1 im making decisions for what i want
2 call me crazy but i dont think a girl who throws up everything she eats is in tune with what she wants
#1 Cute. Who is he? #2 Charlie from Seattle. #3 We met him yesterday. #4 Is he gay or straight? #2 Straight. #1 and 4 Straight!!!
#1 How many studios are there altogether? #2 8. #1 That’s a lotta mirrors. #2 It was worth it, just to see Serge getting it on with that old lady. #3 Oh, my God that’s right. I’d almost forgotten about that. #4 We weren’t getting it on, OK. #2 Yeah right. #5 I thought she was going to detach her jaw and swallow you whole. #1 You know, I’m just trying to imagine what the lovely Galena would say about this. #4 No, no, you can’t tell her.
#1 So how do I do this exactly? #2 You’ve never bowled before?? #1 No #2 Just role it on down there.
#1 What a prick. #2 He was perfectly nice about it. #1 Yeah but being nice when you’re saying something pricky is even prickier.
#1 You’re in big trouble. #2 She’s in my ballet. #1 Please, she’s a heart beat away from tattooing your name on her arse.
#1 What are you doing? #2 I’m knitting a sweater. #1 If you want to smoke you have to go outside. Dorm rules.
(charli)johnthan says your joining coopers company (jody) yup..im starting out as a principle (charli) Wow what more could a girl want (jody) Well…a date for the party tonight..for one thing (charli) are you asking me out? (jody) yea are you saying yes? (charli) i guess so yea..(they kiss aww so cute)
(Jody)Why aren’t you seeing anyone charlie?(Charlie)I see someone, she doesnt know i see her but i see her.
(Male Speaking) Jodie says he has all these theories about making ballet for the people. I do ballet cause it has nothing to do with the people. Give me tiaras and boys in tights any day.
*1* What are you doin?*2* I’m knitting a sweater*
1) No way anoyone actually buys this shit
2) It’s signed by Kathleen Donahue
1) It’s a smelly old shoe
1) oh shes so beautiful.1) Well i think she looks like a gerbal
1) What a prick. 2) But he was really nice about it. 3) Being nice when you say something pricky is even prickier.
1) What are you doing? 2) I’m knitting a sweater.
1)i noticed your dancing before i noticed your face. 2)i have to admit, i noticed your face first…
1)in the middle, number 15.
2)not enough turn out. bad feet.
1)yeah, but look at her.
1)we’re not encouraged to date company members.
2)i fully support that policy
1. Are you crazy?! 2. I hope not, but that depends entirely on you.
1. Gay or straight? 2. Straight. 1. Straight?!?
1. Maurine has the best technique in the school 2. Yeah just ask her
1. You are in big trouble! 2. She’s in my ballet. 1. Please, she’s a heartbeat away from tattooing your name on her ass!
1. You see, Maureen No-last-name, I’ve been telling my mother that while New York is a wonderful place, it is devoid of any true beauty. Now I can tell her I was wrong. 2. Cummings! 1. What? 2. Her last name. It’s Cummings!
1. You’re sweaty, but i don’t mind cos you’re sweet. and so’s you’re sweat. Sweet sweat.
2. You are too.
1. Which one? Sweaty or sweet?
2. Both.
1. You’re sweaty. But I don’t mind, cuz you’re sweet. You’re sweet and sweaty… 2. so are you. 1. what? sweet or sweaty? 2. Both
1.I am your slave. 2.I’d believe it if you didn’t stare at your
f*%@king reflection when you daid it. 3. If someone wants to her profanity, they can take the subway. They do not need to spend $60.00 on a ballet ticket. Though she has a point.
1.Oh, She’s so good.
2. Yeah, Just ask her.
1: Do you know how many they take?
2: Usally, no more then twelve.
1: From this class?
2: From this hole planet…
1: Do you know how many they take?
2: Usally, no more then twelve.
1: From this class?
2: From this hole planet…
Ah! Shes beauiful! Well i think she looks kinda like a gerbil!
And you’re not splotchy…
As a boyfriend, you kinda suck
Careful with that one, you break it, you bought it!
Careful with that one, you break it, you bought it. **laughs**
Careful with that one. You break it you buy it.
Charlie, it’s different for you. They love you, they’ve practically all ready printed your name in the programs.
Charlie-Come on, you didn’t get all dolled up to talk about ballet
Cooper, you’re an amazing dancer, and you’re a great choreographer, but as a boyfriend… you kinda suck.
DANCE THE SHIT OUT OF IT !
