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Okay, from the top, let's go.

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Three, two, one.

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Hold. Okay.

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It's getting there. It's getting there.
But we're going to have to go again.

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Preset. Full-time dance, or full-time as
we call it in Australia, is like

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university for dancers.

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Five and six and seven and eight. One
and two, three and four and five. Six,

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seven, eight. And one, two, three, four,
five.

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Six, seven and eight. And one, two,
three, four. Dance schools are kind of

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known for having, like,

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the dancers are bitchy or whatever. And
I don't think that's what we have here.

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It's more of a, like, a fight.

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for the spot to be a professional it's
not bringing someone down it's hey

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there's one spot and it's going to be
mine this group is the best i

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personally have ever taught anywhere
ever

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As soon as the music turns on, no one in
that room is your friend anymore.

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Why are we dead in the face?

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Stop. Da-da-da-da-da-da-da. Find the
pause. Go again.

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We have had a huge opportunity come into
my inbox.

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I've been in the industry for a very
long time. It is a once in a lifetime

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opportunity for you guys to audition
for.

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You all know about Dean Lee. You all
know about his breadth of work with

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multiple international touring artists,
specifically with Janet Jackson

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currently.

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In my career, I've definitely been the
underdog. I don't think I have the

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conventional beauty standard of what a
backup dancer is. I'm not hot. I'm not

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sexy, you know. So for me, I really,
honestly, so many people say this, but I

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don't think they truly mean it. But I
literally don't care what you look like,

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what height you are, what size your body
is. I couldn't care less. But just turn

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up and be great.

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Show mama. Pull out from the top,
please.

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Five, six, seven, and eight.

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Hit it. One.

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two and three and four and five and six
seven and eight and one the big thing

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for me is creating shape out my dance
company hit hit hit hit round

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yes there we go i'm a very good balance
of mama dean and

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the you know professional that's gonna
crack the whip five and seven and eight

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and one boring we're Always looking for
the best.

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I reached out to Brent Street because
I've never in my entire life met a bad

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Australian dancer.

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To be a backup dancer, constantly
working, constantly touring. That's like

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my dream. That's my end goal. No one can
be perfect, but I try.

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I love to just say... Yeah, sometimes I
get the time

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out and...

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Yeah. Sheep house. It's about
recognising the underdog.

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The way you look does play a big hand in
whether you book the job.

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For male dancers, stereotypes are
definitely very masked.

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There's not that many jobs out there
looking for a dancer like me. I

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personally think I haven't booked a job
because of the way I've looked. This

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opportunity with Dean Lee could possibly
be...

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The last big chance of having a career
like this. I can see where their dreams

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are. I can see what they want to be
doing.

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From the moment that someone had come up
to me and asked, what do you want to do?

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It would always be back up to answer.

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They want to be on that world stage with
that big eyes.

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They want to be doing the music video.
They want to be doing Super Bowl. They

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want to be doing stadium tours. I want
to live the tour life. I want to be

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going from city to city with no sleep.

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This probably sounds like I'm listing
other people's hell, but it's...

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heaven for me. If they want like a real
lasting career it needs to be

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international.

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My plan is to bring 10 dancers from
Australia over to London to audition for

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one place in the company.

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There's only going to be 10 of us that
get selected to go to London.

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I just see myself working as a young
professional dancer or like peaking now.

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Only one of us will get the day.

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That name that they even put on the
thing, a backup dancer, that's my goal.

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That's why I'm really interested.

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We've got an audition coming up in our
lives. So what does that mean for you if

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it's a no? This is what she's spoken
about, backup dancing, travelling to

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London.

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Okay, I'm not you either.

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Like a ballet squat. She wants this more
than anything.

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She's been quite tame about it. Go one,
two, go three, and four. That was good.

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I loved that.

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Okay, one more time.

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Abby is honestly a superstar.

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Abby's very, very good. She's very
versatile.

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She is strong. She has a great look.

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She is everything I would look for in a
professional dancer.

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One, two, three, four, five, six, seven,
eight.

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Ivy's got the look. She's got the
talent. She's what you would call the

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perfect passage.

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Tell them. I don't care.

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Tell them. You know, Dochi reposted you
doing that. Me?

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Yeah, only you. She's like, the amount
of videos I've posted of people doing

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it, and she reposted your one. Oh, my
God.

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She's really, really good, and I love
that for her, but it scares me so much.

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Cooper and I met at Brent Street.

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We found ourselves... We found ourselves
always being, I don't know, partnered

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together. Yeah, it was cute.

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We speak.

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Every single day.

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Will you be speaking to Cooper before
you go in the room? I don't think I'll

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speak to Cooper before I go in.

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I don't know.

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He's not my competition, but it is a
competition.

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I want to do it together, but I've never
thought of us as a half and a half.

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He's always going to be my number one
supporter and I'm always going to be

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his. But I'm going to be selfish because
it's...

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my goal and i have never really imagined
being a backup dancer with my boyfriend

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i've always just imagined being a backup
dancer for me so that's what i'm gonna

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do sorry that was good i feel like
there's a lot of

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good dancers i've worked so hard to get
to where they're at but i feel like i

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did not work that hard to be here i
literally just like got magically

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good i guess

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Yeah. Jake is a bit of a wild card
because he is so incredible, but I still

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think he is new and he is, like, up and
coming. So I think he has way more

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training to do, but there is something
about him that you do want to watch him,

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and he does, like, draw your attention.

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I think people would describe me as just
a really confident person.

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I always walk around with my head held
high.

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Go, one, two, three, four. That was
good. Yeah, thank you.

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Sometimes I can just have that bitch
face where I'm just like, I look like I

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don't care.

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But I feel like that's just me on the
outside and no one really knows me on

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the inside.

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I've heard things about you being late
to class or skipping class, kind of

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picking the classes that you want to do.

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Like, do you want to be here? I do.

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OK, well, it feels like at the moment
that maybe that's not the case.

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when you are on stage it's like not
everyone's eyes are like technically on

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you but i like to just like think that
yeah and i feel

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like that's what gives me that aura
let's be fair for real if you want to be

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in this industry why wouldn't we want
this opportunity

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i guess since

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being in la it's not as glamorous as
you'd want it to be. In the two months

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that I have been here, I've only booked
the one job, one paid job.

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Finance is complicated, not complicated,
wrong word, difficult. So

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far, I've always had a place to stay.

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I'm five foot six. I still don't look
like a man.

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My journey in dance is extremely
challenging.

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I wouldn't say the best dancer always
gets the job.

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It's not necessarily the smartest
financial decision to be purchasing a

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ticket to Australia because I don't know
whether I've actually got enough money

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to make it back to LA.

