Save the Last Dance 2 Page #2

My name is Miles Sultana,

and I am not your professor.

Your actual professor was trying to ball

with us young bucks up in the Bronx,

decided to go all half-man,

half-amazing to the hole.

Needless to say he pulled his hammy.

I laughed 'cause it was funny

until he fell to the ground,

and his leg bent backwards

and snapped in three places.

This school is dangerous.

So here I am filling in for him until he...

Well, if he gets back.

So with the help of my good friend

Franz here and his instrument,

we are going to explore

the nature of hip-hop within us all.

All right. So, hip-hop theory.

What is hip-hop?

Ah, Trombonista.

Hip-hop is the convergence

of the electronic musical movement

and urban youth culture

which happened after the world

discovered that disco sucked.

Good answer.

I ain't giving up my Bee Gees.

Hip-hop is...

- It's rap.

- You know what I'm saying?

Hip-hop is...

Soul.

Hip-hop is...

R & B.

Hip-hop is...

Funk. For most people today,

hip-hop is about bling-bling.

But what was before the bling-bling?

What was before the Escalades,

and the nine millys and the hoochies?

Hip-hop is...

It's a form

of cross-cultural communication.

- Hip-hop is...

- It's a lifestyle, a language, a fashion.

- Hip-hip is...

- It's simple and complex.

It's about a individual

questioning the establishment.

It's about recombining, combining

everything that came before.

Hip-hop is about finding a new voice.

But what hip-hop really is can be

summed up in three simple words.

I am here.

It was so rad

the way you like looped

my roomie's words,

then you made a song out of it.

Thanks.

So did your roomie think so, too?

You could have told me

you were a teacher.

- I'm not.

- Okay, a guest lecturer then.

- I thought you were an actor.

- An actor. Why?

Never mind.

How tall are you?

- 5'10".

- You wanna wrestle?

Okay, let's go.

Hey, you guys should come

to the club I'm spinning at tonight.

I have a class in the morning.

I can put you two on the list, plus one

so you can bring your boyfriend.

I don't have a boyfriend.

All right, cool.

So just the two of you then.

- We'll see.

- Cool.

Zoe.

Second line.

Second line.

Line one.

What is that?

It felt more natural that way.

You're not here to be natural.

You're here to learn ballet.

Second line.

Must be all that fine Chicago training.

Wow. Well, look at this place, momma.

Only a few minutes in New York

and already we're on the list

at the hottest spot in town.

- Okay. Momma?

- Okay, I'm exploring my range.

- "Momma" is not in my range?

- No.

- Hey.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- Let's go.

Okay, remember,

we can't stay up too late.

I know, I know. Hey, chill, momma.

- Jeez! Ballerinas.

- I don't really... None of...

- I don't really dance.

- Hey.

- I knew you'd come.

- Hi.

- Who's this?

- Hello to you, too.

- Sara, Candy.

- Nice to meet you.

- I'm sure it is.

- Okay...

Hey, don't mind her.

She's like that with everybody.

Come on.

What about my drink?

- Where are we going?

- To the pit.

Pit?

Wow! This is a whole other level.

Yeah, I used to have to sneak out

and take the 9 train up to

the South Bronx to see stuff like this.

It's funny, 'cause most of these kids,

they don't even realize

that there's a history there,

a shadow behind every move.

Every step they make

is into a footprint bigger than their own.

Kind of like ballet.

Professor!

I'm paying you to spin,

not stand still, man.

This is Mixx,

he's the father of this party.

- And who is this pretty distraction?

- This is Sara.

- She's one of my students.

- Should have stayed in school.

- Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you, too.

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

- That's my girl, Candy.

- Yeah, we've met.

It don't get much flyer than Candy.

Anything she do, you can bet,

next week,

see 100 kids doing the same thing.

- Or at least trying.

- Know what I'm saying, right?

Yo, honor and pleasure to meet you,

little lady.

I have to go be the man.

Y'all enjoy the party.

You, over here wasting my money,

go do your thing tonight, man.

- All right, man.

- All right, man.

- I got to go spin. Straight?

- Yeah.

- You sure?

- Yeah.

- You're not scared?

- You ever audition for Juilliard?

We gonna heat it up for you.

That's in case you decide to go in.

Yo, what's going on?

This is your boy, Daddy Mix.

Hey, I'm about to bring my man

out on the ones and twos right now.

But we gonna have to bring him out

the right way.

I'm gonna need y'all to repeat after me.

We gonna do it like this. Yo! Say,

Hey, one, two, check it out

Hey, one, two, check it out

Hey, one, two, check it out

Hey, one, two, check it out

Do your thing, boy

Yo, this is your boy, Mike L-E-S.

Yo, big show tonight.

Time for wylin' out Chi-town style.

Y'all know what to do.

So what are you waiting for?

Come on, girl!

What's up? Can you take it?

Yeah.

She's really good!

Oh, my God!

- What was that?

- Dude, that was awesome!

What?

- That's not water.

- I know. It's vodka.

Hey, Sara.

Hey, yo, I'm sorry I couldn't get back.

This other kid was supposed to spin,

but he didn't show. But, yo...

I saw you killing them in the pit all night.

- What? You were amazing.

- Thank you.

You weren't too bad yourself.

We were gonna go get some breakfast

if you wanted to...

I can't. I've got class in, like,

three-and-a-half hours.

Looks like Franz found a friend.

Oh...

I should probably get my roommate

home before she hurts somebody.

Okay, see you.

Okay, let's go.

- Okay.

- See ya.

No...

- Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

- What?

Allegro.

Please wake up.

You're thinking too much.

It's not your job.

Thought was put into these steps

hundreds of years ago.

It's simply your duty to execute it

as it was handed down.

Faster.

Stop.

What are you doing?

- I'm sorry, Miss Delacroix.

- You what?

I'm sorry.

Look at me.

You smell of alcohol.

Did you need a drink

to prepare for class?

- No.

- Then why do you smell like a tavern?

I went out with some friends.

Oh, did you now?

Where did your friends take you?

- To a club.

- To a club?

Was it a ballet club?

No.

Do you know

what's behind the third line?

Nothing.

There's nothing behind the third line.

That nothing's a... It's a magical place

where you can eat what you want,

and you can sleep in

and have ice cream

and cheeseburgers and candy and...

And you can...

And you can wear what you want.

And you can drink whenever you like,

and then you can come in here,

and you can pretend that there are

no consequences to your actions.

But that nothing

does not reside within these walls.

Third line.

Bella.

"I've often been asked

what is the key to my success.

"The answer is always the same.

"I have never allowed anyone

to stand in the way of my heart."

What did I do?

- I don't know. What did you do?

- I don't know.

You just been jetting out of here

every day like you stole something.

See you.

I need to spend more time practicing,

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