Center Stage Page #4

Let's do it!

Spread out!

Let's start with the usual warm-up.

And, five, six, seven, eight!

Head down. And back.

Right, centre, left, centre.

Right shoulder.

Left shoulder.

You made it! All right.

Alternate.

And second!

That's it. Roll it.

Roll those hips.

Come on. Mix it.

Get ready to get down and contract.

Down and...

...contract. And down.

And get it up.

Lots of action over here!

Push it out.

Come on, hold it.

All right. Stretch out. Up!

Kick it up! And up!

Okay. Other side.

Up!

And up. You've got it.

All right.

All right. You're going to get up.

And I want you to bow.

And stretch.

I want to take it from the top.

Full out. Just forget about the steps.

Just dance the sh*t out of it.

And one, two, three, four,

five, six, seven, eight.

Five, six, seven, eight.

One, two, three, four.

Hit it, boys.

Yeah. All right. That was great!

All right, girls. Come on.

Go!

Yes! Go for it.

Go for it!

All right!

Get you, Mr. Choreographer.

It's only for a workshop.

Just make sure you take chances,

because you suck when you play it safe.

Thanks. That's sweet. Really.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

Great class.

Thanks. See you.

Jody Sawyer.

See? Told you I'd remember your name.

What are you doing way down here?

I know I'm not supposed to

take class at other places.

Like I care. You looked great up there.

Thanks.

It's just that class. How come I can't

dance like that in my ABA classes?

Because ABA has

a great big stick up its ass?

- Have you had dinner yet?

- Yeah.

Dessert?

- Hop on. We'll go for a ride.

- Okay.

I could've sworn I had some cookies.

It's okay. I'm in enough trouble

with my body as it is.

Where are you getting that from?

Jonathan?

Yeah. Plus, my feet suck.

I'm poorly trained.

And I can never be a dancer, ever.

Jonathan's a moron.

I couldn't take my eyes off you tonight.

Best I could do.

Cheers.

I meant it, you know.

I noticed your dancing

before I recognised your face.

I have to admit I recognised your face first.

You want anything?

- Water? Some more wine?

- No.

I can keep looking for those cookies.

I'm fine.

Cooper, it's Jonathan.

We'll be at girl's class at 10:00 a.m.

Monday morning...

... to finalise workshop casting.

Be there.

Chass, relev. Chass, tendu.

Pli.

Anna, I asked for a double pirouette there.

Not a triple. Again, please.

Faster spotting, ladies. Steven.

It's a chass, not a tomb, Pasquale.

I want a clean double.

Sorry. I thought there was room for three.

Wouldn't it be better if we all did a triple?

A double. End of discussion.

You want to use her?

That's much better, Nicole. Yes.

Really give it size, ladies.

Don't flap the wrists, Emily.

Beautiful, Aesha.

All right, ladies. Maureen.

Good jumps, good elevation.

But you'll really fly more

if it's from the heart.

Who cares what she thinks anyway?

Juliette Simone, please.

It's Julie Simon, she's from Perth Amboy

and her father managed a Wal-Mart.

Just don't let it get to you.

It doesn't mean a thing.

Just in case you guys were wondering,

casting's going up at 1:00 p.m.

Daddy? I got the lead in Italian Symphony.

That's Gelsey Kirkland's old part.

Maureen's the lead in Jonathan's ballet,

but that has way more people.

Well deserved, sweetie.

Aren't you pleased?

Miss Thing, you're doing a piece

with the two of us.

- A totally new ballet.

- A world premiere.

- Made on us.

- Who's choreographing?

We can always find

some more rehearsal time later.

Hi.

This is for you.

Thanks.

I just want you to know how much

it means to me to be in your ballet.

I won't let you down.

Well, you were the best for the part.

Simple as that.

It's some dessert. So...

...you'll have some on-hand next time.

Bye.

What?

I didn't say anything.

Take these.

Nonsense. You heard her.

They're for next time.

Congratulations.

Cooper's ballet.

Yeah. Kind of amazing.

It should be good.

I guess.

Jody says he has theories

about making ballet for the people.

I do ballet because it has

nothing to do with the people.

Give me tiaras and boys in tights any day.

I hear you're in the corps

in Jonathan's ballet.

Yes.

Just goes to show, don't piss off the boss.

No one will see me and I'll never get a job.

I'm sorry.

Big deal. I don't care.

Yeah.

I know.

It sucks, doesn't it?

What?

Not caring.

Kind of, yeah.

Five, six, seven, eight.

All eyes are on you.

Your eyes are only on Maureen.

Present your chest.

Walk gallantly.

Breathe.

The man's a fossil.

He should be in a museum.

Do you have a question, Miss Rodriguez?

Yeah. What is it about?

The music.

It's an expression of harmony

that isn't of this world.

Sergei, chest up.

That's it.

Soft hand.

Soft hand, Maureen. That's it.

I want this as real as it can be.

It's a triangle.

She's a ballerina,

and she's in love with you, Erik.

And Charlie's the other guy.

He's the director of a ballet company.

Okay. Let's fool around with the steps.

See what we got.

Okay. Step, touch, step, touch.

Pas de bourre. Double pirouette.

All right, you keep doing that.

You watch this.

Do the double pirouette,

down to the knee...

...then give me your left arm.

I'll slide you over here.

And then, lift you up like this.

That'll work.

Eva!

You don't like him very much, do you?

I don't blame you.

He's impossible.

Headstrong, egotistical, unforgiving.

Arrogant as all hell.

You'll be hard-pressed to find

any choreographer or company director...

...who isn't like that.

The unwise dancers blame them.

"He didn't like me." "She was unfair."

"I should've had that part."

The smart ones know where to look...

...when things get rough.

It isn't there.

It's here.

No matter what happened in class...

...in performance, last week,

five minutes ago...

...if you come back here...

...you'll be home.

So how was your rehearsal?

It was all right. You know.

- And the king of ballet?

- Jonathan's fine.

But Juliette Simone, what a nosy b*tch!

She thinks she knows

everything about everyone.

And where are you guys going?

It's Erik's birthday,

so we're going to take him out.

Well, have fun.

Do you want to come?

Jim was going to swing by.

Can he come, too?

Sure. Bring your mom as well. Okay?

I got a little something here for you.

What? What is this?

You shouldn't be eating doughnuts.

They're bad for you.

Okay. I don't want to miss this shot.

Come on. Erik, in front.

You never stop, do you?

They still hate my body.

You're way too hard on yourself.

You looked great in rehearsal.

- That ballet is so not ABC.

- You don't like it?

Who cares what I like?

The workshop's about what Jonathan likes.

Is getting into the company

really all that matters to you?

It's so different for you. They love you.

They practically printed your name

in the programs already.

You need to take some time

away from all this.

That is the last thing that I need.

We could go out sometime.

Like a date?

Yeah. Like a date.

That's really sweet,

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