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Have you heard that Max Ostler is coming
for the audition?

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Oh yeah.

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Is he coming for it?

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Max Ostler being in the room, that
frightens me because he's incredible.

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He's here in Sydney.

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Max is one of the best dancers I've ever
watched.

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Oh yeah.

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Yeah, he's got it and he's got the
emotional side that a lot of dancers

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won't have.

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Back at Brent Street.

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A new audition.

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It's a lot of cortisol for 9am.

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I'm excited to step into the room, but
at the same time a little nervous.

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Because it's kind of scary stepping in
with people who are younger than me. We

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train like five days a week. We're
definitely at the fittest you're ever

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going to be as a dancer is during full
time.

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It's also scary going in there with,
like, kids I've taught over the last few

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years. Like, the expectation is that I
probably should be getting it over them,

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but those kids are insane.

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We're just, like, so eager and, like,
would they say bright-eyed and bushy

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-tailed? As a dancer, I feel like I'm
quite confident.

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Before an audition, my ritual is to
imagine myself doing it.

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Perfection. When people are giggling,
you're obviously not...

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Really in the zone.

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Smooth.

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Make it smooth.

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Welcome, everyone. We started off with
200 applications. We will be cutting

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that down to a callback of 40 people
only.

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From there, we'll cut down to another
group of 20 where you will dance for

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your life.

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And then we will have our top 10.

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I'm most intimidated by Tassie out of
everyone on the panel.

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I want you to be hungry, yeah?

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Hungry but not desperate.

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She's a scary. She's a scary, yeah.

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We want to see if our current students
can kick it with the professionals that

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are in the room.

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Amazing dancers are going to get cut
today.

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Ready?

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Let's go.

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All I want to do.

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She's an artist. She's an artist. She's
an artist.

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Thank you guys, thank you very much. You
can wear that in the hallway, thank you.

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I can't feel my legs.

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I'm glad I don't need a date bib.

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A date bib?

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So many girls, this is so hard.

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Nah,

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it's not hard.

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Do you think you did good? I think I did
so good.

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I wouldn't be like, it's hot, and just
tell me the word if I didn't.

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Because I know I just killed them.

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Can you put Emily and Holly over here?

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Okay, let's just do the girls first.

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We have three more spots for the girls.

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I think... Emily does the

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Corrie, but I don't know who it is.

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I actually haven't been on stage since
grad.

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So it's been three years.

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It's up to her as to when she will call
it. She'll know.

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Time on it. She'll realise.

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But as time marches on, reality also
sets in.

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18 years now of dancing.

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Like, surely I could get something.

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Surely, surely.

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I wake up in the morning and I check in
the mirror to see what I look like. And

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I would purposely at concerts.

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tape my boobs down and my stomach down
for a dance concert.

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I've lost over 10 kilos.

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In a way, I just wanted to be wanted by
people in the industry.

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I obviously had lost my mother when I
was very, very young.

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She didn't get to...

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live the life that she deserved.

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I feel like I was put on this earth to
give her the life that she was supposed

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to live.

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So whenever I dance, I think of that.

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Throughout my entire life, I had held on
to the fact that I still have one

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parent. I always knew, you know, you
still got your daddy, he's still there.

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Being 18, I was finally able to obtain
my documents.

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from my entire time that I was in the
foster care system. I sat there and I

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read over 1,000 pages.

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Surprise is an understatement.

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She had always gone on knowing that her
father wasn't well, was in care.

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Yeah.

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Didn't really know how to contact or
should she contact, what would be the

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consequence of that.

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But to get to...

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Open an envelope, read it, and your
father's past.

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It was horrifying to be honest. Please
call this number.

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So she calls the number and says, I'm
Emily Madeline Smith reporting.

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Can you tell me about my father's death?

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And then to be told it was four years
prior to that, it wrecked her.

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Why could, you know, the world be so
cruel? That's what I was thinking

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because, I don't know.

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You don't want anyone to ever go through
something like that. You wouldn't wish

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that on your worst enemy, you know?

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So that was a tough situation for me.
It's still like

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I've got no parents anymore.

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From that, I've learnt a lot about
myself and my resilience and how strong

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I am.

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And that...

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If I can get through something like
that, I can honestly get through

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anything.

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That's why dance has really been the
biggest thing in my life because I've

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been able to just push everything aside
and just do what I love and move and

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feel happy.

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If I were to not get through this
audition, I think I would question

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myself as a dancer.

245
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I'd think, God, what am I even doing
anymore?

246
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Like, should I get an office job? Like,
literally.

247
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Everybody back in, please.

248
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Moment of truth.

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We would like to see these people for a
call back.

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118, 65, 95, 29.

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125.

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36.

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6.

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Number 134.

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Number 20.

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Number 152.

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Number 19.

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Number 41.

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Yes, I have gotten in the next round.
Very, very excited. Very, very grateful.

260
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I was actually very on the fence.

261
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about if I would or not.

262
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I dare, every time I look over, someone
is practising this combo.

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It can't get into your muscle memory
anymore, I swear.

264
00:20:00,220 --> 00:20:02,660
No, thinking about, like, half this room
getting hurt.

265
00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:06,580
OK, great win. We made it through the
first round. Awesome.

266
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Harsh reality.

267
00:20:08,360 --> 00:20:09,920
Yeah? I'm going to give it to you
straight.

268
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It's not good enough yet.

269
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Don't hold back. Now is the time to
really push yourself.

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If you know that you are confident in
just standing there and, like, looking,

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do that, yeah?

272
00:20:21,580 --> 00:20:26,600
I haven't seen some things from people
that I know that they can do.

273
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I still have a lot of, like, um...

274
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..inner self-talk I need to work
through.

275
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Okay. Here we are. The top 40.

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We're going to keep everyone in the room
now so you can feel each other's energy

277
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a little bit more.

278
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You'll also notice who your competition
is in the room in that way.

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Ultimately, we're looking for people to
make mistakes so we can get rid of

280
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people. So don't give us the opportunity
to get you out.

281
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Because it'll have to happen that way.

282
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We're just going to pull you out in some
smaller groups and give you a little bit

283
00:21:10,780 --> 00:21:11,599
of feedback.

284
00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:16,480
I want to see grit and grime and
disgustingness from you. You had so much

285
00:21:16,480 --> 00:21:17,339
more to give.

286
00:21:17,340 --> 00:21:18,940
I want the bite. I want everything.

287
00:21:20,380 --> 00:21:23,840
You need to stand out in the Corrie and
only the Corrie.

