1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,120 [rapid tapping] 4 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:25,720 [dramatic string music] 5 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:33,680 ♪ 6 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:42,840 [vigorous rhythmic tapping] 7 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:42,360 - My name is Brogan McKay. 8 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:43,440 I'm ten years old. 9 00:01:43,479 --> 00:01:45,200 I dance for the McConomy at Derry. 10 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,920 And I'm going to the worlds for the very first time. 11 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:53,680 - My name is Julia O'Rourke. 12 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:54,720 I'm ten years old. 13 00:01:54,759 --> 00:01:55,920 I live in New York, 14 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:58,080 and I dance for the Petri School. 15 00:01:58,120 --> 00:01:59,680 This year is my first time at the worlds, 16 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,760 and Brogan is my main competition there. 17 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:07,080 - I'm Irish, and I really didn't know this whole world existed. 18 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:08,840 I--you know, nobody in my family 19 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:10,919 has ever done Irish step dancing and-- 20 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:12,400 at least as far as I know. 21 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:13,840 Maybe over in Ireland they did. 22 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:15,200 - Lisa's two nieces danced. 23 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:16,760 - Yeah, they did, uh-huh. 24 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:18,840 - And I used to think, "Oh, these people are insane. 25 00:02:18,880 --> 00:02:21,680 They pay for flights to go to feises." 26 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:22,920 - [laughing] 27 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:24,360 - And then the wigs and all this, 28 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:26,920 and I'd say, "Oh, no, crazy. 29 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:28,200 "If Brogan ever has a talent, 30 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:30,360 I really hope it's not Irish dancing." 31 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:33,079 [massed rhythmic tapping] 32 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:39,240 [distant tapping] 33 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:48,520 [woman shouting indistinctly] 34 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,920 - [shouting indistinctly] 35 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:55,400 - You just give up so much. 36 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,160 Like, you could be invited to 1,000 parties, 37 00:02:58,200 --> 00:02:59,360 and you can't go. 38 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,160 And even, like, birthday parties 39 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:02,920 for some of your family you have to give up. 40 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:04,440 You wouldn't throw a strap over it. 41 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:06,600 You'd be like-- you wouldn't be like, "Uh, 42 00:03:06,640 --> 00:03:08,800 why did I never get to have some freedom?" 43 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:09,920 It's not that. 44 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:11,120 It's like, you dedi-- 45 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:12,880 When you walk in those doors to dance 46 00:03:12,920 --> 00:03:16,200 and you're dedicating your time and so are the dance teachers... 47 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:17,960 - Hundreds of people have said to us, 48 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,360 "Where did this wee thing come out of?" 49 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:21,920 I mean, she come out, and somebody says, 50 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:23,240 "You think you seen the best? 51 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:25,040 Watch this. This is the best." 52 00:03:25,079 --> 00:03:28,400 [woman humming] 53 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:30,120 ♪ And one, two, three, four, five ♪ 54 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,160 You got to do the jump on five. 55 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:34,560 - I make a face when I'm dancing. 56 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:36,720 I open my mouth. 57 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:37,880 I go like that. 58 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:39,320 Or something--I don't know. 59 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,240 But when I'm dancing, Dad'll be all, 60 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:43,960 "You look like an old-age pensioner." 61 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:45,079 Mm. 62 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:46,120 [chuckles] 63 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:47,560 So I just be like, "Ooh, sorry." 64 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,040 It's just, you know, one, two, three-- 65 00:03:49,079 --> 00:03:50,960 - You thought wrong, then. 66 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,079 Because what you thought wasn't gonna work. 67 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:54,920 - Rest just like... 68 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:56,120 - And... 69 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:57,240 - Dancing for my granny 70 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:58,440 and my mom and daddy and all 71 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:00,240 because they put so much money into it. 72 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,400 Like, it's unbelievable. 73 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:07,480 My friends say, "Whoa, my mommy wouldn't let me do that." 74 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,840 We could be in a big house with so much furniture, 75 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:13,360 but they've dedicated their lives to it, 76 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,920 my hobby, you know, so I find it so, like, extraordinary. 77 00:04:16,959 --> 00:04:18,360 Hi, Mommy. 78 00:04:18,399 --> 00:04:21,600 - Any money that, you know, myself and Dan have, 79 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:24,360 it's spent on Brogan and her Irish dancing. 80 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:27,200 I haven't had a holiday since, what, 2004, did I say? 81 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:28,480 - Since Brogan started dancing. 82 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:30,160 - [laughing] Since Brogan started dancing. 83 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:31,680 That's all that I've had. 84 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:34,560 - My mommy says what's a talent wasted, like? 85 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:38,120 If you have a talent, like, show everybody. 86 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:57,320 - Brogan is very nice, 87 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:59,680 even though she keeps beating me. 88 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:02,240 I try to do as much as she does. 89 00:05:02,280 --> 00:05:04,520 Like, I always look on YouTube to see how she's dancing, 90 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,360 and I always try to perfect it the way she does it. 91 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:10,840 That's how I got, like, my hop-overs 92 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:12,760 and, like, my front clicks 93 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:16,640 because I found out how she does it. 94 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:18,760 - She has a tendency not to want to do things 95 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,840 until she feels like she'll look good doing it 96 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:23,600 or competitive with the other girls, I think. 97 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:25,120 I think that was part of the thing 98 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:26,560 that we didn't realize about her. 99 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:30,920 [rhythmic clapping] 100 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,080 - Jump back. 101 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,520 Big cuts, and turn. 102 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,440 [rhythmic Gaelic music] 103 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,920 ♪ 104 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,040 - She was extremely quiet in the beginning, 105 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:45,240 so shy and so nervous. 106 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:46,440 - Yeah. 107 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:47,800 - So when Anna Lynn had said to Karen 108 00:05:47,840 --> 00:05:49,080 they were going to a feis, 109 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:50,520 you know, her first dancing competition, 110 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:52,640 you had said she's never gonna get up and do it. 111 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:54,400 - I don't know if she'll get onstage, you know? 112 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:55,760 So I went to the competition, 113 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:57,480 and they were coming out two at a time to dance. 114 00:05:57,520 --> 00:05:59,920 And the next thing, Julia stepped forward, 115 00:05:59,960 --> 00:06:03,400 and she just performed like no one's business. 116 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:05,040 And my mouth dropped, 117 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:06,600 and I literally called you in Ireland-- 118 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:08,000 - She called me in Ireland. 119 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:09,400 - And I was like, "Lisa, we got a live one." 120 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:10,840 I was like, "Wow." 121 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:14,960 Hard, hard, hard, hard! 122 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,800 - All! 123 00:06:17,840 --> 00:06:18,680 - Big ending, ladies. 124 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,120 Come on, pick it up! 125 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:23,440 [rhythmic clacking] 126 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:29,000 Eight seconds. 127 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:30,280 Come on. Eight seconds. 128 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:32,680 Pick it up! Pick it up! Pick it up! 129 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:34,080 - We're just in it for some fun. 130 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:35,920 It's a nice cultural thing to do. 131 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,240 But she kept progressing as time went on. 132 00:06:38,280 --> 00:06:39,680 Then I saw the wigs, 133 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,120 the dresses, 134 00:06:42,159 --> 00:06:43,840 and I was like, "What's that all about?" 135 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:45,760 And she's like, "Oh, well, that's what they do." 136 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,920 - They go to different states, and they drive to-- 137 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:51,840 I'm like, "Yeah, psh, I'm not gonna go to Connecticut. 138 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:53,159 I'm gonna go local." 139 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:55,000 - Connecticut seemed like a little much. 140 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:56,720 - It's too much for me. I'm like, no. 141 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:57,920 - But you do. You get drawn into it. 142 00:06:57,960 --> 00:06:59,280 She's doing well, 143 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:01,360 and you buy the dress, and you get the wig, 144 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,360 and you get the shoes, and you go to Ireland. 145 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,120 - We've gone to Scotland twice. 146 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:07,120 It's crazy. 147 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:08,080 - Ireland. - Ireland. 148 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:09,600 - England. - Yeah. 149 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:40,960 - My name's Simona, and I'm from London, 150 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:44,200 and I'll be competing in the age 19 to 21 category 151 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:45,280 at the worlds. 152 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:46,600 [clacking] 153 00:07:46,640 --> 00:07:48,080 My main competitors 154 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:49,720 will be Suzanne from Glasgow 155 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:52,200 and Claire Greaney from Galway. 156 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:56,720 - We've known Claire and Suzanne since Simona was six, 157 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:58,880 'cause we've always competed. 158 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,560 - I remember Simona back when I was seven at the all-Scotland. 159 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:06,720 I didn't get the recall that day, and she won it, 160 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:08,520 and I remember thinking, "Look at this girl." 161 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:10,440 She was unbelievable. 162 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:12,320 Then Suzanne won the worlds in Glasgow, 163 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:14,000 our very first worlds, 164 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:15,680 and that's the first time I really took notice of her 165 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,240 and thought, "Oh, my God." 166 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:22,040 - You go. 167 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:24,960 [sprightly Scottish accordion music] 168 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:31,480 ♪ 169 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,159 - So I suppose it's just been the three of us 170 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:35,679 always in the top five. 171 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:37,200 We've been taking turns. 172 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:38,200 It started off with me 173 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:40,559 and then Suzanne and then Claire. 174 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:48,560 ♪ 175 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:55,640 - We're going straight into the under 21 men's competition. 176 00:08:55,680 --> 00:08:58,720 - My grandparents on both sides, they're all Italian, 177 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:00,960 so I've got no Irish blood. 178 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:02,760 - [panting] 179 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:03,840 Got on my back legs. 180 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:05,480 I was really born into it. 181 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:07,680 I started dancing when I was 3. 182 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:09,600 And, well, I'm 19 now, 183 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:11,320 so 16 years. 184 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:12,880 [chuckles] 185 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:15,040 It doesn't feel like that long, though, at all. 186 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:24,280 ♪ 187 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,600 - I'd meet Simona's mother and Suzanne's mother 188 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:42,400 at the competitions, 189 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:45,480 and, you know, while we'd be all secretly hoping for our own, 190 00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:48,800 we wouldn't begrudge it to the others. 191 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:58,120 ♪ 192 00:10:05,680 --> 00:10:07,840 - I don't think it's any different to anything else. 193 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:10,000 I think if you do sport, 194 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:12,240 if you want to win, you got to be focused. 195 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:13,960 It becomes your life. 196 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,400 I mean, horse riding people are traveling all over the country, 197 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:18,320 and it's the same with Irish dancing. 198 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:20,280 It's just, we wear wigs and funny dresses. 