Center Stage: On Pointe Page #3

Her parents have an apartment

in that building.

Whose?

Vanessa. My girlfriend?

We're moving in.

We can't wait to live together.

Bring the leg through...

and proceed into

side angle pose.

You're facing the wrong way.

Deviation is the essence

of modern dance.

Also, I sometimes get

my right and my left mixed up.

Low lunge, back to low lunge.

Cactus arms, everyone.

Find your claws.

Find your inner animal.

You are the calm in the

center...

of the storm and chaos

around you.

We're gonna scream that

storm away!

Come on, come on.

I have the list of pairs.

Candie, you're with Ivan.

Gwen, with Michael.

Allegra, you're with Richard.

Yes.

Lauren, you're with Sam.

Megan, with Patrick.

And Damon, you've got Bella.

Find your partners.

Sorry, dude.

Hey.

Hey.

-So it'll be good.

-Yeah.

And...

You'll do.

Yes, yes, yes, good.

Okay, guys. I need you to focus

on moving your entire body.

I need you to breathe,

I need you to feel.

Like this tree

when the wind blows through it.

It all moves in unison. It's

connected, it's breathing, it's alive.

Good. That's what we're doing

here, we're breathing.

I want you to move any way

your body wants to move.

Let's try some improv.

Gwen, start us off.

Good.

Yes, Gwen, thank you. Yes.

That's exactly what I'm talking

about.

Damon, give it a go.

No...

Don't be afraid of it. Come on,

buddy, you got it. Let's go. Try.

Improv, you got this.

Okay.

It's all good, buddy. Let's all

move. Everyone together, breathe.

Don't sweat it.

Damon, give it a go, buddy.

No one cares what you're doing.

Got it?

Nice!

Awesome. Keep moving.

Keep moving!

Don't worry about

what anyone else is thinking.

Let's take a piqu arabesque.

Gentleman, I'm always aware

of where her weight is.

Her hips are

right over her ankle.

You take one hand off,

no problem.

Ladies, use your plis.

Strong core.

Standing leg straight.

That's okay.

You all right?

Off the floor.

I'm sorry.

Seven, eight...

Not bad.

Remember guys,

it's not how strong you are.

It's about how well

you work together in the lift.

Trying to get rid of me?

What? No, of course not.

She speaks.

I didn't say anything about you.

I know. I'm just teasing you.

Well, I just want to make sure you

know that I'm not like that, okay?

I think we're gonna be

really great partners, actually.

-Really?

-Yeah.

I do too, because I'm just telling

you, everything's working out for me.

Vanessa.

I'm here. You're my partner.

Don't worry, we got this.

Do you want to practice

tonight?

I don't know what else

I'd be doing.

Okay, fair, yeah.

Seven, eight.

Pli, one, two...

three, four...

five, six...

seven, eight.

And a one, two...

three, four...

Should my arm be further back

for that part?

What are you wearing?

I specifically said that each student

should wear the proper uniform.

Well, this is all I have

that's black.

It's Bella, right?

Seven, eight...

And a one, two, three...

And three, four, up. Good.

Lorenza is such an a**hole.

Don't let her freak you out.

She's just bitter.

Bitter about what?

She used to be a principal

dancer at La Scala in Milan

but then she suffered

a serious injury.

She was awesome.

Which is tragic, really, but she

shouldn't be taking that out on us.

Maybe if the bunch of you

could actually dance.

I'll show you dancing,

ballerina boy.

Some people might say that

modern dance has no place here.

That it's a second tier

form of dance.

That it lacks substance,

that it lacks rules.

Modern is

just as demanding as ballet.

It is just a different mind-set,

a different technique.

It comes from your gut,

from your hips, from your torso.

It's not about being vertical,

it's about being grounded,

so you can shape

your body to the music.

You just want us

to roll around on the floor?

No, I want you

to train your body

so you get off the floor

without using your hands.

That's it, Bella, good work.

Keep going. Keep moving.

Good.

It's a fight!

Hey, guys!

Get off me!

Get off me!

Think you can take me?

Stop it!

Let him go!

I'll kick his ass.

Yo, fight's over! All right?

Just go.

Do you want them to send

you home?

I'm sick of that guy.

He's messing with your head.

That's how he's gonna take

you out of this competition.

We're just

a bunch of amateurs to them.

So we need to work twice as hard

and be twice as professional

to prove them wrong.

No.

Seven, eight.

And a one, two...

three, four, five...

Dammit.

six, seven, eight.

And a one, two...

three, four...

five, six

Hey.

I was wondering if we could

do the pas de dux?

I'm sorry, the pas de what?

The pas de dux?

It's "pas de deux."

Back to the barre, please.

Yeah.

Six, seven, eight.

And a one, two, three...

And a one, two...

three, four, five...

No, Ivan, you're showing off!

You're not ready for that jump.

You've got the right technique,

but don't dance with your heart.

Richard, you're up.

Ivan, stop it.

Ivan, get off the floor!

Quit it, man.

You're gonna get kicked out.

Don't kid yourself. You are not

good enough to make that jump.

Ivan, stop it!

It's broken.

Get Dr. Larum.

You may have a very long

recovery ahead of you.

I told you to stop.

You think you know better

than I?

I know what you should be doing,

when you should be doing it,

and how you should be doing it.

Now, if I say you're not ready,

you are not ready.

And if I say you're not good

enough, you are not good enough!

Class dismissed.

Bella!

Bella, wait up.

Hey, I didn't get a chance to

thank you this morning for

letting me into Lorenza's class.

Yeah, sure.

Hey, come on.

I can't do this.

Do what?

Well, everything Lorenza

just said in there.

I'm not good enough.

I was never good enough.

Bella, don't even say that.

They want the next Kate Parker.

You're her sister, aren't you?

I've seen you before with her.

When you were younger.

On the Internet.

Yeah, I am. I'm her sister.

Please don't tell anyone, okay?

Of course not.

Hey, it's me, I just...

What are you doing?

Do you really want to leave?

I'm not going to be a dancer...

so I might as well

go back to be a waitress.

I'm done.

You're an amazing dancer.

You're the perfect ballerina.

Look, I came here for a reason.

What's that?

Just put the big one between

your big toe and second toe

and the small piece in between

your fourth and fifth toes.

Well. That's so much better.

Thank you.

Okay, let's go have some fun.

# Growing old

is something in the moment #

# Let's go to places we've

never been before #

# Feels right

to live out loud tonight #

Come on.

No.

Okay. Do that again,

but extend your arm up more

and extend your front leg.

-Okay.

-Okay.

That was so good.

You need to help us.

Look, you're the best ballerina

here, and I'm a good modern dancer,

so if we helped each other out,

we could get in together.

Well, I guess I could use some

help in Tommy's class.

You and me both.

Okay, so let's meet up in the

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