288
00:21:24,180 --> 00:21:27,620
Yeah? That last round is going to be
where you get to add that next layer. So

289
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if you can't stand out within the
framework of what we've given you, then

290
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unfortunately that's going to have to be
the end. Yeah?

291
00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:37,680
So I want to see... Beep, beep, beep.

292
00:21:38,420 --> 00:21:39,940
Finish. Hold it.

293
00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:41,259
Hold it.

294
00:21:41,260 --> 00:21:42,460
Hold it. Bah.

295
00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:47,400
I myself was never the strongest dancer
in the room, but the one thing that I

296
00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,100
did have was an ability to make you
watch me.

297
00:21:50,340 --> 00:21:52,720
I would only put one through in that
group, definitely. Really?

298
00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:05,100
I mean... I would love a bit more fun
with it.

299
00:22:08,300 --> 00:22:09,400
This means war.

300
00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:42,400
You can dance like nobody else. You are
one of the most trustworthy dancers in

301
00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:43,319
the room.

302
00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:47,560
Matt, I want to see you fight for it. I
feel like you have so much more to give.

303
00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:50,100
Yeah? You might not get a second chance.

304
00:23:00,930 --> 00:23:04,490
I got the two, the bitties pull through.
In coming out, it's a party too.

305
00:23:04,790 --> 00:23:06,370
Pick my cup, it's enough for two.

306
00:23:06,610 --> 00:23:10,710
Sip on the juice, what I want to do, do,
do, do, do, do, do.

307
00:23:11,830 --> 00:23:14,110
I got the room, make a baseball ball.

308
00:23:14,330 --> 00:23:16,090
And put it down, it's a hardcore zone.

309
00:23:16,350 --> 00:23:19,690
My drum, make a thing for you. Go on the
floor, what I want to do.

310
00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:22,980
That's the room for these girls' homes.
You can put it down at the Hogwarts

311
00:23:22,980 --> 00:23:25,180
home. It's right down the good thing for
you.

312
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On the floor.

313
00:23:28,340 --> 00:23:33,400
Thank you.

314
00:23:51,020 --> 00:23:52,780
That's the starting point. That's what
we want.

315
00:23:55,340 --> 00:23:57,820
I did like this foot to the floor.

316
00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:01,219
Wasn't planned.

317
00:24:01,220 --> 00:24:07,940
Based on that second round, Max Osler
was the person that

318
00:24:07,940 --> 00:24:10,280
really stepped it the hell up.

319
00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:15,340
I'm Jake's number one fan. I think he
did really well. I think Jono did really

320
00:24:15,340 --> 00:24:18,060
well. It's one or the other for me. It's
one of these two.

321
00:24:21,420 --> 00:24:22,960
I really think Jake kicked it with the
big boys.

322
00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:25,540
I agree. And he brings something that
none of those boys have.

323
00:24:26,060 --> 00:24:27,380
So we're going to release Jono.

324
00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:29,800
That sucks, but yeah.

325
00:24:30,220 --> 00:24:32,120
Taking rejection is a big part of being
a dancer.

326
00:24:32,620 --> 00:24:34,580
You have to be right for every single
thing that you do.

327
00:24:34,860 --> 00:24:35,860
Sorry, Coops.

328
00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,420
That's the end of the road for me, but
that's all right. Abby.

329
00:24:39,820 --> 00:24:42,400
Yeah. Go give it your all. Yeah.

330
00:24:42,900 --> 00:24:45,500
And yeah, you'll be fine. Thank you. Of
course.

331
00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:52,000
Emily. I want to see her become an
artist, not just a dancer. I agree.

332
00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,540
And that's what's lacking. And is that
something that Dean can get out of her?

333
00:24:55,620 --> 00:24:56,620
Maybe.

334
00:25:04,620 --> 00:25:06,680
We have seen you dance.

335
00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:11,640
So tell us about what this opportunity
would mean to you and how it could set

336
00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:13,660
you up for what you want in the future.

337
00:25:14,260 --> 00:25:17,320
Dance is my life. This has been what I
was born to do.

338
00:25:17,930 --> 00:25:18,930
Since two and a half.

339
00:25:19,150 --> 00:25:23,590
This is what I want to do and it's what
I'll always do and it's what I need to

340
00:25:23,590 --> 00:25:27,650
do. I'm ready to move overseas and take
the next step and I know that I need to

341
00:25:27,650 --> 00:25:30,030
be in front of these people to make that
happen. Just gathering my words.

342
00:25:31,110 --> 00:25:36,530
What Sydney dancers have is like out of
this world. My lifelong dream is to back

343
00:25:36,530 --> 00:25:37,329
up dance.

344
00:25:37,330 --> 00:25:43,530
I know I'm going to do it. I've always
been like a known dancer that

345
00:25:43,530 --> 00:25:45,870
works their butt off and...

346
00:25:46,170 --> 00:25:51,230
is at every rehearsal and always knows
what she's doing but i've never quite

347
00:25:51,230 --> 00:25:57,790
gotten there i've always been just under
or i don't know always relied on but

348
00:25:57,790 --> 00:26:04,670
never the one chosen it broke me for a
while but i just keep fighting when i

349
00:26:04,670 --> 00:26:08,970
first came here i think i was definitely
this like irrelevant melbourne girl

350
00:26:08,970 --> 00:26:14,880
going there would light me up a bit more
yeah And proof to the haters that I got

351
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:15,880
this, bitch.

352
00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:23,740
I guess post-school time was a pretty
rough time for me because, like, I fell

353
00:26:23,740 --> 00:26:24,740
out of love with dance.

354
00:26:25,180 --> 00:26:29,420
I think I'm at a point in my life where
I'm ready to just chase my dreams.

355
00:26:29,900 --> 00:26:34,600
We've all worked our arses off to be in
this room, and we've worked our arses

356
00:26:34,600 --> 00:26:36,440
off to be at the skill set that we have.

357
00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:40,240
And I think this is the gateway.

358
00:26:46,730 --> 00:26:52,670
I don't want to... When I

359
00:26:52,670 --> 00:26:58,770
grew up, I would imagine myself dancing
on a stage in an arena.

360
00:27:00,550 --> 00:27:01,550
Oh, my God.

361
00:27:02,690 --> 00:27:04,290
I don't know. Sorry.

362
00:27:04,570 --> 00:27:07,290
I just... You did so good.

363
00:27:07,490 --> 00:27:08,490
So good.

364
00:27:08,570 --> 00:27:09,570
So good. So good.

365
00:27:09,590 --> 00:27:10,590
Anyway.

366
00:27:12,710 --> 00:27:13,710
Yeah.