199 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:21,720 [chuckles] 200 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:23,360 - And a big round of applause for our top three. 201 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:25,720 [cheers and applause] 202 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:38,720 - I'm John, and I'm ten. 203 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:42,560 And I've got five brothers, and I'm the only one who dances, 204 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:46,960 and this year I'm going for worlds for my very first time. 205 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:49,600 Stepbrother's Cordelay, 206 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:51,520 and my brothers are-- 207 00:10:51,560 --> 00:10:53,400 the oldest is Dean, 208 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:55,520 Ashley, 209 00:10:55,560 --> 00:10:57,000 and then it's May, 210 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:01,040 and then it's Thomas, and then it's James. 211 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,840 I like dancing ten out of ten, 212 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:10,520 and football, about two out of ten. 213 00:11:14,560 --> 00:11:15,760 - We're not Irish. 214 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:17,840 You know, we don't know Irish dancing. 215 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:19,480 And we went to a feis, 216 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:20,880 and we walked in, 217 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:22,520 and it was like-- 218 00:11:22,560 --> 00:11:25,160 it was like a Shirley Temple convention, wasn't it? 219 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:27,600 There was teenagers and youngsters, 220 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:29,360 and they'd got the wigs on 221 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:30,520 and really brown legs. 222 00:11:30,560 --> 00:11:31,720 - [laughs] 223 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:32,920 - Really made-up faces. 224 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:34,720 And then these wigs-- it was like-- 225 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:38,600 You just find yourself, like, staring at people 226 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:41,760 for a very long time, thinking, 227 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:44,000 "I'm glad I've got a boy." 228 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:47,000 [indistinct talking] 229 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:49,000 [boys shouting indistinctly] 230 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:54,200 - ♪ Point, two, three, four 231 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:55,080 ♪ Squeeze and point 232 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:56,680 ♪ Bend your legs 233 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:58,680 Darcy, you're not pointing your toe to the back. 234 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:00,440 Ellie, you're not pointing your toe to the back. 235 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:01,880 May, you're not even listening. 236 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:05,600 - There's quite a lot of people who tease me 237 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:07,440 and call me names. 238 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:09,560 But I just ignore them and walk away 239 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:11,720 'cause they don't know what they're talking about. 240 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:13,000 - It's not as bad as it used to be. 241 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:14,400 Used to be terrible out there. 242 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:15,800 People would be, you know-- 243 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:17,480 "Hey, Johnny says-- he's called me gay," 244 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:19,120 or, you know, and that lot. 245 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:21,200 But we used to say, "Well, just take no notice. 246 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,560 Just go and show them what you can do." 247 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:26,120 - As a parent, you want to go out there, 248 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:28,320 and you want to say to him, "Don't call him gay. 249 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:30,840 You know, Michael Flatley's not gay and"-- 250 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:32,720 But then you have to stop yourself 251 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:36,440 because, you know-- and we'd-- 252 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:39,680 - I tend to go out there and throw a blizzard. 253 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:43,600 - ♪ Lift, lift 254 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:44,680 ♪ Put your elbows in 255 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:45,840 ♪ Step, two, three 256 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:47,120 ♪ Two, two, three 257 00:12:47,160 --> 00:12:48,800 ♪ Three, two, three, and four ♪ 258 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:50,240 ♪ Up and go 259 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:53,120 - It's the rhythm and the music. 260 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,800 And the shoes. 261 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:57,080 I like the shoes. 262 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:58,120 - ♪ One, two, three, four 263 00:12:58,160 --> 00:12:59,280 ♪ Tuck, kick, down 264 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:00,880 - When he first learned his sevens, 265 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:02,560 which is, like, one of the first things you learn, 266 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:04,040 he was, like, up on his toes like this. 267 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:05,600 And I was like, "Oh, God, he's gonna be good." 268 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:06,840 ♪ Go, stretch, and one, two ♪ 269 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:07,760 ♪ Up kick 270 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:09,160 Now watch your arms, John. 271 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:10,880 If John was at class four or five times a week 272 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:12,640 like the rest of his competition, probably, 273 00:13:12,680 --> 00:13:15,000 then I'm sure he would be pretty much unbeatable. 274 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:16,200 But unfortunately, 275 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:17,320 you know, he's one of five. 276 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:18,480 They're all playing football, 277 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:19,800 going in different directions, 278 00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:22,080 and dancing's expensive. 279 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:23,440 Move. 280 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:27,400 - My wages basically pay for John's dancing. 281 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:29,400 I go away and freeze 282 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:32,080 and everything come weekends or the TA. 283 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:33,240 And at the back of my mind... 284 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:34,560 [laughs] 285 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:35,880 At the back of my mind, I'm thinking, 286 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:37,520 "This is for John." 287 00:13:37,560 --> 00:13:38,640 - ♪ Up is down, up is down ♪ 288 00:13:38,680 --> 00:13:39,720 Up now. Now head to body. 289 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:41,000 ♪ And kick, two, three 290 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:42,480 ♪ And up, and a-one, two, stretch ♪ 291 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:43,440 Now right up. 292 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:44,400 Push, kick down. 293 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:45,520 That's better. 294 00:13:45,560 --> 00:13:46,800 Hands above upper back. 295 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:47,920 ♪ Up is down, up, three, click ♪ 296 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:48,920 ♪ One, two 297 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:50,320 Now, straight legs. 298 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:52,640 ♪ Stretch, push, up, kick, down ♪ 299 00:13:52,680 --> 00:13:54,120 ♪ Stand, point, stand, point ♪ 300 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:55,080 Tense, pull in here. 301 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:56,440 Five, six, seven, eight. 302 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:58,320 When he hits it and when he's on form, 303 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:00,600 you know, I think he's, you know, probably unbeatable. 304 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:01,640 Two, three, four. 305 00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:02,960 ♪ And a-one, two, stretch 306 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:03,880 ♪ Two, three, push 307 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:04,840 Now really stretch it out. 308 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:06,120 Out, out. 309 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:07,280 There, that was better. 310 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:09,600 - I've been making silly mistakes 311 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:10,840 and stopping. 312 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:14,880 But hopefully this year, it will all go. 313 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,200 - He just tends to forget things 314 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:19,400 and, you know, do something silly 315 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:21,840 or, you know, just stop eight bars before the end. 316 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:23,520 And then I'll say, "What were you thinking?" 317 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:26,760 "I don't know. I forgot." 318 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:28,920 Right, who's next? Mitch. 319 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:29,920 - How are your blisters? 320 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:30,960 - All right, yeah. 321 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:32,200 - Still got your plasters on? 322 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:33,640 - Yeah. 323 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:35,040 - It is frustrating 324 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,040 'cause he could be so good. 325 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:38,320 I think he's got the potential 326 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:40,240 to win worlds, definitely. 327 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:42,840 He's a completely different dancer to Joe. 328 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:45,240 He has to have something for a long time, 329 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:46,720 and when it's polished, 330 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:48,800 and when he knows it, and it's drilled right, 331 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:50,080 it looks great. 332 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:51,200 But, you know-- 333 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:52,360 but then he might forget it anyway. 334 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:53,440 [chuckles] 335 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:54,560 But whereas Joe, 336 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:56,160 even on his worst day, 337 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:58,840 will never forget it, and he'll never, ever stop. 338 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:02,000 - I would like to dance like Joe, 339 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:05,600 but he's strong. 340 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:07,840 He's confident, 341 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:11,160 and... 342 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:15,400 I just love the way he dances. 343 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:16,960 - ♪ Now stretch it out, and three, four ♪ 344 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,320 ♪ Up and down and stretch ♪ 345 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:19,880 ♪ Push up and down 346 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:20,880 Pull the back leg up. 347 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:21,920 Shoulders back. Stretch. 348 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:23,160 ♪ Stretch, two, three, four 349 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:24,480 ♪ Up and down, step down ♪ 350 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:26,360 ♪ One, two, three, four, up and down ♪ 351 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:28,320 ♪ Stretch, push up and down ♪ 352 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:29,200 Pull that back leg up. 353 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:30,480 And stretch. 354 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:31,520 ♪ Stretch, two, three, four ♪ 355 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:32,600 ♪ Up and down 356 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:34,600 ♪ Push, cross, cross, cross 357 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:35,760 Arms back. 358 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:36,920 ♪ Arms, two, three, four 359 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:37,880 ♪ And a-one, two, stretch 360 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:39,160 Push up! 361 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:40,080 ♪ Kick and dance, now point ♪ 362 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:41,280 Point, stretch those legs out. 363 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:42,520 Feet, feet, feet. 364 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:43,640 ♪ Kick and kick and one, two 365 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:44,880 ♪ Stretch, two, three, four 366 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:46,480 Up. Put your shoulders, John, up. 367 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:47,600 Up, up. 368 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:49,360 ♪ Kick and down and stop there ♪ 369 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:53,200 - John's my best dance teacher ever. 370 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:55,560 He's really good at dancing as well. 371 00:15:55,600 --> 00:16:01,040 And he shouts not a lot, 372 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:03,680 but he shouts. 373 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:05,600 But not loud. 374 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:07,080 Not that loud. 375 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:08,880 - Get the feet turned down and the toes pointed. 376 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:10,240 Your heels will automatically hit. 377 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:12,040 [clacking] 378 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:13,920 That's better, but now let's do it without the dodgy head. 379 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:15,280 Two, three, go. 380 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:16,360 ♪ Treble up and toe, hop and step ♪ 381 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:17,480 ♪ Kick, kick, and down 382 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:18,600 You know, I am quite hard on him, 383 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:19,520 but he can take it. 384 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:20,800 You know, he never cracks. 385 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:23,160 He's very, "Mm-hmm, okay, mm-hmm." 386 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:24,640 Getting strong on these treble backs. 387 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:26,120 ♪ Treble and back step, treble and down ♪ 388 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:27,680 ♪ Treble and down 389 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:29,240 Showing me the inside of your ankle all the time. 390 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:30,760 Okay, arms tight. Five, six, seven, go. 391 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:32,080 Bang, bang. 392 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:33,480 ♪ Treble and back step, treble and-- ♪ 393 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:35,240 No, come on, that's just it now. Concentrate. 