, along with his wife Yulia and only child Dustin, accepted one of the first invitations to participate in the Step City experiment. There they set up a ballroom dance studio "Starlight", hoping that the clientel would recognize their name and connect them to his brother. They ended up moderately successful. All the while, they would teach their child everything they knew about ballroom, latin, and swing dancing.