367
00:27:14,630 --> 00:27:15,810
I'm just... Yeah.

368
00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:17,820
I don't know what to say, sorry.

369
00:27:21,300 --> 00:27:26,500
Hello. I think for me personally, as a
performer here in Australia, I've felt

370
00:27:26,500 --> 00:27:27,500
quite lost.

371
00:27:27,820 --> 00:27:30,500
I feel like I've never really fit in a
box.

372
00:27:30,980 --> 00:27:36,320
I think really this trip for me would
allow me to find myself, if I could say

373
00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:37,320
it in a short sentence.

374
00:27:38,060 --> 00:27:43,430
Top ten would mean, like... the absolute
world to me because I came to Brent

375
00:27:43,430 --> 00:27:46,770
Street this year. I'm from the smallest
town I think ever.

376
00:27:50,650 --> 00:27:53,850
I'm from a very traditional Italian
family.

377
00:27:54,290 --> 00:27:56,110
My dad owns a heap of farms.

378
00:27:56,690 --> 00:28:00,570
I can't remember him when he was four
years old.

379
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:05,400
that we have a Filipino Christmas party,
and he goes to me, Mum, I want to dance.

380
00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,260
I used to, no, because it's all girls.

381
00:28:07,460 --> 00:28:11,200
But he was crying, he was insisting to
dance, and Mum, I'm going to dance. When

382
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:15,680
we do competition, he's always got the
first place, first place, first place,

383
00:28:15,740 --> 00:28:16,740
wherever we go.

384
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:17,800
So it was amazing.

385
00:28:18,020 --> 00:28:21,060
My mum was the one taking me to these
competitions, my mum was taking me to

386
00:28:21,060 --> 00:28:25,420
these workshops, and my dad, he wasn't
very supportive deep down.

387
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:30,580
Jake is a bit different.

388
00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:32,140
Hey, Jake. Yeah.

389
00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:34,480
Here I go.

390
00:28:35,020 --> 00:28:40,400
He's a bit girly, you know, like, where
Italian doesn't support that. I just,

391
00:28:40,460 --> 00:28:43,980
like, broke stereotype in Griffith
because I didn't meet anyone, especially

392
00:28:43,980 --> 00:28:48,020
males, especially Italian males, has
ever done this, ever.

393
00:28:48,500 --> 00:28:53,000
No, yeah, at all. So it's very, like...
It's very scary.

394
00:28:54,820 --> 00:28:56,740
School was very hard.

395
00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:58,440
I was very feminine.

396
00:28:59,220 --> 00:29:00,680
also a toxic school, so.

397
00:29:01,540 --> 00:29:02,540
Yeah.

398
00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:06,680
When he get bullied, it affects us as a
parent, you know?

399
00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,840
So it really, like, there's a time that
I was going to pull out Jake from

400
00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:13,940
school, but Jake always said, no, I'm
going to be a dancer.

401
00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:18,460
So I want to be a dancer. I said, like,
what? I said, I will be a backup dancer.

402
00:29:18,660 --> 00:29:19,940
I said, big ambition, you know?

403
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:22,360
Yeah.

404
00:29:24,940 --> 00:29:26,460
We've reached the point of the day where
it's...

405
00:29:26,899 --> 00:29:30,380
Improvisation, for me personally, is the
most exciting, but I know it can be the

406
00:29:30,380 --> 00:29:31,339
most terrifying.

407
00:29:31,340 --> 00:29:35,320
Everything we've done up until this
point has been about executing notes

408
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:38,740
that we've been giving you. This is your
opportunity now to be implicitly,

409
00:29:38,740 --> 00:29:41,680
wholeheartedly, and fully
unapologetically yourself.

410
00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:45,900
Fear is the thing that defines us so
often, and fear is the thing that holds

411
00:29:45,900 --> 00:29:50,060
us back, and fear is the thing that puts
us in the car driving home after an

412
00:29:50,060 --> 00:29:53,200
audition like this, going, I should
have, I should have, I should have, I

413
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:54,109
should have.

414
00:29:54,110 --> 00:29:57,650
Try and leave everything that you've
done previously today outside.

415
00:29:58,030 --> 00:30:00,510
This is like a new energy we need to
bring into the room.

416
00:30:01,030 --> 00:30:04,250
This is your chance to dance for your
life. Really? I know that sounds

417
00:30:04,250 --> 00:30:06,110
dramatic, but this is literally what
this is.

418
00:30:06,550 --> 00:30:08,650
An opportunity like this only comes
around.

419
00:30:08,930 --> 00:30:11,490
It basically never comes around, yeah?

420
00:30:12,090 --> 00:30:17,470
So leave fear at the door. Use every
single delicious count in that eight

421
00:30:17,470 --> 00:30:18,470
eights.

422
00:30:19,310 --> 00:30:22,930
Dance for your life. Let's go.

423
00:30:23,950 --> 00:30:24,950
Thank you.

424
00:31:21,020 --> 00:31:22,080
You won't forgive

425
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:33,960
me,

426
00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:34,960
you won't forgive me

427
00:31:41,820 --> 00:31:43,820
You won't, you won't, you won't forgive
me yet.

428
00:31:51,780 --> 00:31:55,020
You like what you see. You won't forgive
me. I'm hot with the detail.

429
00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:58,880
I put your degrees. They're all on that
knee. So forget the exhale.

430
00:31:59,460 --> 00:32:01,440
It's time to get up. I'm shutting
myself.

431
00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:02,660
I'm hot with the detail.

432
00:32:03,630 --> 00:32:05,370
I put you to sleep, I put you to sleep.

433
00:32:07,010 --> 00:32:10,150
You like what you see, you like what you
see, you like what you see.

434
00:32:10,870 --> 00:32:14,050
You won't forgive me, you won't forgive
me, you won't forgive me.

435
00:32:14,570 --> 00:32:17,770
You like what you see, you like what you
see, you like what you see.

436
00:32:18,430 --> 00:32:20,770
You won't forgive me, you won't forgive
me.

437
00:32:26,690 --> 00:32:29,010
That whole moment we saw, I've got
goosebumps, literally.

438
00:32:29,390 --> 00:32:33,050
You've made our decisions 4,000 times
more difficult, but that's what dance

439
00:32:33,050 --> 00:32:34,050
for your life is.

440
00:32:34,610 --> 00:32:41,130
I could be in it, depending on what they
saw in me today

441
00:32:41,130 --> 00:32:44,230
and what I said.

442
00:32:44,650 --> 00:32:47,750
Hopefully they're able to see through
that.

443
00:32:57,250 --> 00:33:00,870
Every single person in that room
deserves to be in front of Dean Lee.