394 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:37,000 ♪ And treble and back step, treble and cross, cross ♪ 395 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:38,840 ♪ Heel and toe sharp, two, three, treble and back ♪ 396 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:40,240 ♪ Treble up and back stretch 397 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:41,520 ♪ Stretch it out, two, three, push ♪ 398 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:42,520 ♪ Push, push, push it right up ♪ 399 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:43,800 ♪ Now for the back 400 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:44,800 ♪ Treble and step, up and step ♪ 401 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:45,840 ♪ Kick, kick, and down 402 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:48,000 - If I don't come in the top ten 403 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,240 or a recall, 404 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:53,760 I won't be okay. 405 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:58,800 But it would just show me if I haven't danced my best. 406 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:01,080 - Stretch your legs out! Chin up! 407 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:03,640 Nowadays, because so many people want to win, 408 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:05,520 there's a lot of people that probably don't have 409 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:06,839 a lot of natural talent 410 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:08,440 but have just worked so damn hard at it 411 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:09,720 that they're actually winning 412 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:13,000 because they're so technically correct. 413 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:14,920 So people with natural talent now 414 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:18,640 have to put the work in. 415 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:20,440 You know, there's no room for error now. 416 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,440 You have to put be foot perfect. 417 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:24,000 Out. 418 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:25,119 In. 419 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:27,000 Down. 420 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:29,080 Right, left, right, right, out, in, down. 421 00:17:29,120 --> 00:17:30,520 When I was growing up, 422 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:32,000 Riverdance and Lord of the Dance didn't exist, 423 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:33,240 so no one really knew about it in England. 424 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:34,960 From there, you go out. 425 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:39,160 So, yeah, I didn't really tell anybody at school that I did it. 426 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,760 And then after I won the world championships, 427 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:44,720 I think I was on the news. 428 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:46,320 And then so I went into school the next day, 429 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:48,040 and I was walking around the corridor, 430 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:49,880 and everyone was like, "I saw you on the news last night." 431 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:51,520 And I was like, "Did you?" 432 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:53,080 It was like, "I didn't know you did that dancing." 433 00:17:53,120 --> 00:17:54,560 I was like, "Oh, yeah, yeah." 434 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:56,200 - I don't really talk about Irish dancing 435 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:59,600 outside Irish dancing, like, my mates from Irish dancing. 436 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:04,560 And it's just normally, like, football and American football. 437 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:05,720 - Work on your arms. 438 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:07,480 Yes, of course. 439 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:08,720 Okay, let's go. 440 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:12,760 [loud clacking] 441 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:14,720 Okay, cross, over, over, over, over. 442 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:16,640 Bring it on back. 443 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:18,440 Come on, straighten this elbow. Tighten it a bit. 444 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:19,440 Lower back. 445 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:20,560 Cross, cross, cross. 446 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:23,720 The back foot out more, out more. 447 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:24,880 ♪ Da da da da da 448 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:26,000 Bring this arm in tighter. 449 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:27,800 Cross. Now, ready, the other one. 450 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:29,320 ♪ Treble up and treble 451 00:18:29,360 --> 00:18:30,560 ♪ Da da da da da da 452 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:32,000 Here's the fast ones. 453 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:32,960 Back foot. 454 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:33,880 Left flat. 455 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:34,960 Left tap. 456 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:36,040 ♪ Da da da da da da 457 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:38,600 ♪ Da da da, da da da ♪ 458 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:39,640 Right. [laughs] 459 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:40,760 Right. 460 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:42,840 He just has a complete understanding 461 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:44,920 of every kind of rhythm that I throw at him. 462 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,680 Even from a very young age, I was always giving him stuff 463 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:50,640 way harder than other people his age. 464 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:52,480 ♪ One, two, three, da da la da ♪ 465 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:53,520 Cross. 466 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:54,480 Cross, cross, cross. 467 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:55,520 ♪ Da da la da da 468 00:18:55,560 --> 00:18:56,520 That's better. Good. 469 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:59,240 [rapid clacking] 470 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:00,160 Do that one again. 471 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:01,680 Up, kick, kick, and toe. 472 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:02,840 Right up, right back. 473 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:06,200 - Joe's desire to pursue dance 474 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:08,960 was phenomenal. 475 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,320 It was living and breathing dance for him. 476 00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:15,600 And I--it was like a snowball 477 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:17,120 that I couldn't stop. 478 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:18,760 - ♪ Up, kick, kick, and toe ♪ 479 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:20,440 ♪ Kick, kick, and toe, cross ♪ 480 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,640 ♪ Back and cross, da da la bum bum ♪ 481 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:23,640 Yeah, that wasn't too bad. 482 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:25,120 Just looked a little bit better. 483 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:26,840 ♪ Up, kick, kick, and toe ♪ 484 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:28,520 ♪ Feet and kick, kick, kick, and treble and back ♪ 485 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:29,800 That's better. Good. 486 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:31,080 That looked much better. 487 00:19:31,120 --> 00:19:33,320 - There was just that intensity about him. 488 00:19:33,360 --> 00:19:35,880 He'd spend seven hours in the living room 489 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:37,400 with the carpets rolled up 490 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:39,360 and the furniture moved, 491 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:42,040 and that reel would play over and over. 492 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:48,400 - [chanting rhythmically with clacking] 493 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:52,600 ♪ Out, out, out, sharp 494 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:54,480 - When he started out, 495 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:55,960 you know, he was like everybody else, 496 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:57,680 hop, two, three. 497 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:00,760 But he won the first 17 events he entered. 498 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:05,480 And he found out he was pretty good at this. 499 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:07,280 - We're a lot alike, Joe and I, 500 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:09,440 so I think that there was 501 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:11,160 a point in time when I realized 502 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,400 I had to help him manage himself 503 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:15,680 without being-- 504 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:18,320 I couldn't push him; let's put it that way. 505 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:22,160 But in my own way, I orchestrated things, no doubt. 506 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,440 - I had heard rumors that this California boy 507 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:26,960 was thinking about moving to England to dance. 508 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:31,960 And I just thought it was a little bit crazy. 509 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,800 But then, you know, that's-- 510 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:38,360 Dancing has grown so much that people take it so seriously. 511 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:40,640 You know, even though there's no money involved in it, 512 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:41,840 it's quite prestigious, 513 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:44,200 and people want that world title. 514 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:48,640 - We are a little mad. 515 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:51,120 So, you know, you hear about families who up and move 516 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:54,240 to Florida when they have a good tennis player. 517 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:02,080 - I had a very successful medical practice. 518 00:21:02,120 --> 00:21:05,320 I pretty much gave that up. 519 00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:07,320 I lived in a wonderful neighborhood 520 00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:10,960 and £5 million and £6 million houses. 521 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,880 The weather here is certainly nothing 522 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:15,600 compared to California. 523 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:16,920 - I know, yeah. 524 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:18,480 It's always raining in this country, though. 525 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:20,400 God. 526 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:26,200 - ♪ Five, six, seven, heads move, two, three, four ♪ 527 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:28,160 When Joe first arrived from America, 528 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:31,080 he was maybe spoiled. 529 00:21:31,120 --> 00:21:33,320 ♪ And sharp, sharp, sharp, sharp ♪ 530 00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:36,000 He was this amazing talent from when he was younger, 531 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:38,240 and everybody just told him how amazing he was all the time. 532 00:21:38,280 --> 00:21:39,840 And it was like, "Oh, you're brilliant. 533 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:41,440 You're brilliant. You're brilliant." 534 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:43,000 You know, and he was; he's very talented. 535 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:44,560 And then came to our class, and it was like, 536 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:46,080 "This is wrong. This is wrong. 537 00:21:46,120 --> 00:21:47,560 You're not doing this. You're not doing this." 538 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:49,160 And I think it was a huge shock to his system, 539 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:50,680 and I don't think he liked it very much. 540 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:52,240 And catch. No, no, no, no. 541 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:55,840 - John Carey's just an amazing dancer and teacher, 542 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:58,040 choreographer-- you name it. 543 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:00,480 I mean, he's won the worlds eight times, 544 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:04,000 and he's an incredible inspiration. 545 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:06,880 - I definitely have an ego in Irish dancing. 546 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:09,480 When you're at the top, it's hard not to. 547 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:11,040 When he tells me something, 548 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:15,160 like, sometimes I'm a little iffy with my listening. 549 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:18,200 - It's interesting to see John and Joe dance together 550 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:22,520 because, you know, I see this look in Joe's eyes like, 551 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:24,360 "Yeah, I know you're better than me." 552 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:25,480 [chuckles] 553 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,600 And, "Give me time." 554 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,440 [clacking] 555 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:32,920 - I just want to be one of the best that's ever danced, 556 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:34,880 as good as John Carey is. 557 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,520 I want to be known for, like, doing the rhythm 558 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:38,760 and having the set dance, 559 00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:39,880 and people will be like, 560 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:41,240 "Oh, Joe Bitter, I remember him. 561 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:43,240 He used to do those amazing set dances." 562 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:46,800 [clacking] 563 00:23:03,120 --> 00:23:04,240 - I'm Ana. 564 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:05,320 I'm Russian. 565 00:23:05,360 --> 00:23:06,800 I live in Moscow. 566 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:11,120 And I'm a part of a ceilidh team of eight dancers. 567 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:14,520 We are all adults. 568 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:19,640 We started Irish dancing when we were in our 20s. 569 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:24,640 You can practice a lot, 570 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:25,840 for a week, 571 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:27,040 for two weeks, 572 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:28,360 for two months, 573 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:29,680 for a year, 574 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:31,880 and still you cannot do something. 575 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:38,320 And then one day, you just go to the class, 576 00:23:38,360 --> 00:23:41,320 and you can do it, like magic. 577 00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:44,440 And it makes you so happy, so proud. 578 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,080 You're like, "Whoa, look, look here. 579 00:23:47,120 --> 00:23:48,360 Look, I can do it." 580 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:53,040 - I'm based in Munich, 581 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:54,520 and then my weekends are usually away 582 00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,600 teaching in Poland or Russia. 583 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:01,600 Over the three countries, we have 500 pupils. 584 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:03,520 I've got three days of workshops 585 00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:06,160 with all the dancers on the ceilidh team. 586 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:10,720 And we've got about 25 hours of classes lined up. 587 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:12,240 Hopefully we'll be able 588 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:16,280 to get the last-minute practice in before the worlds. 