DANCE THE SHIT OUT OF ME!!!!
Eric:Hi i’m Eric O, jones O as in Oprah shes my idol
Erik: Hey! Erik Jones. Eva: How you doing Erik? Erik: But my stage name is Eric O Jones, after Oprah. She is my idol. Eva: Eva Roderiguez, after no one. Erik: Ooh, an individual, I like it.
Eva: Tomorrow is one more day I get to dance. I’m not dancing for them anymore, I’m dancing for me.
Eva:What a prick Jody:He was perfectly nice about it Eva: yeah but being nice when you say something pricky is even pricker
Eva:where were you? rehersal?
Maureen:hows eric?
Eva: he cant dance tomorrow. how would u feel?
Maureen: relieved.
Eva: oh come on! they think the sun shines out of ur ass so ud still make the company!!
Felt like the same old shit to me
For ten years all i have wanted to be is one of american ballet academy’s perfect ballerinas. I’ve wanted to be you juliette. But I’m not you, I’m just me, bad feet and all, and you know i’m starting to like that even more… Wait! if your aren’t going to offer me a place in the company then i don’t want to hear it, and if you are, I might not have the strength to say no, then i would be spending my best dancing years in the back of the core, and I’m better than that! The Thank you Johnathan for turning me into the best dancer I can possibly be I appreciate it more than I can say, really, but the best dancer I can be is a principle in Cooper Neilson’s new company!
Forget about the steps, JUST DANCE THE SHIT OUT OF IT!!
Forget about the steps, Just dance the SHIT out of it!!!
Forget about the steps, just dance the shit out of it.
Fresh meat!
give me boys in tights and teirras anyday!
Go back. I need to see the girls gesture to their partner’s, hello I’m waiting and the boys rush over and kneel, I am your slave. #2 I am your slave. #3 I’d believe it more if you weren’t staring at your own fucking reflection when you said it.
Heh! You haven’t seen my girlfriend have you? Tall, thin, legs for days. #2 Yeah, I pitched her overboard.
Hey, this is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I don’t think it would kill you two to pretend to be happy.
Hi! This is Jody, Sergei, Maureen, Eva, I’m Erik, and you’re cute!
hi. I just wanted to tell u how appreciative I am of u picking me. U were the best for the part. Well, here’s some desert…so u’ll have some on hand 4 next time. What? I didn’t say anything. Take these. Nonsense…there for next time…bats lashes.
How a dancer feels doens’t matter to a choreographer. #2 No, but how a woman feels should matter to the guy she’s seeing.
I am the best god damn ballet dancer in the American Ballet Academy. Who the hell are you. Nobody!
I am the best goddamn dancer in the American Ballet Academy. Who the hell are you? Nobody.
I am your slave
Yea i believe it more if you weren’t staring at your own f**king reflection when you said it
If people wanted to hear profanity Miss Rodregaz they could take a subway they wouldn’t have to spend $60 on a ballet ticket….though she has a point
I don’t dance for them anymore, I dance for me.
i dont know segire im with jody i beleive a woman should know what kind of hound shes saving her self for!!
I guess I got the girl this time.
I screwed up any chance I had back in September. But I started dancing long before this stupid workshop, and
I’m gonna keep on dancing long after it. So tomorrow is one more day I get to dance.
i see a girl but she doesnt no i see her
I started dancing long before this stupid workshop, and I’m gonna keep on dancing long after. So tomorrow is one more day I get to dance.
I thought see was goin to detach her jaw and swallow you whole
I thought she was gonna unhinge her jaw and swallow you whole!!!
I want this as real as it can be. Its a triangle. She’s a ballerina. She’s in love with you, Eric. And Charlie’s the other guy. He’s the director of a ballet company. OK, let’s just fool aroudn with the steps and see what we’ve got. Michael. OK, step touch, step touch.
I want what I say I want when I say I want it.– Cooper Neilson(taylor)
i want you girls to promise me you wont let anyone make you feel bad about yourself, ok? youre perfect the way God made you
I’ll get implants!
I’m all splotchy!
I’m gonna go home, call my Mum, tell her how wrong I’ve been about New York. You see Maureen, no last name, all this time I’ve been telling her its an interesting city but completely devoid of any true natural beauty. But now that I’ve met you. I know that thats not true.
I’m not dancing for them anymore. I’m dancing for me.
it was worth it, just seeing sergei getting it on with the old lady…
It’s about sex you gotta feel it!