444
00:33:01,350 --> 00:33:05,670
So it's really anyone's game at this
point.

445
00:33:08,450 --> 00:33:09,470
Far out.

446
00:33:10,330 --> 00:33:15,390
Yes, I can get in the top 20, but can
Emily be in the top 10?

447
00:33:15,950 --> 00:33:22,230
I feel like that's the thought that I
have, but maybe they have as well.

448
00:33:22,730 --> 00:33:23,730
So I don't know.

449
00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:33,020
Okay, obviously today's been a huge day
for everybody.

450
00:33:33,500 --> 00:33:40,080
If I call out your number, you will be
one of the 10 to receive this life

451
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:41,080
-changing opportunity.

452
00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:47,840
Okay, the first number I would like to
call is number 29.

453
00:34:01,149 --> 00:34:03,350
Thank you so much. That's all right.

454
00:34:03,990 --> 00:34:09,610
The next number I would like to step
forward is number 138.

455
00:34:12,210 --> 00:34:18,929
Number 67, 36, 121, 147. Number

456
00:34:18,929 --> 00:34:19,929
121.

457
00:34:21,830 --> 00:34:23,389
Number 133.

458
00:34:29,260 --> 00:34:30,420
So there's one spot left.

459
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:35,480
My heart is like smashing against my
ribcage, it feels.

460
00:34:36,780 --> 00:34:43,639
But the final number to add to our top
10 is number 152.

461
00:35:08,010 --> 00:35:12,370
I honestly can't believe it. I was so
scared in the audition room that I

462
00:35:12,370 --> 00:35:14,810
wasn't going to make it, and that just
kept running in my head.

463
00:35:15,030 --> 00:35:20,890
So now that I've gotten through to the
top ten, I feel so much lighter.

464
00:35:21,350 --> 00:35:23,090
London is such an amazing place.

465
00:35:24,290 --> 00:35:30,370
Everything is there. Sharing a house
with ten dancers, that's a lot for me,

466
00:35:30,530 --> 00:35:33,030
especially someone that basically lives
in a nursing home.

467
00:35:33,250 --> 00:35:34,610
But I'm going to cry a lot when she
goes.

468
00:35:36,990 --> 00:35:43,310
I love packing because I feel like it's
manifesting my life

469
00:35:43,310 --> 00:35:48,910
of a dancer where you're just always
from this place to that place and over.

470
00:35:49,250 --> 00:35:51,690
Wait, can I answer this?

471
00:35:54,310 --> 00:35:59,350
Connor, did you hear about Abby? She
just got dropped from a really high lift

472
00:35:59,350 --> 00:36:01,530
in rehearsal and has been rushed to the
hospital.

473
00:36:03,170 --> 00:36:06,270
What are they saying? Oh, my God.

474
00:36:10,570 --> 00:36:13,170
I can feel something.

475
00:36:14,430 --> 00:36:16,910
I believe just this brain.

476
00:36:19,550 --> 00:36:21,890
I doubt it. Oh, get off.

477
00:36:22,790 --> 00:36:25,450
Oh, that is huge.

478
00:36:25,750 --> 00:36:26,750
No, I'm not joking.

479
00:36:31,190 --> 00:36:35,910
Pretty big.

480
00:36:36,270 --> 00:36:37,270
Biggest one.

481
00:36:37,390 --> 00:36:39,010
It's pretty big.

482
00:36:45,950 --> 00:36:47,990
I cried off all my makeup.

483
00:36:49,090 --> 00:36:50,210
Like the first film.

484
00:36:53,050 --> 00:36:55,730
She would be feeling so devastated.

485
00:36:56,730 --> 00:36:58,310
But I mean, that's the life of a dancer.

486
00:36:59,030 --> 00:37:02,310
You're injured one week and then you're
on stage the next week. And then you're

487
00:37:02,310 --> 00:37:04,030
in pain the week after.

488
00:37:04,310 --> 00:37:09,260
And then... rinse and repeat so i i
think that's just what we signed up for

489
00:37:09,260 --> 00:37:13,660
honestly i didn't i didn't read the fine
details the fine print i didn't read the

490
00:37:13,660 --> 00:37:18,940
contract i signed whatever but i think
everyone knows that if you're a dancer

491
00:37:18,940 --> 00:37:22,560
you're gonna wake up with pneumonia and
then you're gonna have to perform on

492
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:27,680
stage that night with ariana grande you
just have to it's our job and also we

493
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:34,440
love it so much we're all crazy we have
spoken to dean And

494
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:38,580
I was trying to gauge what does this
week kind of look like for everybody.

495
00:37:38,940 --> 00:37:45,120
And he said he thinks that even dancers
that are 100% capacity are really going

496
00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:46,120
to struggle.

497
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:54,260
So he had said to me that if she's not
at

498
00:37:54,260 --> 00:37:56,040
100%, then she shouldn't do it.

499
00:37:58,140 --> 00:37:59,760
So I think we're going to have to call
it.

500
00:38:00,140 --> 00:38:01,380
Like, I feel like...

501
00:38:01,630 --> 00:38:03,730
I can just see myself, like, getting the
job done.

502
00:38:05,130 --> 00:38:11,030
And I'm like, I feel like if that's my
attitude, like, I feel like I still

503
00:38:11,030 --> 00:38:12,650
deserve to go. I don't know.

504
00:38:14,150 --> 00:38:18,150
You deserve it. It's not about deserving
it. You absolutely deserve it. It's not

505
00:38:18,150 --> 00:38:20,930
about deserving it at all. It's about
the damage you could do to yourself. I

506
00:38:20,930 --> 00:38:24,230
know there could be more damage, but I
feel like I could just keep rehabbing it

507
00:38:24,230 --> 00:38:25,230
day after day.

508
00:38:25,370 --> 00:38:29,390
I sing it day after day. And if it hurts
more and it does get worse, then I don't

509
00:38:29,390 --> 00:38:31,670
care because I don't know if I want to
do this forever.

510
00:38:31,970 --> 00:38:35,710
Like, I'm just trying to be real. Like,
I just... I love dancing, but I don't

511
00:38:35,710 --> 00:38:37,090
see myself doing it when I'm, like,

512
00:38:38,070 --> 00:38:39,070
30-something.

513
00:38:39,090 --> 00:38:42,670
Like, people do. I get that. That is,
like, what dancers dream of. But I'm

514
00:38:42,670 --> 00:38:46,810
also, like, I do want a family one day.
Like, I'm like, I want to peak now, so I

515
00:38:46,810 --> 00:38:47,810
want to do this now.