589 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:21,760 - I think I probably spend 590 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:25,360 about half of my salary Irish dancing 591 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:28,440 because we travel to many countries. 592 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:30,400 It's very expensive. 593 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,080 People keep asking us about Irish dancing. 594 00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:34,160 "Why? 595 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:35,440 "You are Russians. 596 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:36,960 "You live in Moscow. 597 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,160 Why?" 598 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:39,560 I don't know. 599 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:40,520 Because I like it. 600 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:42,040 [chuckles] 601 00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:48,000 It's a game for adult people. 602 00:24:50,360 --> 00:24:51,840 - You know, in Russia, 603 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:57,600 the winter lasts about six, seven months. 604 00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:59,600 Could be rather depressing. 605 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:00,760 - When you come dancing, 606 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:02,960 no matter what mood you are in, 607 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:07,760 you're always leaving the class in high spirits. 608 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,240 Only Irish dancing allows you to fly, 609 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:13,800 really to fly. 610 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:17,920 - Chin up, class, yeah. 611 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,920 - [speaking Russian] 612 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:24,720 - Shane is a wonderful dancer, 613 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:25,840 a brilliant teacher. 614 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:27,160 - Up a bit more, Sasha, up. 615 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:28,320 Jump, two, three. 616 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:29,520 Jump-de-dump-de. 617 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,240 - Stop, stop, stop. 618 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:37,240 [speaking Russian] 619 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:48,400 - I would definitely think of the Russians 620 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:50,200 as the hardest-working Irish dancers 621 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:53,480 that I've ever met. 622 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:54,720 And you're not lifting... 623 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:56,200 They love it. They really do love it. 624 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:57,600 And they enjoy dancing it. 625 00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:59,520 So we're really trying to brighten them up 626 00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:01,760 and make them show that they enjoy it. 627 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:03,480 And four, five. 628 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:06,520 Iri and Vera, you look like you're having a terrible time. 629 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:08,200 ♪ One and two 630 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:09,720 Drop three, round the feet. 631 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,680 - [speaking Russian] 632 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:16,160 - Even that time when I was watching, 633 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,280 it was just Vera and Ana 634 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:19,960 who held this all the way throughout. 635 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:21,800 The rest of you were going through the motions. 636 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:23,960 And we need eight of you to be doing that, 637 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,720 'cause it can't be just one or two on the team, 638 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:28,680 and the rest of you all just hanging on behind. 639 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:30,400 I want people to look at you and go, 640 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:32,320 "Wow, they're cocky; they know what they're doing." 641 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:34,120 So I think all the time when you're dancing, 642 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,640 dance it like you are world champions. 643 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:38,920 Your hands are perfected. Your feet are good. 644 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:42,840 Now we need to work on the actual presentation of it. 645 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:44,560 ♪ One and two 646 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:45,640 ♪ And three 647 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:46,760 ♪ And four 648 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:47,920 ♪ And five 649 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:48,880 ♪ And six 650 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:50,120 Katya, you look miserable. 651 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:51,200 Chins up. Wait, wait, wait. 652 00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:53,760 We lost the personalities. 653 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:54,920 Eight unhappy Russians. 654 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:56,520 [laughter] 655 00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:58,240 Imagine you're like-- they're hot fingers. 656 00:26:58,280 --> 00:26:59,920 Like, you can't hold on to them for too long, 657 00:26:59,960 --> 00:27:01,560 'cause I saw a few times-- you see this, like, 658 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:02,560 sticky fingers... 659 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:03,720 Hands. 660 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:05,280 Hot fingers, like, ow. 661 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:07,040 You know, you can barely touch them. 662 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:08,360 You touch them and you're gone. 663 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:09,560 But they're really hot. 664 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:10,520 Go! 665 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:11,440 ♪ Up, two, three 666 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:12,720 Move it, move it. 667 00:27:12,760 --> 00:27:13,800 ♪ Jump, two, three, four, five ♪ 668 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,840 And go! Move! Come on. 669 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:18,080 Go, go, go, go. 670 00:27:18,120 --> 00:27:20,480 Go. Go. 671 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:21,760 Move. 672 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:23,760 Hot fingers. 673 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:25,560 - If they are not nervous, 674 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:27,480 if you do no stupid mistake, 675 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,280 if you look happy, 676 00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:32,320 I think we have a chance to get a recall. 677 00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:58,040 [clacking] 678 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:04,040 - Coming up for our major, I practice almost every day. 679 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:08,080 I like the privates the most 680 00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:11,880 because you get to see what you do the best. 681 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:14,240 [clacking] 682 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:16,000 They always tell you specifically. 683 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,280 They're always watching you. 684 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:22,280 At the private, my mom takes notes 685 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:26,160 about what I have to fix. 686 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,920 - Thank you. 687 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:30,240 - She writes it down 688 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,040 so she knows what to practice the next time. 689 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:47,040 - Oh, no, I don't have privates. 690 00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:48,240 - ♪ One, two, three 691 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:49,920 - 'Cause we're so together. 692 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,520 We're like one big family, the McConomys. 693 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:54,360 - The reason we don't do private lessons 694 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,120 is because we've got 90% in our class 695 00:28:57,160 --> 00:29:00,800 who just couldn't afford it. 696 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:03,080 [cheers and applause] 697 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,640 - It's not fair for any of the older children, 698 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:09,040 'cause if I got private, like, my friends in my age group, 699 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:10,240 they wouldn't get it. 700 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:11,280 So it's just not right. 701 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:13,200 We don't do that. 702 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:16,480 - Yeah, other side. 703 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:21,800 Good? 704 00:29:21,840 --> 00:29:24,880 [bones cracking] 705 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,360 - If you do it wrong, you have to get it right. 706 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,200 You can't just leave it. 707 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:30,640 - [grunts] 708 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:32,640 - My mom, she's very strict about that. 709 00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:33,840 - There you go. 710 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:37,520 [clacking] 711 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,200 Okay, see the leaning on the shoulder? 712 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:41,720 Just relax your shoulder. 713 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:44,000 Push it back and relax. 714 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:48,800 - She had been dancing on a broken foot. 715 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:50,200 And the day that her mom said 716 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:51,560 that they were going to the doctor, 717 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:52,920 Julia was like, "Oh, you know what? 718 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:54,600 It doesn't hurt so much," 719 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,360 'cause she realized we were leaving for Scotland soon, 720 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:57,320 and she didn't want to miss. 721 00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:58,480 [clacking] 722 00:29:58,520 --> 00:29:59,720 - Straight. 723 00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:01,440 Good. 724 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:04,880 - One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, 725 00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:06,440 nine, ten... 726 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,320 I remember when I hurt my foot before the all-Scotland, 727 00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:10,920 I just moved on. 728 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:12,680 My mom was like, "You can't dance steps." 729 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:13,800 Like, "Aye, I can. 730 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:15,440 I can. Watch me." 731 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:20,160 There's so many injuries coming up to the worlds too. 732 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:22,760 It's, like, unbelievable. 733 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:28,520 My friend, she broke her leg a couple days ago. 734 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:29,960 And you're like, "Whoa." 735 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,360 But luckily she's not going to the worlds 736 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:32,800 'cause she didn't qualify. 737 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:34,360 But she still broke her leg at dancing? 738 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:36,600 You're like, "Whoa." 739 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:37,960 - When I hurt my foot, 740 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,760 that was just the best time to strengthen it 741 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:44,320 and to make it better and better for competitions. 742 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:47,280 - We want to work the muscles in the lower leg as well, okay? 743 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:48,920 So the inside part of her arch, 744 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:51,960 she uses one muscle called the posterior tib, 745 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,960 the other muscle called the flexor hallicus longus. 746 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:57,000 Are you having any pain over this area? 747 00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:58,040 - No. 748 00:30:58,080 --> 00:30:59,320 - Okay. 749 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:01,000 Just drape one right here. 750 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:02,800 If it gets too cold, you let me know. 751 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:04,120 Nice and supple. 752 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:05,200 There's no knots in them, 753 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:07,320 so that's a good thing. 754 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:08,560 Are you gonna win? 755 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:09,840 - It's gonna be a tough competition. 756 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:11,440 - Okay, you be confident. 757 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,080 And you have to have fun with it. 758 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:22,600 - Okay. - Watch the player. 759 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:24,040 I realized how good Julia was, 760 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:25,480 and I thought, "You know what, Brogan? 761 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:27,320 You're not gonna win this world easy." 762 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:28,280 Do it again. 763 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:29,240 Step it over. 764 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:30,200 Step over. 765 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:31,640 Over, step, back. 766 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:32,920 And move. 767 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:34,200 Hit that step! Come on! 768 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:37,360 Execute! Make it wider. 769 00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:38,600 That's it. Then go. 770 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:41,560 - Stay on the gray. 771 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:43,520 - Dance classes, they've got tougher. 772 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:46,560 Rosetta's making us do, like, 773 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:49,200 loads and loads of jumps, like, 2,000 and stuff. 774 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:50,920 - Stop, stop. Stand your toes. 775 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:52,520 Put the right down. 776 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:53,960 Right up. 777 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:57,560 Hop and set, aye? Do them up. 778 00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:58,880 I had three sons. 779 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:00,000 I had one daughter. 780 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:01,560 And I wanted her to be a world champion. 781 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,160 I didn't care if she couldn't read or write. 782 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:04,840 I know a lot of people said, "That's ridiculous. 783 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:06,080 Her education's more important." 784 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:07,680 But to me, it wasn't. 785 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:10,840 Irish dancing was the most important thing in my life. 786 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:12,400 - You see how they tear you all, 787 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:15,520 and you just want to work to make them happy again. 