Jim:You haven’t seen my girlfriend have you… tall, thin, legs for days?
Eva:Yeah I piched her overboard.
Jodi: Do you think I’m and idiot for getting involved with him?
Charlie: No, i think HE’S an idiot for not treating you well.
Jodi: How come I can’t dance like that in my ABA classes?
Cooper: Because ABA has a great big stick up it’s ass?!
Jodi: I can’t, I’m all splotchy. I feel… Charlie: So use it. Jodi: What? Charlie: However you feel, just dance it..And you’re not splotchy.
Jody: What about what I want ?!
Cooper: I give shit what you want ! You’re a dancer, your pretty, and you do what I tell you to do !!
jody:what about what i want? cooper:i dont give a shit what you want. you’re a dancer period, you do what i want and if your not gonna do that then what the hell are you doing here?
Jody:yesterday i was stage left Cooper:well today your stage right Jody:what will i be tomorrow?
Juliet: She was fantastic. Jonathan’s girl: She was ok.
Just dance what you feel
Life doesn’t hold tryouts.
Maureen, good elevation, good jumps, but if will fly more if its from the heart.
Maureen, you make it look like work. I need to see the movement, not the effort behind it.
Maureen: Erik got injured today. And do you know the first thing I thought when I saw him go down?
Jim: What?
Maureen: I wish that was me. So that made me think, you know, ’cause that’s not a normal reaction. How much of what you liked about me was because I was a ballet dancer, and how much because I was me?
Mom, you didn’t have the feet; I didn’t have the heart.
Mrs Sawyer: Do you know how many they take?
Nervous Mother: Usually no more than twelve.
Mr Sawyer: 12?… From this class?
Nervous Mother: From the whole planet.
muther fuker ahhhh mutha fuker felicia d
My names Eric Jones. Eric O’ Jones is my stage name. After my idol… Oprah!
Oh, forget the steps – just dance the shit out of it!
She’s a heartbeat away from tatooing your name on her ass!
Step touch, step touch, pas de bourrée, double pirouette.
Take It All Bitch!
Take it all, bitch!
Thats because ABA has a big stick up its a**.
There is a woman here whose husband just died leaving her $200 million and she adores you. Let me introduce you. #2 Now why does that feel wrong?
These are for you, so you’ll have some on hand for next time…
This is for you …… Its some dessert, so um, you’ll have some on hand next time.
this is jody, eva, i’m eric and you’re cute.
This is only the best thing that has ever happened to me, you can pretend to be happy.
Wait. For 10 years all I’ve wanted was to be one of American Ballet Company’s perfect ballarinas. I wanted to be you Juliet. But I’m not you, and I’m not perfect, I’m just me. Bad feet and all and I’m starting to think I like that even better. No, please don’t. Because if you’re not going to offer me a place in the company then I don’t want to hear it. And if you are, I might not have the strength to say no. And then I’d be spending my best dancing years in the back of a corps, waving a rose back and forth. And I’m better than that. So, thank you Jonathan for turning me into the best dancer I can be. I appriciate it more than I can say, really. Because the best dancer I can be is a principle in Cooper Nielsen’s new company.
Well, it looks like this time I got the girl.
What about what i want?
what did you go to a special bitch academy!!
what does she have that i don’t? she can salsa you call that salsa come on eric
What ever you feel, just dance it.
What! Did you go to a special bitch academy?!?!
what, you went to a special bitch academy or something
What…did you go to a special bitch academy or something?
What? You went to a special bitch acadamy or something?
Whatever you feel just dance it.
Whatever You feel, Just dance it!!
Whatever you feel, just dance it.
Why? Why?? Why, God, Why???
Yesterday I was stage right, today I’m stage left, I wonder what I’ll be tomorrow.
You didn’t get all done up like that to talk about ballet. Come on.
You didn’t have the feet. I didn’t have the heart.
You don’t like him very much do you? I don’t blame you… he’s impossible. Headstrong, egoistical, unforgiving… arrogant is all help. The thing is 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 have had that part. The smart ones know where to look… when things get rough. It isn’t there. (Walks over the the barre) It’s HERE. No matter what happened in class, performance, last week, 5 minutes ago… if you come back here… you’ll be home.
you shouldn’t be eating donuts, they’re bad for you! (lights her cigarette)
You’re a great dancer and a wonderful Choreographer, but as a boyfriend, well you kinda suck
You’re not here by mistake. Someone at your audition watched you dance and saw something special. All you’ve gotta do is figure out how to find that again.
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