516
00:38:48,550 --> 00:38:52,310
Even if it does cause further damage.
Like, I want to be there and do it.

517
00:38:53,670 --> 00:38:57,950
like i really do and i know that he
doesn't want someone weak in the group

518
00:38:57,950 --> 00:39:03,350
but like other sports like people are
giving it a go even when they are sore

519
00:39:03,350 --> 00:39:07,870
they have a sprain they fractured their
pool right it could be fine you could go

520
00:39:07,870 --> 00:39:11,730
over there and you could absolutely kill
it that is a possibility there's also a

521
00:39:11,730 --> 00:39:16,630
chance that you do further damage i
don't care for that but but that's not a

522
00:39:16,630 --> 00:39:17,630
risk that

523
00:39:17,900 --> 00:39:20,680
we want to put you through or that Dean
wants to put you through as well.

524
00:39:21,100 --> 00:39:23,220
I still want to go, so I don't know.

525
00:39:23,720 --> 00:39:25,660
I just feel like I could do it.

526
00:39:30,100 --> 00:39:35,300
I think maybe a conversation with Abby's
physio to say these are the things that

527
00:39:35,300 --> 00:39:38,960
are likely going to be asked of her and
are you comfortable clearing her?

528
00:39:39,180 --> 00:39:41,200
Call me tomorrow morning after you've
been to the physio.

529
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:45,780
We'll then figure out from there whether
you're going to get to the airport and

530
00:39:45,780 --> 00:39:46,780
we'll...

531
00:39:47,180 --> 00:39:51,780
make this happen or whether we need to
call it at that point.

532
00:39:59,140 --> 00:40:00,500
Is anyone else here?

533
00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:03,120
No,

534
00:40:04,100 --> 00:40:05,100
just me.

535
00:40:26,950 --> 00:40:30,570
Yes, I'm just in like a thing underneath
a boot so it's called an air car

536
00:40:56,080 --> 00:41:00,000
I would love to have a British accent.

537
00:41:00,280 --> 00:41:01,300
A British accent.

538
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:03,300
I would love to live in the UK.

539
00:41:10,900 --> 00:41:12,660
Five, six, seven, go.

540
00:41:12,940 --> 00:41:15,860
One, and six, and three, and four, and
five, go.

541
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:17,960
What now?

542
00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:27,900
You're put dead on your account. You
don't start moving on your account.

543
00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:30,720
Yeah. Same thing with me. Yes, but you
don't do it.

544
00:41:32,180 --> 00:41:34,460
Child's gonna be waiting there for a big
hug. I know it.

545
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:38,040
Like, as if I just get to live in there.

546
00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:41,160
Like, I don't even have stairs in my
house.

547
00:41:41,580 --> 00:41:46,820
One and two and three and four and five
and... That was actually... Yeah!

548
00:41:57,100 --> 00:42:00,280
I embrace the miracles flowing into my
life each day. I embrace the miracles

549
00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:02,780
flowing into my life each day. I need to
embrace those miracles as well. I

550
00:42:02,780 --> 00:42:03,780
embrace the miracles.

551
00:42:04,660 --> 00:42:07,220
Also got some gratitude and worth.

552
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:08,920
We've learned everything.

553
00:42:09,420 --> 00:42:14,040
Got to remember my worth and get my
gratitude up. Have you got like an ex

554
00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:15,040
-boyfriend spell?

555
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:22,920
Yes, I do. Back in our full-time dance
training, we were a little item.

556
00:42:23,420 --> 00:42:26,200
So we dated for, how long was it?

557
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:33,840
on and off yeah um it was on and off in
the past and yeah we broke up straight

558
00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:39,180
after yeah like three years ago we broke
up and then you know life just likes to

559
00:42:39,180 --> 00:42:44,620
put us in scenarios together every now
and then yeah like this one but this is

560
00:42:44,620 --> 00:42:48,680
actually the first time we've been put
in the same room i feel like in the next

561
00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:51,720
few days so because it's going to be so
intense we'll be like

562
00:42:53,049 --> 00:42:56,930
Or either we'll be like, oh, we're in
London, or like... Or get me out of

563
00:42:56,930 --> 00:42:57,930
London.

564
00:42:58,650 --> 00:43:02,590
It feels like the stakes are so high.
Well, like, they're always high in the

565
00:43:02,590 --> 00:43:04,370
dance studio, like a dance studio.

566
00:43:04,770 --> 00:43:08,830
But because it's Dean Lee, and because
there's other... I'm a little bit scared

567
00:43:08,830 --> 00:43:09,850
about the London dancers.

568
00:43:10,850 --> 00:43:14,790
Intimidated? Intimidated, and also just
sometimes I feel like I get really... I

569
00:43:14,790 --> 00:43:16,030
can get really awkward in big groups.

570
00:43:16,410 --> 00:43:18,870
And I'm just scared I'm going to say
something wrong and they're going to be

571
00:43:18,870 --> 00:43:22,310
like, oh, who's this blonde little boy
from Australia?

572
00:43:22,570 --> 00:43:24,790
They're all going to be, like, pros as
well.

573
00:43:25,690 --> 00:43:30,270
Yeah. Like, I don't know whether
they'll, like... Be looked down a little

574
00:43:30,270 --> 00:43:33,110
bit. Yeah. Or, like... I just don't know
what to expect.

575
00:43:33,530 --> 00:43:35,810
Jar-jars, or if they'll be... They could
be really nice.

576
00:43:36,690 --> 00:43:37,710
We just don't know.

577
00:43:37,930 --> 00:43:41,890
Do you like dancers that are never
really nice? No. Or deep down, at least.

578
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:48,420
The nervousness has crept in a little
bit more. I would definitely like to be

579
00:43:48,420 --> 00:43:49,840
the person that gets the contract.

580
00:43:50,240 --> 00:43:52,060
Do you consider yourself a competitive
person?

581
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:57,400
Whoever it is, it means they're more
suited for the role of what he's trying

582
00:43:57,400 --> 00:43:58,078
to achieve.

583
00:43:58,080 --> 00:44:00,600
But we all want it to be us.

584
00:44:00,820 --> 00:44:03,440
Absolutely. We are rooting for
ourselves.

585
00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:08,480
Absolutely. As well as each other, but
it's like we're all here because we want

586
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:10,680
to launch our careers. Yeah.

587
00:44:10,970 --> 00:44:13,850
I don't really see any other way that
any dancer in that room would feel any

588
00:44:13,850 --> 00:44:16,070
other way than wanting to get that spot.