788 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,320 And you want to make them proud because they work so hard. 789 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:20,160 They take their time off. 790 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:21,440 - Dance on. 791 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:23,040 [rhythmic clacking] 792 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:24,120 Hat. 793 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:25,280 - You danced it that time. 794 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:26,480 No, she danced it that time. 795 00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:28,000 - Well, it's just her, she's-- 796 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:29,760 - Either do it right, or don't do it at all. 797 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:31,400 You looked as if you were going for a walk, 798 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:32,800 a cheese, and on I go. 799 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:36,440 You're not going to world dancing like that. 800 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:41,440 Get it right, or take it out completely. 801 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:48,200 - When Simona was tiny, 802 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:50,160 it was her that wanted to do it. 803 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:53,320 Now I probably have to push her a little bit more 804 00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:55,880 because I think she's older and there's other interests. 805 00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:57,400 - I started just getting fed up with it. 806 00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:59,200 I thought, "What's the point?" 807 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:00,600 'Cause I really wanted to win a world, 808 00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:02,120 and that's why I was doing it. 809 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:03,880 And when you're not getting the results, 810 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:05,400 it's really hard. 811 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:07,400 - She was thinking of knocking it on the head 812 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:09,040 but didn't want to 'cause of me, 813 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:11,360 'cause she knew it would upset me. 814 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:12,600 [machine whirring] 815 00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:15,920 That is way too big. 816 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:17,520 I've remortgaged twice, 817 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:20,440 not just, I suppose, for the dancing, 818 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:22,560 but most of the money that I earn 819 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:24,040 does go on the dancing. 820 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:25,520 See, it looks like it matches there, 821 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:26,840 but when you look at it on there... 822 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:28,320 It's expensive. 823 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:30,240 That's why I started making costumes, 824 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:31,680 'cause I couldn't afford to buy one. 825 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:33,520 Looks wide, sweet pea. 826 00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:35,080 - I just checked. 827 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,400 - That is not the same as that. 828 00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:38,680 - I just checked. 829 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:40,240 - And people say, "Did you win anything?" 830 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:42,080 You say no, and they go, "Well, why are you doing it?" 831 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:43,160 And it's not the money. 832 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:44,680 It's--you want to win the world. 833 00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:46,200 I mean, if you've done Irish dancing 834 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:48,080 for all those years, 835 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:51,440 the top prize that you can get is the world. 836 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:54,120 And that's what the kids strive for. 837 00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:57,800 - I won the world championships 838 00:33:57,840 --> 00:33:59,920 for the first time in 2002 839 00:33:59,960 --> 00:34:02,880 when it was the first year in Glasgow. 840 00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,480 The next year, I was second. 841 00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:08,480 And a year after that, 842 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:10,520 then I won three worlds in a row. 843 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,320 - Well done. 844 00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:19,120 Okay, standing very well, Katherine, lovely. 845 00:34:19,159 --> 00:34:20,400 - And we had a break in the summertime 846 00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:22,679 'cause class was closed for a month, 847 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:24,280 and Suzanne and a couple of other girls 848 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:25,679 who dance with her said, 849 00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:27,159 oh, they couldn't wait till, like, Sunday 850 00:34:27,199 --> 00:34:28,600 for the class to reopen. 851 00:34:28,639 --> 00:34:29,840 - That's right. 852 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:31,520 - We were enjoying a month's holiday, 853 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:32,840 and they couldn't wait for the dancing to start again, 854 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:34,440 you know? 855 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,639 In fact, Suzanne had an injury about four months ago. 856 00:34:37,679 --> 00:34:39,480 She was on crutches for a couple of weeks, 857 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:40,960 but she came to every class. 858 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:42,400 - With her crutches, yeah. 859 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:43,400 Just to watch. 860 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:44,400 [laughs] 861 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:45,600 - She was using her crutches 862 00:34:45,639 --> 00:34:47,560 to demonstrate wee basic steps. 863 00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:55,960 [ethereal pan flute music] 864 00:34:56,000 --> 00:35:03,920 ♪ 865 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,080 - Here's the da-da-da-da-da, dum-bum. 866 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:07,400 You're doing the diddly dums, 867 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:10,080 your back foot could be more out. 868 00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:12,400 Yeah, push the heel forwards. 869 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:13,560 Do that again. 870 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:15,040 ♪ Dum-dya-bum-bum 871 00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:16,200 - Really smell it off them. 872 00:35:16,240 --> 00:35:17,680 - Yeah. [laughter] 873 00:35:17,720 --> 00:35:19,000 You can, yeah, yeah. 874 00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:20,120 - You see it in the legs. 875 00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:21,080 The beautiful legs. 876 00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:22,560 Legs are so important. 877 00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:23,840 I love legs. 878 00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:25,560 Legs are just that. 879 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:27,880 [clacking] 880 00:35:30,240 --> 00:35:31,600 - Dum, diddly, dum. 881 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:32,920 - Yeah, you're rushing those toes a bit. 882 00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:35,720 ♪ Da-da-da-da-dum da-da-da-da-dum ♪ 883 00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:37,960 - Claire I think will find it hard to give up the dancing 884 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,200 because she loves it so much. 885 00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:43,920 I do think that dancing will always be part of her life. 886 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:48,240 - I don't think you'd last in this unless you love it. 887 00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:50,120 No matter where you go, you'll find yourself, 888 00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:51,880 you know, this kind of thing. 889 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:53,120 En masse, it could be this way. 890 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:54,320 You start thinking. 891 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:55,400 I lie in bed-- if I can't sleep, 892 00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:56,680 I'll start making up steps. 893 00:35:56,720 --> 00:35:58,480 The duvet could be jumping up and down. 894 00:35:58,520 --> 00:35:59,600 That's just it. 895 00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:00,640 That's the mental side of it. 896 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:01,840 - It is my life. 897 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:03,080 It is my passion. 898 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:04,880 I've sacrificed so much in my life 899 00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:06,120 to be an Irish dancer 900 00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:08,840 and to be where I am right now. 901 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,040 - Inside that skinny little body of hers, 902 00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:14,280 she has such determination. 903 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:16,720 - If you're at the top, the only place you can go is down. 904 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:18,320 And you really don't want that to happen, 905 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:20,680 so the pressure is always there to stay at the top. 906 00:36:32,240 --> 00:36:33,680 - They just pulled out. Did you see that? 907 00:36:33,720 --> 00:36:35,520 - I did. And I'm glad you saw it. 908 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:36,960 You're not turning here? 909 00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:38,320 - Yeah, why? 910 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:39,760 - I thought you were going straight. 911 00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:41,040 - I'm not going that way. 912 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:42,480 - I'd be happy if she goes to the world 913 00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:43,920 and dances really well. 914 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:45,920 And I know she's capable of winning it, 915 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:47,920 but then that doesn't mean she will. 916 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:49,520 - Claire's gonna go there wanting to keep it 917 00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:51,080 'cause she won it last year. 918 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,640 Suzanne's gonna go wanting to get it back. 919 00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:54,760 And I haven't won it, 920 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:56,120 so I just really want to win one. 921 00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:57,480 [chuckles] 922 00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:09,040 - I'm Sandun. 923 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:10,600 I'm this Sri Lankan guy who lives in Holland, 924 00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:12,240 and I'm Irish dancer. 925 00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:13,840 They call me the Flying Dutchman. 926 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:15,520 I want people to say this year, 927 00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:20,720 "Flying Dutchman is in the top five of the world." 928 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:22,440 When you go to Irish dance class or to a feis, 929 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:24,120 you step into this other world. 930 00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:26,320 I really see it like that. 931 00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:28,040 [rhythmic Scottish accordion music] 932 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,400 [clacking] 933 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:46,080 - The first time I looked at Irish dancing was Riverdance, 934 00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:47,640 and I didn't like it at all. 935 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:48,880 Then I took home a video, 936 00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:50,440 and he watched it three times a day, 937 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:52,040 four times a day, five times, 938 00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:55,000 like little kids watch cartoons, The Lion King. 939 00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:57,360 And he watched Riverdance. 940 00:37:57,400 --> 00:37:58,640 - It's like a drug. 941 00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:00,640 Irish dancing is like a drug. 942 00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:02,880 I mean, tough sport-- it's not good for your body. 943 00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:04,400 Get injuries everywhere. 944 00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:07,720 But at the same time, it gives you this nice feeling. 945 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:09,680 [blunt punching sounds] 946 00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:16,040 - He's absolutely determined, if he wants to. 947 00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:18,000 He can also be a lazy bastard. 948 00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:19,840 - I would be seeking thrills everywhere. 949 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:21,920 I think probably, you know, 950 00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:23,960 if someone would be like, "Hey, take this joint," 951 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:27,720 or, "Take this little pill," I'd do it. 952 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:31,560 But now I want to, you know, perform good, 953 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:33,680 and you can't do that with drugs 954 00:38:33,720 --> 00:38:35,520 or an over amount of alcohol. 955 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:36,800 [chuckles] 956 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:39,760 [both conversing in Dutch] 957 00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:45,400 - Sandun is the only boy in the school. 958 00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:46,960 - You have no one else 959 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,400 to compare yourself with during classes. 960 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,960 You have to do it all by yourself. 961 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:54,760 - He made his own mix 962 00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,480 because he's cocky enough to think... 963 00:38:57,520 --> 00:38:58,600 [laughs] 964 00:38:58,640 --> 00:39:00,760 That he knows best for himself. 965 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:03,120 - Sandun cocky? - Yeah. 966 00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:04,360 - And what is very funny is, 967 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:07,680 Irish dancing is a girl's sport. 968 00:39:07,720 --> 00:39:09,200 More, it's a white girl's sport. 969 00:39:09,240 --> 00:39:11,600 You don't see colored people in Irish dancing. 970 00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:13,600 I know there are thousands of people, 971 00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:15,240 and I've seen five colored people, 972 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:16,400 something like that. 973 00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:18,600 And he feels perfectly comfortable 974 00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:23,480 because people accept him for what he does dancing 975 00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:26,800 and not for who he is colored or non-colored. 976 00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:32,280 [speaking Dutch] 977 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:37,160 - Being adopted, for Sandun, it's very difficult 978 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:40,560 because he grows up in a white environment, 979 00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:43,640 being a child of white parents, 980 00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:46,640 and that's not how it should have been. 981 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:49,720 He should have grown up in Sri Lanka 982 00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:52,840 with his own parents. 983 00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:56,720 Being given up by your own mom, 984 00:39:56,760 --> 00:40:00,720 that's not easy to cope with. 985 00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:04,920 We had really rough times when he was younger. 986 00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:10,040 That's why Irish dancing was very important to us. 987 00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:13,880 Something that made him feel very good about himself. 988 00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:18,480 Even in the rougher moments of our lives, 989 00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:21,560 we went to dance practice, 990 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:25,880 and that always made it right again. 991 00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:28,080 - That's been a difficult path. 992 00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:33,320 It's not been impossible, 993 00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:34,840 but Sandun has many interests, 994 00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,040 and now he's gone to puberty, 995 00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:40,000 and it's not helping to be... 996 00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:44,160 - Yeah, he wants to go out and stay up late 997 00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:46,320 and drink. 998 00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:48,880 That's very normal for teenagers, 999 00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:54,520 but that doesn't combine very well with the sport. 1000 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:56,000 - I don't want to be like, 1001 00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:58,960 "Sandun came, he got seventh, and that was it." 1002 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:00,640 No, I want to be like, "Sandun got tenth. 1003 00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:02,440 "Then he got seventh. Then he got top five. 1004 00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:03,600 "Then he got top three. 1005 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:09,120 Then, bam, yeah, number one." 1006 00:41:23,720 --> 00:41:24,920 - I was born in Glasgow, 1007 00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:26,840 and it's funny for me to be here 1008 00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:30,000 at the 40th world championships and be hosting the event. 1009 00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:36,120 There'll be somewhere just over 6,000 competitors. 1010 00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:43,560 It brings in all through the week 20,000, 30,000 people. 1011 00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:45,440 And everything culminates here 1012 00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:48,720 in three 35-second performances, if you're lucky. 1013 00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:50,760 Some of them only get to perform twice at this event, 1014 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:52,000 and you get called-- 1015 00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:54,640 only 50 people get to do the last round. 1016 00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:57,080 So really, all these children are practicing all year round 1017 00:41:57,120 --> 00:42:00,720 for six minutes of dancing. 1018 00:42:13,720 --> 00:42:17,520 - This morning, he was up at half five. 1019 00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:21,080 And tomorrow he's bound to wake up as well early. 1020 00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:28,280 He's got that excitement and nervousness all rolled into one. 1021 00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:31,960 There's, like, a coiled spring. 1022 00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:44,200 - When we get to the hotel, 1023 00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:45,760 are we gonna practice a little? 1024 00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:47,160 - No practicing, no. 1025 00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:49,000 It's just stretching, a little stretch. 1026 00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:50,120 - Yeah, that's what I mean. 1027 00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:52,640 - Yeah, no, no dancing. 1028 00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:54,480 Yeah. 1029 00:42:56,880 --> 00:42:59,560 That's gorgeous. 1030 00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:00,920 - That is beautiful. 1031 00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:04,120 Costumes cost $2,500 American. 1032 00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:05,560 - Give you a ton of roses. 1033 00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:06,880 - Wow. 1034 00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:08,720 - You have to see the headband. 1035 00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:09,600 - Oh, that's perfect. 1036 00:43:09,640 --> 00:43:12,120 - You like it? - Yeah. 1037 00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:15,160 - She got a new dress in July. 1038 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:18,400 She's worn it four times, maybe. 1039 00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:20,360 - No, more than that, babe. 1040 00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:22,400 The little feises, you mean. 1041 00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:23,640 - The--with the white skirt. 1042 00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:25,840 - Uh-huh. Four times. 1043 00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:27,120 - Four times? 1044 00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:28,200 - Yeah, yeah. 1045 00:43:28,240 --> 00:43:30,040 - Uh, maybe five? 1046 00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:31,320 - Okay, I don't know. 1047 00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:32,480 I thought it was more than that. 1048 00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:33,840 - But she grew. 1049 00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:35,040 - It's beautiful. 1050 00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:36,200 - It's gorgeous. 1051 00:43:36,240 --> 00:43:37,480 See what I mean about this white, 1052 00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:38,840 that it's like that really shiny-- 1053 00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:39,680 - Yeah, shiny. 1054 00:43:39,720 --> 00:43:41,200 - Almost, like, iridescent. 1055 00:43:41,240 --> 00:43:43,000 - And you have socks that are diamante, right? 1056 00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:44,280 - Yes, - Obviously. 1057 00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:46,800 That's a silly question. 1058 00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:47,880 - Feel comfortable in those? 1059 00:43:47,920 --> 00:43:49,000 Feel ready? 1060 00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:50,120 [both laugh] 1061 00:44:05,720 --> 00:44:07,640 - This last year, Brogan hasn't had it easy 1062 00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:11,960 'cause Mom passed away. 1063 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:15,360 Mom was diagnosed with cancer in June, 1064 00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:18,480 so Brogan was finishing up school in the June. 1065 00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:20,680 So we moved more or less up to Sligo 1066 00:44:20,720 --> 00:44:23,200 for that summer. 1067 00:44:23,240 --> 00:44:25,480 - My granny was just so, so ill. 1068 00:44:25,520 --> 00:44:26,760 It was unbelievable. 1069 00:44:26,800 --> 00:44:28,880 She was all, like, oxygen and everything. 1070 00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:30,680 It was just so, so sad. 1071 00:44:30,720 --> 00:44:32,960 But, like, she-- every day, 1072 00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:35,440 she would, like, be saying to me, 1073 00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:37,120 "Do your best and all." 1074 00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:40,800 So, like, and I know she would have just wanted me 1075 00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:42,360 to do my best. 1076 00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:46,400 So I just kept going to qualify for the world. 1077 00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:48,160 - The Ulsters was a big thing this year 1078 00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:51,200 because this was her qualifier for the worlds. 1079 00:44:51,240 --> 00:44:53,120 So for about the week before Mom died, 1080 00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:54,720 we knew she was really, really sick. 1081 00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:57,000 - And she was going, "Rosetta, I have to just qualify 1082 00:44:57,040 --> 00:45:00,040 for the world to go back and tell Grandma so she can die." 1083 00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:03,280 - Brogan won. 1084 00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:04,680 And then I rang my sister in Sligo, 1085 00:45:04,720 --> 00:45:06,400 who's in hospital at the moment. 1086 00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:09,400 I said, "Just whisper to her now that she's won 1087 00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:11,000 and she's gone through to the worlds." 1088 00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:13,440 And I went back up home, 1089 00:45:13,480 --> 00:45:15,160 and that morning, she died then. 1090 00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:18,160 - It was like she just wanted to find out that I qualified 1091 00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:21,960 and then, like, rest. 1092 00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:24,560 I was sad, but I was excited to hear 1093 00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:26,680 that she found out. 1094 00:45:26,720 --> 00:45:29,840 Everybody was, like, so upside down, like, 1095 00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:32,240 and it was terrible. 1096 00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:34,160 But we pulled through. 1097 00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:03,360 [rhythmic pan flute music] 1098 00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:11,360 ♪ 1099 00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:22,280 - Push those knees down flat. 1100 00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:24,360 Stomachs should be flat down on you guys. 1101 00:46:24,400 --> 00:46:26,680 Push it down. 1102 00:46:31,720 --> 00:46:39,640 ♪ 1103 00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:59,480 - [humming] 1104 00:47:04,240 --> 00:47:06,320 - My hand, see how all the blood goes out of my hand. 1105 00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:08,840 Sticking up that hand. 1106 00:47:08,880 --> 00:47:10,480 Let me see the... 1107 00:47:10,520 --> 00:47:12,400 beginning of the last jump. 1108 00:47:14,720 --> 00:47:15,880 - And relax. 1109 00:47:15,920 --> 00:47:17,160 Top half, you're dancing fabulous. 1110 00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:18,600 I'm really, really happy. 1111 00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:40,880 - My dress is so special to me. 1112 00:47:40,920 --> 00:47:42,680 My granny bought it for me, 1113 00:47:42,720 --> 00:47:45,560 and I say she's always dancing with me. 1114 00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:47,040 She got me this dress, 1115 00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:49,720 and she's my wee guardian angel and all. 1116 00:47:49,760 --> 00:47:52,120 It's not really about dresses, 1117 00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:55,840 but it will make me feel confident. 1118 00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:02,840 - Ladies and gentlemen, 1119 00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:07,640 we are now ready to commence competition 31, 1120 00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:12,080 the girls' championship, 10 to 11 years. 1121 00:48:12,120 --> 00:48:15,880 Competitors 177, 1122 00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:19,400 178, and 179. 1123 00:48:25,360 --> 00:48:28,120 [ambling Scottish accordion music] 1124 00:48:28,160 --> 00:48:36,160 ♪ 1125 00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:49,200 [cheers and applause] 1126 00:49:04,720 --> 00:49:06,640 Competitors 119, 1127 00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:08,600 120, 1128 00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:10,440 and 121. 1129 00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:18,440 ♪ 1130 00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:50,720 [cheers and applause] 1131 00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:53,600 - Beautiful. 1132 00:49:53,640 --> 00:49:54,840 It was really, really good. 1133 00:49:54,880 --> 00:49:55,840 Really good. 1134 00:49:55,880 --> 00:49:57,440 - Where's Lisa and Karen? 1135 00:49:57,480 --> 00:49:59,120 - They're in there. Did you want to talk to them? 1136 00:49:59,160 --> 00:50:00,160 - Are you happy now? 1137 00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:01,840 It was beautiful, beautiful. 1138 00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:02,880 - Thank you. 1139 00:50:07,200 --> 00:50:09,120 - ♪ One and two, four ♪ 1140 00:50:09,160 --> 00:50:10,920 ♪ Up, two, three, four, five, six, seven ♪ 1141 00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:13,760 ♪ And turn, two, three, four, five, and hat ♪ 1142 00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:16,200 Their first round is in the heavy shoes. 1143 00:50:16,240 --> 00:50:19,400 It's all about rhythm and moving. 1144 00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:23,040 Their second round is the soft-shoe round. 1145 00:50:23,080 --> 00:50:24,720 That's more about lifting. 1146 00:50:24,760 --> 00:50:26,600 It's quite balletic, maybe. 1147 00:50:26,640 --> 00:50:28,160 There's a lot of flying around the floor, 1148 00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:30,520 high kicks and jumps. 1149 00:50:30,560 --> 00:50:33,040 And then the marks are added up for those two rounds, 1150 00:50:33,080 --> 00:50:36,240 and the best third are recalled back 1151 00:50:36,280 --> 00:50:38,040 to do their set dance. 1152 00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:39,800 And it's in heavy shoes again, 1153 00:50:39,840 --> 00:50:42,600 and it's basically your showpiece 1154 00:50:42,640 --> 00:50:44,320 to show off what you can do. 1155 00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:51,360 - The night before a competition, 1156 00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:54,040 I sleep with these two. 1157 00:50:54,080 --> 00:50:57,280 And this one's usually at the end of the bed. 1158 00:50:57,320 --> 00:51:03,400 This one's usually by the pillows. 1159 00:51:03,440 --> 00:51:09,040 But they keep me warm 1160 00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:10,920 and comfortable. 1161 00:51:10,960 --> 00:51:14,080 - [chuckles] Oh, and his tooth fell out, didn't it? 1162 00:51:14,120 --> 00:51:15,960 - Trying to open a bottle. 1163 00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:19,640 - Put it under your pillow. 1164 00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:22,080 - I'm up at 6:00 in the morning, 1165 00:51:22,120 --> 00:51:24,960 and I'll go to the venue at 7:00. 1166 00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:29,480 Well, John has to go through the steps. 1167 00:51:38,600 --> 00:51:41,720 My New Year's resolution was, 1168 00:51:41,760 --> 00:51:44,640 I'm gonna concentrate. 1169 00:51:48,360 --> 00:51:51,680 - He's just like a little firecracker. 1170 00:51:51,720 --> 00:51:53,800 Everyone's like, "Oh, you're a little cheeky fellow. 1171 00:51:53,840 --> 00:51:55,680 I love watching him dance; he's so good." 1172 00:51:55,720 --> 00:51:58,840 And I was like, "Yeah, when he doesn't stop, he's brilliant." 1173 00:51:58,880 --> 00:52:00,320 Want to tell you what we're doing. 1174 00:52:00,360 --> 00:52:02,000 Think about your head, 1175 00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:03,200 think about your left foot, 1176 00:52:03,240 --> 00:52:04,520 and think about pushing that click 1177 00:52:04,560 --> 00:52:06,320 right above your head, okay? 1178 00:52:06,360 --> 00:52:07,840 - Good luck. 1179 00:52:07,880 --> 00:52:10,000 [speaking indistinctly] 1180 00:52:12,240 --> 00:52:15,200 - Our first competitors, numbers 104, 1181 00:52:15,240 --> 00:52:18,160 105, and 106. 1182 00:52:18,200 --> 00:52:21,080 [ambling Scottish accordion music] 1183 00:52:21,120 --> 00:52:29,000 ♪ 1184 00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:53,920 - Whoo! 1185 00:52:53,960 --> 00:52:54,840 Was that good? 1186 00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:56,040 - Yeah, very good. 1187 00:52:56,080 --> 00:52:57,600 He covered the stage really well. 1188 00:52:57,640 --> 00:52:58,960 [cheers and applause] 1189 00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:01,200 - Can't breathe yet. 1190 00:53:03,240 --> 00:53:06,360 He's smiling now. 1191 00:53:09,120 --> 00:53:11,360 - I did watch him in one of the feises, 1192 00:53:11,400 --> 00:53:13,240 and I thought he danced brilliant. 