589
00:44:16,370 --> 00:44:19,350
See, we dance every day surrounded by
people we love, like, our friends and

590
00:44:19,350 --> 00:44:22,550
stuff. Like, it's still competition, no
matter who you're next to. Yeah, but

591
00:44:22,550 --> 00:44:24,150
that's, like, the hard thing is that...
I know.

592
00:44:24,450 --> 00:44:27,890
..your best friend is also your biggest,
like, enemy.

593
00:44:28,170 --> 00:44:29,330
Yeah. In a way.

594
00:44:29,650 --> 00:44:31,710
I want that dance contract. I want that
agent.

595
00:44:32,390 --> 00:44:33,390
I want to win.

596
00:44:56,080 --> 00:45:02,800
hi guys how are we come gather come
gather

597
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:07,920
how are we

598
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:14,680
i'm so sorry i'm so late my flight was
so delayed by a couple of hours so i

599
00:45:14,680 --> 00:45:18,900
just got off the plane came straight
here so i just need a shower and then

600
00:45:18,900 --> 00:45:23,220
i'll be good to go shape house was
really born out of the idea of

601
00:45:23,950 --> 00:45:28,550
I knew so many incredible dancers, but
were just having such a hard time

602
00:45:28,550 --> 00:45:30,970
cracking into the industry because it is
so tough.

603
00:45:31,370 --> 00:45:34,750
What you'll probably come to learn as
well is that it's not always about the

604
00:45:34,750 --> 00:45:35,750
talent of a dancer.

605
00:45:35,970 --> 00:45:40,310
So for me, Shape House is really a group
of people that I know are exceptional at

606
00:45:40,310 --> 00:45:44,330
what they do and giving them a space to
be able to go on stage and perform as a

607
00:45:44,330 --> 00:45:46,670
company. Dean gave me my first ever job.

608
00:45:46,970 --> 00:45:48,710
There was a thing about my height.

609
00:45:49,050 --> 00:45:51,970
He was like, no, I don't care. He's
going to be taller than the other boys,

610
00:45:52,050 --> 00:45:55,210
but I don't care. He's an amazing
dancer. He's a star and we'll figure it

611
00:45:55,210 --> 00:45:56,129
out.

612
00:45:56,130 --> 00:46:00,690
Dean can absolutely make someone a
working professional dancer. Like, I'd

613
00:46:00,690 --> 00:46:01,690
say he did that for me.

614
00:46:01,850 --> 00:46:05,190
I treat it as if I do every other job
that I do in the industry.

615
00:46:05,470 --> 00:46:07,470
Dean expects a lot from his dancers.

616
00:46:07,890 --> 00:46:11,770
He expects excellence at all times. Dean
knows what he wants.

617
00:46:12,710 --> 00:46:15,150
Be on or...

618
00:46:16,270 --> 00:46:20,110
Don't be here. I know there are some
injuries in the room already.

619
00:46:20,750 --> 00:46:25,650
So just as a safeguard and a backup for
myself, I've asked Lucas if there's any

620
00:46:25,650 --> 00:46:29,310
other Brent Street dancers here in
London that can come in just to be a

621
00:46:29,310 --> 00:46:30,770
swing. Abby is injured.

622
00:46:31,050 --> 00:46:35,970
Like, that puts doubts and worries in my
mind because there is so much riding on

623
00:46:35,970 --> 00:46:36,970
this opportunity.

624
00:46:37,130 --> 00:46:42,450
So I decided to call Lucas and just see
if he had any other of his Brent Street

625
00:46:42,450 --> 00:46:45,960
dancers. available in London, and
luckily she did.

626
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:51,060
And I've asked Esquire to come into this
process to really be a swing.

627
00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:57,060
I was at Brain Street last year, and now
I'm in London doing professional work as

628
00:46:57,060 --> 00:46:57,718
a dancer.

629
00:46:57,720 --> 00:47:01,760
As a swing, you're coming into the room
to learn all the material. You're

630
00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:03,100
learning every single section.

631
00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:06,980
But there's always that possibility that
you may not be actually on stage for the

632
00:47:06,980 --> 00:47:07,779
end product.

633
00:47:07,780 --> 00:47:09,020
There are...

634
00:47:09,370 --> 00:47:11,090
Definitely two leads for this piece.

635
00:47:11,490 --> 00:47:12,730
Everyone's got the same opportunity.

636
00:47:13,070 --> 00:47:16,650
Everyone's got a fair chance. It's just
about how you step up to that. I have

637
00:47:16,650 --> 00:47:17,650
been a lead in the past.

638
00:47:17,870 --> 00:47:21,330
I loved it. It was probably one of the
best opportunities I've ever been given.

639
00:47:21,510 --> 00:47:26,010
This is a moment for some people, like,
can be career-changing for some people.

640
00:47:26,150 --> 00:47:30,710
I understand that there are different
roles in the piece and everyone is a

641
00:47:30,710 --> 00:47:34,430
valuable part of the piece, but you're
going to fight for it.

642
00:47:36,319 --> 00:47:38,980
So, seven, eight. You're stepping on the
right leg back. You're going one.

643
00:47:39,380 --> 00:47:42,760
So that right hand goes right over the
top. Please splay the hands.

644
00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:44,180
Palms to the floor. One.

645
00:47:44,440 --> 00:47:47,980
There's a little lean on this as well.
Six, seven, eight.

646
00:47:48,240 --> 00:47:50,880
One. Nice. Great. Number done. That's
it.

647
00:47:52,100 --> 00:47:56,440
Seven, eight. You go one, two, and.

648
00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:01,120
Make sure you hear that. Yes. And my
focus is still to the front.

649
00:48:01,400 --> 00:48:03,680
Picking a lead is a very complex
process.

650
00:48:04,320 --> 00:48:08,880
A oney and a twoy and a three and four
and fivey and a six and seven and eight.

651
00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:10,160
Not bad at all. Go again.

652
00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:14,880
I always start with chunks of
choreography, section by section by

653
00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:16,020
section. And box.

654
00:48:16,280 --> 00:48:17,280
Ha, ha, box.

655
00:48:22,580 --> 00:48:23,519
Uh-oh.

656
00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:24,960
That was distinctly average.

657
00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:26,660
Who's got the quickest pickup?

658
00:48:26,860 --> 00:48:29,620
Who is performing straight away?

659
00:48:30,280 --> 00:48:32,040
Do that again. Five, six.

660
00:48:32,410 --> 00:48:36,010
Seven and a eight and oney and a two and
a three and four. Yeah.

661
00:48:36,830 --> 00:48:40,370
You see, like, for me, it's the fact
that he's already in performance mode.

662
00:48:40,530 --> 00:48:41,149
Do you know what I mean?