1193 00:53:13,280 --> 00:53:15,000 And the guy next to me said, "He's won, he's won, he's won." 1194 00:53:15,040 --> 00:53:16,640 Well, he came third, I think, or second. 1195 00:53:16,680 --> 00:53:20,160 And I got a bit annoyed about that, you know? 1196 00:53:20,200 --> 00:53:21,880 I thought--you know, I was saying, 1197 00:53:21,920 --> 00:53:23,360 "Well, they've got it wrong." 1198 00:53:23,400 --> 00:53:25,080 But I don't know, so... 1199 00:53:25,120 --> 00:53:27,120 They know what they're doing up front, don't they, 1200 00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:28,560 the judges, I presume? 1201 00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:32,360 - Each band will be judged 1202 00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:34,280 by a different group of five judges. 1203 00:53:34,320 --> 00:53:36,920 And those judges have a total of 100 points 1204 00:53:36,960 --> 00:53:39,000 to award to the first place winner. 1205 00:53:39,040 --> 00:53:42,280 We put them in here because our art form's very subjective, 1206 00:53:42,320 --> 00:53:44,040 so therefore we don't encourage consultation. 1207 00:53:44,080 --> 00:53:46,120 They're not allowed to speak about the competition. 1208 00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:49,680 And they are very heavily policed. 1209 00:53:49,720 --> 00:53:54,560 So we actually have a system where our judges are chaperoned. 1210 00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:58,320 We don't have such a thing as fault penalties. 1211 00:53:58,360 --> 00:54:00,160 We try not to restrict the judge. 1212 00:54:00,200 --> 00:54:01,840 At the end of the day, 1213 00:54:01,880 --> 00:54:04,520 a lot of it comes down to personal taste. 1214 00:54:04,560 --> 00:54:09,360 [girls talking indistinctly] 1215 00:54:09,400 --> 00:54:12,200 [sprightly flute music] 1216 00:54:12,240 --> 00:54:19,160 ♪ 1217 00:54:19,200 --> 00:54:20,960 - There's been visa problems, 1218 00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:24,560 so a few of them have been denied their visas 1219 00:54:24,600 --> 00:54:28,080 to come into the country. 1220 00:54:30,720 --> 00:54:32,160 One of the things we were trying to do 1221 00:54:32,200 --> 00:54:34,120 was to make the team stand out 1222 00:54:34,160 --> 00:54:36,320 on the stage like they deserve to be there. 1223 00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:39,040 And then they're told they're not allowed 1224 00:54:39,080 --> 00:54:40,480 to come into the country. 1225 00:54:40,520 --> 00:54:42,680 They've just been beaten down, you know, 1226 00:54:42,720 --> 00:54:44,160 for no reason at all. 1227 00:54:44,200 --> 00:54:47,000 And, yeah, it's gonna be hard to get them 1228 00:54:47,040 --> 00:54:49,440 to get that energetic performance 1229 00:54:49,480 --> 00:54:52,720 that we were hoping we would see on the stage this time. 1230 00:54:52,760 --> 00:54:54,240 - And we all tried to do it 1231 00:54:54,280 --> 00:54:55,880 not just for ourselves, 1232 00:54:55,920 --> 00:54:57,280 dancing on the stage, 1233 00:54:57,320 --> 00:55:00,200 but also for the guys who stayed in Moscow. 1234 00:55:00,240 --> 00:55:03,360 And as Anya, the girl who stayed in Moscow, 1235 00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:05,960 she wrote us, 1236 00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:08,880 "Do your best, dance good for me." 1237 00:55:08,920 --> 00:55:10,240 [chuckles] 1238 00:55:10,280 --> 00:55:13,280 So we try to do it for her as well. 1239 00:55:13,320 --> 00:55:15,760 - Instead of kind of getting knocked down, 1240 00:55:15,800 --> 00:55:17,360 give it more of a push. 1241 00:55:17,400 --> 00:55:19,040 So from today and tomorrow 1242 00:55:19,080 --> 00:55:20,480 when we're doing all the practices, 1243 00:55:20,520 --> 00:55:22,080 keep that focus, keep that drive. 1244 00:55:22,120 --> 00:55:23,440 Let's do it. 1245 00:55:23,480 --> 00:55:24,400 One and two. 1246 00:55:24,440 --> 00:55:25,360 Nice dancing. 1247 00:55:25,400 --> 00:55:26,480 Stretch it up and back. 1248 00:55:26,520 --> 00:55:28,240 ♪ And four and five ♪ 1249 00:55:28,280 --> 00:55:30,160 ♪ And six and seven 1250 00:55:30,200 --> 00:55:31,280 ♪ And eight, two, three 1251 00:55:31,320 --> 00:55:33,840 Where's the faces? 1252 00:55:37,720 --> 00:55:40,520 [girls talking at once] 1253 00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:52,520 - We are now ready to commence 1254 00:55:52,560 --> 00:55:58,000 the second round of the girls under 11 championship. 1255 00:56:02,120 --> 00:56:06,840 Onstage now, we have 120 and 121. 1256 00:56:06,880 --> 00:56:09,720 [sprightly flute music] 1257 00:56:09,760 --> 00:56:17,680 ♪ 1258 00:56:33,080 --> 00:56:36,840 173 and 174. 1259 00:56:37,960 --> 00:56:46,000 ♪ 1260 00:56:55,600 --> 00:56:58,440 [cheers and applause] 1261 00:57:00,840 --> 00:57:03,560 [rhythmic fiddle music] 1262 00:57:03,600 --> 00:57:09,880 ♪ 1263 00:57:09,920 --> 00:57:10,800 - Well done. 1264 00:57:10,840 --> 00:57:12,560 - Hey, Daddy. 1265 00:57:12,600 --> 00:57:14,120 There, Mommy. 1266 00:57:14,160 --> 00:57:15,920 - Well done. - Oh, thank you. 1267 00:57:15,960 --> 00:57:17,880 - I thought you just flew around there like a bird. 1268 00:57:17,920 --> 00:57:18,800 Are you happy with that? 1269 00:57:18,840 --> 00:57:20,240 - Yep. 1270 00:57:20,280 --> 00:57:21,720 - Did you content yourself the way you danced? 1271 00:57:21,760 --> 00:57:23,080 - What? 1272 00:57:23,120 --> 00:57:24,720 - Were you very content the way you danced? 1273 00:57:24,760 --> 00:57:26,560 Couldn't have done any better. You were so brilliant. 1274 00:57:37,920 --> 00:57:40,640 [blender whirring] 1275 00:57:43,200 --> 00:57:44,120 [loud cracking] 1276 00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:45,040 - Oh. 1277 00:57:45,080 --> 00:57:47,360 - That's amazing. 1278 00:57:47,400 --> 00:57:48,800 - That's it. 1279 00:57:55,000 --> 00:57:58,000 - [speaking indistinctly] 1280 00:58:00,400 --> 00:58:01,720 ♪ Left foot out, out, out ♪ 1281 00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:03,560 ♪ Chin up and chin up, then push up ♪ 1282 00:58:03,600 --> 00:58:04,520 Come on, up, up, up. 1283 00:58:04,560 --> 00:58:06,240 Arms down, treble across. 1284 00:58:15,000 --> 00:58:16,480 - Competition number six. 1285 00:58:16,520 --> 00:58:20,760 Boys, 15 to 16 age group. 1286 00:58:23,080 --> 00:58:26,160 Now we have 105 and 104. 1287 00:58:32,800 --> 00:58:35,680 [sprightly accordion music] 1288 00:58:35,720 --> 00:58:43,640 ♪ 1289 00:58:56,720 --> 00:58:59,680 [cheers and applause] 1290 00:59:12,800 --> 00:59:14,280 - ♪ One and two 1291 00:59:14,320 --> 00:59:16,480 ♪ And three and four 1292 00:59:16,520 --> 00:59:18,280 Okay, and just do the best you can 1293 00:59:18,320 --> 00:59:19,560 because you deserve to go up there. 1294 00:59:19,600 --> 00:59:20,600 Okay? 1295 00:59:20,640 --> 00:59:21,600 - Okay. 1296 00:59:21,640 --> 00:59:23,320 - Okay, you ready? all: Yeah! 1297 00:59:34,720 --> 00:59:37,440 [sprightly string music] 1298 00:59:37,480 --> 00:59:45,480 ♪ 1299 00:59:56,040 --> 00:59:59,040 [cheers and applause] 1300 01:00:04,360 --> 01:00:06,440 [all panting] 1301 01:00:11,160 --> 01:00:14,400 - I'm just going to read to you the recall 1302 01:00:14,440 --> 01:00:16,000 in numerical order. 1303 01:00:16,040 --> 01:00:18,680 - [speaking Russian] 1304 01:00:18,720 --> 01:00:20,680 [giggles] 1305 01:00:20,720 --> 01:00:23,840 [cheers and applause] 1306 01:00:23,880 --> 01:00:25,840 - 127. 1307 01:00:25,880 --> 01:00:27,920 136. 1308 01:00:27,960 --> 01:00:29,600 139. 1309 01:00:29,640 --> 01:00:30,880 [cheers and applause] 1310 01:00:30,920 --> 01:00:32,560 140. 1311 01:00:32,600 --> 01:00:33,920 146. 1312 01:00:33,960 --> 01:00:35,200 [cheers and applause] 1313 01:00:35,240 --> 01:00:36,800 151. 1314 01:00:36,840 --> 01:00:39,000 [cheers and applause] 1315 01:00:39,040 --> 01:00:40,800 159. 1316 01:00:40,840 --> 01:00:42,640 - No. 1317 01:00:42,680 --> 01:00:43,640 [speaking Russian] 1318 01:00:43,680 --> 01:00:45,120 [speaking indistinctly] 1319 01:00:45,160 --> 01:00:46,920 - Just so nervous every time. 1320 01:00:46,960 --> 01:00:48,480 - Yeah, my hands are sweating. 1321 01:00:48,520 --> 01:00:50,480 - Yeah, shaking. 1322 01:00:50,520 --> 01:00:55,280 - You know, battle on, and you'll be even better next year. 1323 01:00:55,320 --> 01:00:56,360 Yeah? 1324 01:00:56,400 --> 01:00:58,040 Okay. 1325 01:00:58,080 --> 01:01:00,560 Let's have a drink. 1326 01:01:02,840 --> 01:01:05,680 [melancholy string music] 1327 01:01:05,720 --> 01:01:13,680 ♪ 1328 01:01:35,200 --> 01:01:37,280 [clacking] 1329 01:01:43,120 --> 01:01:44,320 - Competition is really tough. 1330 01:01:44,360 --> 01:01:45,680 The top three is, like-- 1331 01:01:45,720 --> 01:01:47,360 they're like titans. 1332 01:01:47,400 --> 01:01:49,640 You just can't move them. 1333 01:01:55,040 --> 01:01:56,800 - Between number four and number eight 1334 01:01:56,840 --> 01:01:58,200 is about the same level, 1335 01:01:58,240 --> 01:02:01,680 and then the first three are a little step higher. 1336 01:02:03,880 --> 01:02:07,400 So it could be between fourth and eighth, I think. 1337 01:02:07,440 --> 01:02:09,320 But he has to see improvement. 1338 01:02:09,360 --> 01:02:10,920 If he becomes eighth this year, 1339 01:02:10,960 --> 01:02:13,680 that's going to be a huge disappointment. 1340 01:02:18,440 --> 01:02:21,280 [ambling accordion music] 1341 01:02:21,320 --> 01:02:29,320 ♪ 1342 01:02:33,320 --> 01:02:36,040 [stirring string music] 1343 01:02:36,080 --> 01:02:44,080 ♪ 1344 01:02:58,320 --> 01:03:01,000 [cheers and applause] 1345 01:03:08,480 --> 01:03:11,640 - Next we have the results for competition number five. 1346 01:03:11,680 --> 01:03:14,240 Boys, 16 and 17. 1347 01:03:14,280 --> 01:03:16,840 190.5. 1348 01:03:16,880 --> 01:03:18,760 174. 1349 01:03:18,800 --> 01:03:20,600 203. 1350 01:03:20,640 --> 01:03:22,480 847. 1351 01:03:22,520 --> 01:03:23,720 [conversing in Dutch] 1352 01:03:23,760 --> 01:03:26,720 796.5. 1353 01:03:26,760 --> 01:03:29,280 1,026.5. 1354 01:03:29,320 --> 01:03:31,600 And 614.5. 1355 01:03:31,640 --> 01:03:33,560 [cheers and applause] 1356 01:03:33,600 --> 01:03:36,920 - [speaking Dutch] 1357 01:03:40,040 --> 01:03:41,160 - In tenth place... 1358 01:03:41,200 --> 01:03:43,280 [continues speaking indistinctly] 1359 01:03:43,320 --> 01:03:48,920 From the Netherlands is number 145, Sandun Verschoor. 1360 01:03:48,960 --> 01:03:51,400 - [speaking Dutch] 1361 01:03:52,600 --> 01:03:55,080 Ten, boy. 1362 01:03:57,960 --> 01:04:01,320 Well, it's still medal holder. 1363 01:04:03,080 --> 01:04:04,800 - Really terrible 1364 01:04:04,840 --> 01:04:08,520 'cause I came for fifth place or top five, 1365 01:04:08,560 --> 01:04:09,920 and I got tenth. 1366 01:04:09,960 --> 01:04:12,560 That really sucked. 1367 01:04:12,600 --> 01:04:16,240 Should I continue doing this? 1368 01:04:16,280 --> 01:04:19,280 But what would I do if I won't be dancing? 1369 01:04:19,320 --> 01:04:21,200 You know, I'm not that kind of person 1370 01:04:21,240 --> 01:04:25,560 who would go to university or, you know... 1371 01:04:25,600 --> 01:04:27,120 No, not for me. 1372 01:04:27,160 --> 01:04:31,080 I need to finish something, you know? 1373 01:04:31,120 --> 01:04:35,760 And that's gonna be dancing. 1374 01:04:35,800 --> 01:04:38,040 [rapid clacking] 1375 01:04:43,680 --> 01:04:45,680 - You know, when she's on form, she's on form. 1376 01:04:45,720 --> 01:04:48,880 And I just never know with Simona. 1377 01:04:51,720 --> 01:04:53,160 - She's beaten all the other girls 1378 01:04:53,200 --> 01:04:55,800 at different times at different competitions. 1379 01:05:00,280 --> 01:05:01,960 - So hopefully this year, 1380 01:05:02,000 --> 01:05:04,520 we're due a good world. 1381 01:05:04,560 --> 01:05:05,480 - Arch. 1382 01:05:05,520 --> 01:05:06,760 It's only a split second. 1383 01:05:06,800 --> 01:05:09,160 If it hurts, it's a split second. 1384 01:05:11,200 --> 01:05:12,520 - What I've been doing 1385 01:05:12,560 --> 01:05:14,120 is just dancing my steps through in my head, 1386 01:05:14,160 --> 01:05:15,960 and half the time, I can't get to sleep, 1387 01:05:16,000 --> 01:05:17,320 and I'll finish my set dancing, 1388 01:05:17,360 --> 01:05:18,880 have to go back to my junk and start again. 1389 01:05:18,920 --> 01:05:20,120 - [laughs] 1390 01:05:20,160 --> 01:05:21,560 That'll actually end up keeping me awake 1391 01:05:21,600 --> 01:05:23,760 about an hour longer when I should be sleeping. 1392 01:05:23,800 --> 01:05:25,960 But I'll probably do that for the wee half hour 1393 01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:27,840 and then go to sleep. 1394 01:05:27,880 --> 01:05:29,080 - I do it too. 1395 01:05:29,120 --> 01:05:30,240 [laughs] 1396 01:05:30,280 --> 01:05:32,680 I lie in bed doing her dances. 1397 01:05:32,720 --> 01:05:34,840 I would love for her to win in Glasgow again, 1398 01:05:34,880 --> 01:05:36,200 and that's her drive. 1399 01:05:36,240 --> 01:05:38,760 That's her motivation for this year. 1400 01:05:38,800 --> 01:05:41,760 [ambling accordion music] 1401 01:05:41,800 --> 01:05:49,720 ♪ 1402 01:05:55,640 --> 01:05:57,960 [cheers and applause] 1403 01:06:10,720 --> 01:06:12,480 - Very well done. 1404 01:06:12,520 --> 01:06:14,080 Oh. 1405 01:06:14,120 --> 01:06:15,440 - I didn't know that-- 1406 01:06:15,480 --> 01:06:18,200 - Oh, my God, that was so amazing, Susie. 1407 01:06:18,240 --> 01:06:19,880 It was absolutely gorgeous. 1408 01:06:19,920 --> 01:06:21,200 You smiled the whole way through. 1409 01:06:21,240 --> 01:06:22,680 It was just gorgeous. 1410 01:06:22,720 --> 01:06:25,320 Well done. 1411 01:06:25,360 --> 01:06:26,760 - You're waiting, you're anxious, 1412 01:06:26,800 --> 01:06:28,320 and you're just hoping that everything 1413 01:06:28,360 --> 01:06:29,280 will go well for her. 1414 01:06:29,320 --> 01:06:30,640 That's all I ask, really, 1415 01:06:30,680 --> 01:06:32,200 is that she'll have three good rounds, 1416 01:06:32,240 --> 01:06:33,640 she danced the way she can dance, 1417 01:06:33,680 --> 01:06:35,440 and that's out of your hands then. 1418 01:06:35,480 --> 01:06:37,400 - I'm probably seen as the one to beat 1419 01:06:37,440 --> 01:06:40,000 because I'm one of the last three, 1420 01:06:40,040 --> 01:06:42,960 so it's just-- it is a lot of pressure 1421 01:06:43,000 --> 01:06:45,080 because you just-- you can't disappoint, 1422 01:06:45,120 --> 01:06:46,680 and there's so many in the competition 1423 01:06:46,720 --> 01:06:47,960 that are so good. 1424 01:06:48,000 --> 01:06:51,120 - There's 166 hoping to beat you. 1425 01:06:57,120 --> 01:06:59,280 - Slow. 1426 01:07:00,360 --> 01:07:03,200 [humming along rhythmically] 1427 01:07:03,240 --> 01:07:04,760 Ooh, jeez. 1428 01:07:04,800 --> 01:07:05,880 And bang and bang. 1429 01:07:05,920 --> 01:07:06,840 Timing. 1430 01:07:06,880 --> 01:07:08,800 ♪ Da da da da 1431 01:07:14,760 --> 01:07:17,360 I ain't gonna do what I usually do. 1432 01:07:17,400 --> 01:07:20,280 [ambling accordion music] 1433 01:07:20,320 --> 01:07:28,280 ♪ 1434 01:07:53,680 --> 01:07:56,400 [cheers and applause] 1435 01:07:56,440 --> 01:07:57,880 That was near flawless. 1436 01:07:57,920 --> 01:07:59,840 The girl was there and then just went like that. 1437 01:07:59,880 --> 01:08:02,360 She handled it well. 1438 01:08:02,400 --> 01:08:03,920 - Adjudicators, 1439 01:08:03,960 --> 01:08:06,520 there is no 196. 1440 01:08:06,560 --> 01:08:12,200 Onstage we have 197 and 496. 1441 01:08:18,280 --> 01:08:19,600 - [sighs] 1442 01:08:19,639 --> 01:08:20,680 It was good other than that. 1443 01:08:20,719 --> 01:08:21,960 - You had to pin her. 1444 01:08:22,000 --> 01:08:23,760 [laughter] 1445 01:08:23,800 --> 01:08:26,040 - You couldn't go anywhere there. 1446 01:08:26,080 --> 01:08:28,000 - Well, we kind of just saw each other coming, 1447 01:08:28,040 --> 01:08:29,520 but we were both, like, doing something. 1448 01:08:29,559 --> 01:08:30,840 We couldn't move out of the way, 1449 01:08:30,880 --> 01:08:32,360 and I was just like-- 1450 01:08:32,399 --> 01:08:35,399 We kind of just-- two of us kind of just went... 1451 01:08:42,719 --> 01:08:44,600 - I'm nervous, 1452 01:08:44,639 --> 01:08:46,120 really nervous, 1453 01:08:46,160 --> 01:08:48,120 'cause I really, really want to win. 1454 01:08:48,160 --> 01:08:51,760 I'm getting old now, so I ain't got much longer. 1455 01:08:51,800 --> 01:08:57,200 So I need to win it soon if I'm gonna win it. 1456 01:08:57,240 --> 01:08:58,319 Don't I? 1457 01:08:58,360 --> 01:08:59,240 - Yeah. [laughs] 1458 01:08:59,280 --> 01:09:01,160 14 years we've waited, 1459 01:09:01,200 --> 01:09:05,440 so it'd be nice to do it... 1460 01:09:07,040 --> 01:09:12,559 - Competitor 148, ramping rate speed 76. 1461 01:09:12,600 --> 01:09:14,440 - [speaking indistinctly] 1462 01:09:14,479 --> 01:09:15,600 - Quiet. 1463 01:09:15,639 --> 01:09:17,000 [speaking indistinctly] 1464 01:09:20,600 --> 01:09:23,440 [tense music] 1465 01:09:23,479 --> 01:09:31,399 ♪ 1466 01:09:52,719 --> 01:09:53,760 - Good job. 1467 01:09:53,800 --> 01:09:55,800 Very lovely. 1468 01:09:55,840 --> 01:09:57,040 [cheers and applause] 1469 01:09:57,080 --> 01:10:01,080 She's crying. She's crying. 1470 01:10:01,120 --> 01:10:06,200 - Now we'll have the ladies 19 to 21 years. 1471 01:10:06,240 --> 01:10:08,760 107. 1472 01:10:08,800 --> 01:10:11,360 249.5. 1473 01:10:11,400 --> 01:10:12,639 - That's not good. 1474 01:10:12,680 --> 01:10:15,120 - 108. 1475 01:10:15,160 --> 01:10:17,760 91.5. 1476 01:10:17,800 --> 01:10:21,920 289. 1477 01:10:21,960 --> 01:10:23,760 80. 1478 01:10:23,800 --> 01:10:26,920 75.5. 1479 01:10:26,960 --> 01:10:30,080 59. 1480 01:10:30,120 --> 01:10:32,680 695.5. 1481 01:10:32,719 --> 01:10:35,360 651. 1482 01:10:35,400 --> 01:10:39,200 1122.5. 1483 01:10:39,240 --> 01:10:42,600 546.5. 1484 01:10:42,639 --> 01:10:45,840 168. 1485 01:10:45,880 --> 01:10:48,639 1179. 1486 01:10:48,680 --> 01:10:52,639 343.5. 1487 01:10:52,680 --> 01:10:55,520 290.5. 1488 01:10:55,559 --> 01:10:58,160 127.5. 1489 01:10:58,200 --> 01:10:59,960 - Claire, Maggie, Suzanne, I think. 1490 01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:01,200 - Oh. 1491 01:11:01,240 --> 01:11:05,000 - In fourth place, competitor 148, 1492 01:11:05,040 --> 01:11:07,880 Simona Mauriello. 1493 01:11:07,920 --> 01:11:10,639 [cheers and applause] 1494 01:11:15,120 --> 01:11:17,920 [stirring string music] 1495 01:11:17,960 --> 01:11:25,920 ♪ 1496 01:11:56,680 --> 01:11:58,000 - Up and stretch. 1497 01:11:58,040 --> 01:11:59,400 ♪ And one, two, three, kick, and down ♪ 1498 01:11:59,440 --> 01:12:00,400 Up. 1499 01:12:00,440 --> 01:12:01,480 Point your toes. Point up. 1500 01:12:01,520 --> 01:12:02,520 ♪ Treble, inside, back 1501 01:12:02,559 --> 01:12:03,520 For John, I'm like, 1502 01:12:03,559 --> 01:12:04,880 "Let's do the same thing 1503 01:12:04,920 --> 01:12:06,480 "and let's go over it again. 1504 01:12:06,520 --> 01:12:07,800 "Let's make sure you've got it in your head. 1505 01:12:07,840 --> 01:12:09,200 Have you got it in your head?" 1506 01:12:09,240 --> 01:12:11,160 And I deliberately don't change anything. 1507 01:12:11,200 --> 01:12:12,880 - Shh-shh-shh-shh. 1508 01:12:12,920 --> 01:12:16,040 This is the final round of the world championships. 1509 01:12:16,080 --> 01:12:17,960 Next is number 104. 1510 01:12:18,000 --> 01:12:20,880 [sprightly accordion music] 1511 01:12:20,920 --> 01:12:28,840 ♪ 1512 01:12:30,320 --> 01:12:31,600 - Right on. 1513 01:12:31,639 --> 01:12:33,080 ♪ Down, treble, push, up, kick, down ♪ 1514 01:12:33,120 --> 01:12:34,960 ♪ Cross and treble back above your head ♪ 1515 01:12:35,000 --> 01:12:38,000 [chanting indistinctly] 1516 01:12:38,040 --> 01:12:39,200 ♪ Cross, cross 1517 01:12:39,240 --> 01:12:41,000 [chanting indistinctly] 1518 01:12:46,280 --> 01:12:47,719 ♪ Two, three, treble, up and down ♪ 1519 01:12:47,760 --> 01:12:49,920 [chanting indistinctly] 1520 01:12:54,400 --> 01:13:02,400 ♪ 1521 01:13:03,280 --> 01:13:05,639 [cheers and applause] 1522 01:13:12,880 --> 01:13:15,920 Next is number 105. 1523 01:13:15,960 --> 01:13:18,600 - Well done, John. - Well done, John. 1524 01:13:18,639 --> 01:13:20,480 Oh, lovely. 1525 01:13:23,240 --> 01:13:24,440 - Yeah. 1526 01:13:24,480 --> 01:13:25,880 - Got this one, big one--that was good. 1527 01:13:25,920 --> 01:13:26,920 Good, really good. 1528 01:13:26,960 --> 01:13:28,360 - Thank you. 1529 01:13:28,400 --> 01:13:29,840 - At least you're glad that's over now anyway. 1530 01:13:29,880 --> 01:13:31,840 You can relax for a little bit. Well done. 1531 01:13:31,880 --> 01:13:34,760 - We're now ready to do results 1532 01:13:34,800 --> 01:13:37,800 of the boys 10 and under 11 championship. 1533 01:13:37,840 --> 01:13:40,480 Number 102 in round one, 1534 01:13:40,520 --> 01:13:43,840 206.25. 1535 01:13:43,880 --> 01:13:48,639 103, 155.5. 1536 01:13:48,680 --> 01:13:50,920 104, 431. 1537 01:13:50,960 --> 01:13:52,719 - [gasps] 1538 01:13:52,760 --> 01:13:54,600 - 105, 1539 01:13:54,639 --> 01:13:58,280 256.35. 1540 01:13:58,320 --> 01:14:00,160 106. 1541 01:14:00,200 --> 01:14:03,840 135.5. 1542 01:14:03,880 --> 01:14:07,320 122, 295. 1543 01:14:07,360 --> 01:14:10,480 123, 199. 1544 01:14:10,520 --> 01:14:13,120 Round two from the top. 1545 01:14:13,160 --> 01:14:16,320 170.5. 1546 01:14:16,360 --> 01:14:19,559 162.5. 1547 01:14:19,600 --> 01:14:22,000 307.5. 1548 01:14:22,040 --> 01:14:22,960 - Oh, dear. 1549 01:14:23,000 --> 01:14:25,120 That's not as good. 1550 01:14:25,160 --> 01:14:27,600 161. 1551 01:14:27,639 --> 01:14:30,080 351. 1552 01:14:30,120 --> 01:14:32,000 - Still winning, I think. 1553 01:14:32,040 --> 01:14:33,600 Just about, I think. 1554 01:14:33,639 --> 01:14:34,880 - 450. 1555 01:14:34,920 --> 01:14:35,960 - Oh. 1556 01:14:36,000 --> 01:14:37,120 - 214. 1557 01:14:37,160 --> 01:14:38,840 - No. 1558 01:14:38,880 --> 01:14:41,400 - 233. 1559 01:14:41,440 --> 01:14:43,400 - No, he's not still winning now. 1560 01:14:43,440 --> 01:14:45,719 - Round three from the top. 1561 01:14:45,760 --> 01:14:47,880 193. 1562 01:14:47,920 --> 01:14:49,680 201. 1563 01:14:49,719 --> 01:14:53,440 171. 1564 01:14:53,480 --> 01:14:56,520 368.5. 1565 01:14:56,559 --> 01:14:59,600 233. 1566 01:14:59,639 --> 01:15:00,520 189. 1567 01:15:00,559 --> 01:15:01,600 - I don't know. 1568 01:15:01,639 --> 01:15:04,160 - 206. 1569 01:15:04,200 --> 01:15:07,280 158. 1570 01:15:07,320 --> 01:15:08,559 281. 1571 01:15:08,600 --> 01:15:09,480 - I think he might win. 1572 01:15:09,520 --> 01:15:10,800 I think so. 1573 01:15:10,840 --> 01:15:11,760 - Oh, did he? - No, I don't know. 1574 01:15:11,800 --> 01:15:13,400 Shh, don't tell her yet. 1575 01:15:13,440 --> 01:15:17,200 - That gets the following totals from the top again. 1576 01:15:17,240 --> 01:15:18,520 - 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 1577 01:15:18,559 --> 01:15:20,200 - 489. - 10. 1578 01:15:20,240 --> 01:15:21,240 It's close. 1579 01:15:21,280 --> 01:15:23,639 - 1107. 1580 01:15:23,680 --> 01:15:25,080 - [gasps] 1581 01:15:25,120 --> 01:15:28,400 - 738.75. 1582 01:15:28,440 --> 01:15:29,760 - I think it's really close. 1583 01:15:29,800 --> 01:15:30,719 I don't know. I can't add it up. 1584 01:15:30,760 --> 01:15:31,840 I can't add it up. 1585 01:15:31,880 --> 01:15:32,840 I don't know. 1586 01:15:32,880 --> 01:15:35,480 - 482.25. 1587 01:15:35,520 --> 01:15:37,639 790. 1588 01:15:37,680 --> 01:15:38,639 - I don't know. Maybe. 1589 01:15:38,680 --> 01:15:39,639 It's close. 1590 01:15:39,680 --> 01:15:40,600 - 463. 1591 01:15:40,639 --> 01:15:41,600 - This is it. 1592 01:15:41,639 --> 01:15:43,840 - 1100. 1593 01:15:43,880 --> 01:15:44,920 - Yes, he won it. 1594 01:15:44,960 --> 01:15:47,160 [cheers and applause] 1595 01:15:51,600 --> 01:15:52,680 That-a-boy. 1596 01:15:52,719 --> 01:15:53,880 [laughing] 1597 01:15:53,920 --> 01:15:55,040 - Number 104. [people screaming] 1598 01:15:55,080 --> 01:15:58,960 [cheers and applause] 1599 01:15:59,000 --> 01:16:00,600 - [laughing] 1600 01:16:00,639 --> 01:16:02,559 Oh, my God. 1601 01:16:03,760 --> 01:16:06,080 - Hi, Dad. 1602 01:16:06,120 --> 01:16:10,920 I won. 1603 01:16:10,960 --> 01:16:13,040 Thank you, Dad. 1604 01:16:16,520 --> 01:16:19,240 Shall I pass you back on to Mom? 1605 01:16:19,280 --> 01:16:20,520 Love you. 1606 01:16:25,719 --> 01:16:28,400 [cheers and applause] 1607 01:16:32,000 --> 01:16:35,520 - [humming rhythmically] 1608 01:16:37,880 --> 01:16:40,160 When Joe does a set dance, 1609 01:16:40,200 --> 01:16:42,920 the whole hall is silent. 1610 01:16:42,960 --> 01:16:44,480 - John told me the beginning of it, 1611 01:16:44,520 --> 01:16:47,040 and I was just like, "oh, my God, this is so hard." 1612 01:16:47,080 --> 01:16:48,320 Like, but I just loved it 1613 01:16:48,360 --> 01:16:49,920 'cause I knew that if I would get it, 1614 01:16:49,960 --> 01:16:52,280 it would be one of the best sets I've ever done. 1615 01:16:52,320 --> 01:16:54,280 - We're just waiting for Joe Bitter's session, 1616 01:16:54,320 --> 01:16:55,920 because we've been watching him practice, 1617 01:16:55,960 --> 01:16:57,760 and he's amazing. 1618 01:16:59,000 --> 01:17:00,960 - There's nothing simple about it. 1619 01:17:01,000 --> 01:17:02,400 If I nail every beat, 1620 01:17:02,440 --> 01:17:04,320 then it's just gonna be one of the best sets 1621 01:17:04,360 --> 01:17:05,520 anyone's ever done. 1622 01:17:05,559 --> 01:17:09,480 [applause] 1623 01:17:12,920 --> 01:17:15,719 [jaunty accordion music] 1624 01:17:15,760 --> 01:17:23,719 ♪ 1625 01:18:46,040 --> 01:18:49,240 [cheers and applause] 1626 01:19:03,639 --> 01:19:05,639 - [chuckling] 1627 01:19:05,680 --> 01:19:06,920 - He made me cry. 1628 01:19:06,960 --> 01:19:08,480 It was the best set I have ever seen. 1629 01:19:08,520 --> 01:19:09,760 - Oh, thank you very much. 1630 01:19:09,800 --> 01:19:12,400 Thank you. Thank you. 1631 01:19:12,440 --> 01:19:13,719 - Absolutely a masterpiece. 1632 01:19:13,760 --> 01:19:15,600 - I actually started crying... 1633 01:19:18,400 --> 01:19:20,520 - Thank you. 1634 01:19:22,400 --> 01:19:24,040 Brilliant. Brilliant. 1635 01:19:26,559 --> 01:19:28,600 High play. High play. 1636 01:19:55,559 --> 01:19:57,760 - You got to set the pace for the competition, 1637 01:19:57,800 --> 01:19:59,040 and they've got to live up to you. 1638 01:19:59,080 --> 01:20:00,559 Everything you've got, sweetie. 1639 01:20:00,600 --> 01:20:02,240 All right, love you. 1640 01:20:05,120 --> 01:20:06,760 - Ladies and gentlemen, 1641 01:20:06,800 --> 01:20:10,440 we are ready to commence competition 31, 1642 01:20:10,480 --> 01:20:14,800 recall set dance. 1643 01:20:14,840 --> 01:20:15,840 - Oh, do you have to go up? 1644 01:20:15,880 --> 01:20:17,200 - Yeah, I'm, like, fourth. 1645 01:20:17,240 --> 01:20:18,760 - Thank you. Good luck. 1646 01:20:18,800 --> 01:20:21,320 [applause] 1647 01:20:35,120 --> 01:20:37,360 - Competitor 121, 1648 01:20:37,400 --> 01:20:40,719 dancing "The Three Sea Captains." 1649 01:20:40,760 --> 01:20:43,559 [jaunty accordion music] 1650 01:20:43,600 --> 01:20:51,559 ♪ 1651 01:21:02,760 --> 01:21:05,800 [cheers and applause] 1652 01:21:08,280 --> 01:21:10,240 [both chuckling] 1653 01:21:12,360 --> 01:21:15,200 - Let's be fair to all the competitors 1654 01:21:15,240 --> 01:21:17,719 and the judges who are concentrating 1655 01:21:17,760 --> 01:21:20,600 and focusing. 1656 01:21:23,360 --> 01:21:26,240 [tense music] 1657 01:21:26,280 --> 01:21:34,200 ♪ 1658 01:21:37,639 --> 01:21:40,960 Competitor number 177, 1659 01:21:41,000 --> 01:21:46,360 dancing "Drunken Gauger," speed 69. 1660 01:22:00,600 --> 01:22:03,400 [jaunty accordion music] 1661 01:22:03,440 --> 01:22:11,440 ♪ 1662 01:22:30,920 --> 01:22:33,880 [cheers and applause] 1663 01:22:43,960 --> 01:22:45,000 - Went all right? 1664 01:22:45,040 --> 01:22:47,400 - Went perfectly. 1665 01:22:50,480 --> 01:22:54,400 - Now the results of girls 10 to 11 years. 1666 01:22:54,440 --> 01:22:58,160 115, 84. 1667 01:22:58,200 --> 01:23:00,040 116, 1668 01:23:00,080 --> 01:23:03,520 111.5. 1669 01:23:03,559 --> 01:23:05,400 121, 1670 01:23:05,440 --> 01:23:06,920 373. 1671 01:23:06,960 --> 01:23:08,520 - [whispering] Yes, I'm winning. 1672 01:23:08,559 --> 01:23:10,120 - 172, 1673 01:23:10,160 --> 01:23:12,760 86.5. 1674 01:23:12,800 --> 01:23:14,840 174, 1675 01:23:14,880 --> 01:23:17,080 231. 1676 01:23:17,120 --> 01:23:19,360 177, 1677 01:23:19,400 --> 01:23:22,840 312.5. 1678 01:23:22,880 --> 01:23:24,320 179, 1679 01:23:24,360 --> 01:23:26,200 72. 1680 01:23:26,240 --> 01:23:28,360 203, 1681 01:23:28,400 --> 01:23:31,639 120.2. 1682 01:23:31,680 --> 01:23:33,080 - [whispering] Yes. 1683 01:23:33,120 --> 01:23:35,480 - And now from the top, 1684 01:23:35,520 --> 01:23:37,000 round two. 1685 01:23:37,040 --> 01:23:39,639 - It's okay. 1686 01:23:41,080 --> 01:23:45,360 - 62.5. 1687 01:23:45,400 --> 01:23:49,600 377.33. 1688 01:23:49,639 --> 01:23:54,080 206.5. 1689 01:23:54,120 --> 01:23:57,240 123. 1690 01:23:57,280 --> 01:24:00,160 80.5. 1691 01:24:00,200 --> 01:24:03,080 61.5. 1692 01:24:03,120 --> 01:24:05,000 - [whispering] You're gonna get 373. 1693 01:24:05,040 --> 01:24:06,920 - 270. 1694 01:24:06,960 --> 01:24:09,520 - 377. 1695 01:24:09,559 --> 01:24:14,360 - 340.5. 1696 01:24:14,400 --> 01:24:15,680 - My God. - You're in first. 1697 01:24:15,719 --> 01:24:16,639 - [whispering] I'm in first. 1698 01:24:16,680 --> 01:24:18,559 - 238. 1699 01:24:18,600 --> 01:24:21,960 108.5. 1700 01:24:22,000 --> 01:24:24,559 35. 1701 01:24:24,600 --> 01:24:26,280 186. 1702 01:24:26,320 --> 01:24:27,760 - Yes. 1703 01:24:27,800 --> 01:24:29,480 - [giggling] 1704 01:24:29,520 --> 01:24:34,360 - And now round three from the top. 1705 01:24:34,400 --> 01:24:37,520 191. 1706 01:24:37,559 --> 01:24:39,440 91. 1707 01:24:39,480 --> 01:24:41,800 128. 1708 01:24:41,840 --> 01:24:45,840 114.5. 1709 01:24:45,880 --> 01:24:50,360 373.75. 1710 01:24:50,400 --> 01:24:52,760 291. 1711 01:24:52,800 --> 01:24:56,960 160.5. 1712 01:24:57,000 --> 01:25:00,880 191.25. 1713 01:25:00,920 --> 01:25:03,400 196. 1714 01:25:03,440 --> 01:25:06,440 69.5. 1715 01:25:06,480 --> 01:25:11,520 236.5. 1716 01:25:11,559 --> 01:25:14,960 273.5. 1717 01:25:15,000 --> 01:25:17,520 440. 1718 01:25:17,559 --> 01:25:19,719 - I'm right. 1719 01:25:21,559 --> 01:25:25,559 - 271.5. 1720 01:25:25,600 --> 01:25:28,800 179. 1721 01:25:28,840 --> 01:25:32,320 270.5. 1722 01:25:32,360 --> 01:25:34,920 23... 1723 01:25:34,960 --> 01:25:36,520 89. 1724 01:25:36,559 --> 01:25:39,120 84.5. 1725 01:25:39,160 --> 01:25:41,440 119, 1726 01:25:41,480 --> 01:25:45,840 and 204. 1727 01:25:45,880 --> 01:25:47,320 - [whimpers] 1728 01:25:47,360 --> 01:25:50,880 - It's okay. You're in first or second. 1729 01:25:50,920 --> 01:25:53,480 Do you know how good that is? 1730 01:25:53,520 --> 01:25:57,800 - 294.5. 1731 01:25:57,840 --> 01:26:01,280 318.5. 1732 01:26:01,320 --> 01:26:07,120 1124.08. 1733 01:26:07,160 --> 01:26:11,559 749.5. 1734 01:26:11,600 --> 01:26:14,240 364. 1735 01:26:14,280 --> 01:26:16,760 287. 1736 01:26:16,800 --> 01:26:20,280 487.5. 1737 01:26:20,320 --> 01:26:23,160 282. 1738 01:26:23,200 --> 01:26:26,240 410. 1739 01:26:26,280 --> 01:26:28,880 497. 1740 01:26:28,920 --> 01:26:31,600 302. 1741 01:26:31,639 --> 01:26:35,400 271.5. 1742 01:26:35,440 --> 01:26:39,120 774.5. 1743 01:26:39,160 --> 01:26:41,000 1092. 1744 01:26:41,040 --> 01:26:45,080 [girls screaming] 1745 01:26:45,120 --> 01:26:48,840 [cheers and applause] 1746 01:26:48,880 --> 01:26:50,559 - They're over the moon over there. 1747 01:26:50,600 --> 01:26:53,639 - [sobbing] 1748 01:26:53,680 --> 01:26:58,440 Oh, my God. Oh, my God. 1749 01:26:58,480 --> 01:27:00,480 - 824. 1750 01:27:00,520 --> 01:27:04,760 - [sobbing] 1751 01:27:04,800 --> 01:27:07,880 [laughing] 1752 01:27:16,719 --> 01:27:19,440 [cheers and applause] 1753 01:27:22,760 --> 01:27:25,040 - In first place, competitor 121. 1754 01:27:25,080 --> 01:27:26,440 - Congratulations. 1755 01:27:26,480 --> 01:27:29,880 [cheers and applause] 1756 01:27:29,920 --> 01:27:33,000 - Second place, 177. 1757 01:27:33,040 --> 01:27:35,559 [cheers and applause] 1758 01:27:40,360 --> 01:27:41,600 - Whoo! 1759 01:27:41,639 --> 01:27:44,480 Wah! 1760 01:27:44,520 --> 01:27:45,639 - I did it. 1761 01:27:45,680 --> 01:27:49,559 I'm so happy. 1762 01:27:54,160 --> 01:27:55,760 - Thank you. Congratulations. 1763 01:27:55,800 --> 01:27:56,880 You're cute. 1764 01:27:56,920 --> 01:27:58,040 Okay. 1765 01:27:58,080 --> 01:27:59,320 - When you said what you said today... 1766 01:27:59,360 --> 01:28:00,920 - Oh. 1767 01:28:03,840 --> 01:28:04,880 - Yeah, well done. 1768 01:28:04,920 --> 01:28:07,040 - Thank you. You too. 1769 01:28:07,080 --> 01:28:08,240 Wasn't expecting it. 1770 01:28:08,280 --> 01:28:09,360 I thought you were gonna win. 1771 01:28:09,400 --> 01:28:12,040 - Oh, no, I knew you would. 1772 01:28:12,080 --> 01:28:13,840 Come here. 1773 01:28:19,520 --> 01:28:20,440 Well done. 1774 01:28:20,480 --> 01:28:21,440 - Thank you. 1775 01:28:21,480 --> 01:28:24,120 - Good job. - Thank you. 1776 01:28:24,160 --> 01:28:26,080 Thank you. 1777 01:28:38,120 --> 01:28:40,960 [music swells] 1778 01:28:41,000 --> 01:28:48,719 ♪ 1779 01:28:48,760 --> 01:28:50,920 - This is my little wish calendar, 1780 01:28:50,960 --> 01:28:55,120 which I write down all my, like, expectations for each month. 1781 01:28:55,160 --> 01:28:57,559 For march, I wrote "The Big Month." 1782 01:28:57,600 --> 01:29:00,880 I said, "I really hope I win the worlds this year. 1783 01:29:00,920 --> 01:29:03,400 "I've been under so much stress and hard work, 1784 01:29:03,440 --> 01:29:05,760 and I would really like this title." 1785 01:29:05,800 --> 01:29:07,040 I do really want it, 1786 01:29:07,080 --> 01:29:08,639 but I don't mind if I don't get it. 1787 01:29:08,680 --> 01:29:13,480 They're just my own wee wishes in my own wee world. 1788 01:29:13,520 --> 01:29:14,480 [cheers and applause] 1789 01:29:14,520 --> 01:29:15,680 - In first place, 1790 01:29:15,719 --> 01:29:18,840 we have competitor 121, 1791 01:29:18,880 --> 01:29:20,559 Julia O'Rourke, 1792 01:29:20,600 --> 01:29:24,719 Petri School, New York, USA. 1793 01:29:24,760 --> 01:29:27,440 [cheers and applause] 1794 01:29:30,440 --> 01:29:32,160 In second place, 1795 01:29:32,200 --> 01:29:36,320 let's hear it for competitor 177, 1796 01:29:36,360 --> 01:29:42,240 Brogan McKay, McConomy School, Derry, Northern Ireland. 1797 01:29:46,360 --> 01:29:49,360 [cheers and applause] 1798 01:30:26,280 --> 01:30:32,360 - ♪ I'll always be here 1799 01:30:32,400 --> 01:30:38,240 ♪ Watching you shine 1800 01:30:38,280 --> 01:30:44,559 ♪ I wish you well, my dear ♪ 1801 01:30:44,600 --> 01:30:50,760 ♪ Now heave no sigh 1802 01:30:50,800 --> 01:30:56,960 ♪ Hold every moment 1803 01:30:57,000 --> 01:31:03,080 ♪ Close to your heart 1804 01:31:03,120 --> 01:31:09,280 ♪ Listen to each beating rest 1805 01:31:09,320 --> 01:31:15,040 ♪ This is just the start 1806 01:31:15,080 --> 01:31:20,800 ♪ But if you feel frightened 1807 01:31:20,840 --> 01:31:27,600 ♪ Or have fallen from grace ♪ 1808 01:31:27,639 --> 01:31:33,920 ♪ It doesn't matter, my dear ♪ 1809 01:31:33,960 --> 01:31:39,639 ♪ Now is still your time 1810 01:31:39,680 --> 01:31:42,760 ♪ I'll open my arms 1811 01:31:42,800 --> 01:31:45,760 ♪ To keep you warm 1812 01:31:45,800 --> 01:31:52,080 ♪ Over every mountain you climb ♪ 1813 01:31:52,120 --> 01:31:58,480 ♪ My love will show you which aisle, I'm certain ♪ 1814 01:31:58,520 --> 01:32:06,559 ♪ Now, oh, now is your time 1815 01:32:06,600 --> 01:32:12,360 ♪ You will succeed here 1816 01:32:12,400 --> 01:32:18,600 ♪ In every single way 1817 01:32:18,639 --> 01:32:24,719 ♪ And if some don't happen to see ♪ 1818 01:32:24,760 --> 01:32:30,600 ♪ They will some other day 1819 01:32:30,639 --> 01:32:36,760 ♪ And we will be proud when 1820 01:32:36,800 --> 01:32:43,280 ♪ You leave us behind 1821 01:32:43,320 --> 01:32:49,559 ♪ I'll see you soon, my dear ♪ 1822 01:32:49,600 --> 01:32:55,559 ♪ For now is your time 1823 01:32:55,600 --> 01:33:01,680 ♪ I wish you well, my dear ♪ 1824 01:33:01,719 --> 01:33:08,320 ♪ Now is your time 1825 01:33:08,360 --> 01:33:14,760 ♪ I wish you well, my dear ♪ 1826 01:33:14,800 --> 01:33:22,160 ♪ Now is your time