663
00:48:41,150 --> 00:48:45,770
Like, that's a professional right there.
Connor has this thing that you either

664
00:48:45,770 --> 00:48:48,430
have it or you don't. He's dancing it
like he's on stage.

665
00:48:49,510 --> 00:48:52,010
That's a special tool. Not everyone can
do that, okay?

666
00:48:52,330 --> 00:48:55,050
But it's the fire in the eyes. That's
what I'm looking for, okay?

667
00:48:55,850 --> 00:48:57,990
Everyone else is waiting for permission
to be great.

668
00:48:58,750 --> 00:49:00,550
And you should never do that.

669
00:49:01,570 --> 00:49:04,770
One, and a two, and three, and four, and
Jake.

670
00:49:05,450 --> 00:49:06,930
So embarrassing, y'all.

671
00:49:07,370 --> 00:49:08,370
Here we go.

672
00:49:08,490 --> 00:49:12,770
So I just gave some notes to Jake
specifically. Some of his arms are in

673
00:49:12,770 --> 00:49:13,689
the wrong placement.

674
00:49:13,690 --> 00:49:18,190
Five, six, seven, eight. Already in my
mind, I'm looking at who's ticking all

675
00:49:18,190 --> 00:49:21,970
those boxes. Then I will start pulling
those out and watching them together.

676
00:50:14,540 --> 00:50:20,580
What I'm looking for in a doctor is
somebody to step on my floor and let the

677
00:50:20,580 --> 00:50:22,360
fighter in them come out.

678
00:50:22,600 --> 00:50:23,860
Okay, show mama.

679
00:50:31,540 --> 00:50:32,540
Go again.

680
00:50:40,140 --> 00:50:42,940
I need to see Abby and Frankie again,
please.

681
00:50:43,450 --> 00:50:47,710
Being the lead, especially of Dean's
pieces, is an amazing opportunity to be

682
00:50:47,710 --> 00:50:54,570
seen. In moments of, like, harsh times,
when I'm not at my best, I'm like,

683
00:50:54,590 --> 00:50:58,090
no, like, I don't want to... I don't
want to not be the best.

684
00:50:58,310 --> 00:51:00,430
I'll be coming in with fire, hunger.

685
00:51:00,790 --> 00:51:03,370
You know when you're, like, going to
cry, and, like, you can feel it in,

686
00:51:03,390 --> 00:51:04,390
like, your throat?

687
00:51:04,430 --> 00:51:11,110
Sometimes I feel dancing down, like...
Like, it needs to be me. I don't want to

688
00:51:11,110 --> 00:51:12,150
be a...

689
00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:13,760
Could have been a professional dancer.

690
00:51:14,060 --> 00:51:15,060
I want to be like her.

691
00:51:15,940 --> 00:51:16,940
I am.

692
00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:26,540
I'm not going to, like, show that I'm
struggling.

693
00:51:34,180 --> 00:51:37,640
First of all, I'd like to hire you two
together for the rest of my life.

694
00:51:38,560 --> 00:51:41,640
I do need to see Kieran and Max.

695
00:51:41,900 --> 00:51:45,780
Against Max and Kieran, they're similar
height, similar build.

696
00:51:47,800 --> 00:51:50,840
You could see the mental game of it.

697
00:52:24,879 --> 00:52:26,100
Abby, how is it?

698
00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:29,840
It's good. Yeah? Yeah, I haven't felt
any pain for, like, the past few days.

699
00:52:29,940 --> 00:52:33,080
Okay. That was, like, really good, a
really good push.

700
00:52:33,360 --> 00:52:37,560
I started off, like, a little bit
easier, but I'm feeling, like... I take

701
00:52:37,560 --> 00:52:39,420
injuries very seriously, okay?

702
00:52:39,820 --> 00:52:43,920
I need to make the choice whether you
are going to be okay. That final

703
00:52:43,920 --> 00:52:48,160
decision will play with me. Okay. So I
think that's all we've got time for

704
00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:50,480
today. There's things that I'm going to
have to figure out.

705
00:52:50,830 --> 00:52:54,930
You're making this choice very hard. So
just come prepared for tomorrow morning.

706
00:52:54,990 --> 00:52:55,990
It's going to be a lot.

707
00:53:02,110 --> 00:53:05,110
I would love to go to a dance class and
be barefaced.

708
00:53:06,490 --> 00:53:12,850
But I think it's just a standard thing
that no one wants to see that on stage

709
00:53:12,850 --> 00:53:18,650
as a dancer. Like we, since young, I was
a comp kid and I reckon since.

710
00:53:19,920 --> 00:53:23,200
Like eight years old, I've been wearing
makeup, including the eyeliner.

711
00:53:23,960 --> 00:53:28,440
We've grown up dancing in front of the
mirror, trying to be the best version of

712
00:53:28,440 --> 00:53:29,820
ourselves since we were five years old.

713
00:53:33,500 --> 00:53:39,640
The day after I graduated full-time, I
booked the national tour of Wicked the

714
00:53:39,640 --> 00:53:40,640
Musical.

715
00:53:40,840 --> 00:53:47,600
I also danced for Meghan Trainor, Kylie
Minogue, Jessica Mavoy, Tones and I,

716
00:53:47,740 --> 00:53:51,940
and Katy Perry. I was... booking all
those jobs straight after full-time, and

717
00:53:51,940 --> 00:53:56,300
now I've just stopped for ages. But I
sometimes think that my ability has,

718
00:53:56,380 --> 00:53:57,560
like, dropped a little bit.

719
00:53:58,120 --> 00:54:01,740
I feel like because I've been, like, a
little bit out of the commercial world

720
00:54:01,740 --> 00:54:06,880
for a while, I think if I did get the
lead, it would kind of give me that

721
00:54:06,880 --> 00:54:12,500
spark and energy I need to, like, get
back into it.

722
00:54:16,440 --> 00:54:17,860
I'd always do the thing for me.

723
00:54:18,200 --> 00:54:23,650
Yeah. Yeah, I wouldn't do that because I
feel like everyone wants tall men. Yeah,

724
00:54:23,650 --> 00:54:27,910
but I think dancers now, like when I was
growing up, everyone was like, your

725
00:54:27,910 --> 00:54:29,950
height can be your superpower, your
height can be this huge.

726
00:54:30,310 --> 00:54:33,190
And then I got to working and then it's
like, oh, you're too tall. Yeah,

727
00:54:34,610 --> 00:54:35,690
dude. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

728
00:54:36,010 --> 00:54:37,050
Well, yeah.

729
00:54:37,390 --> 00:54:38,510
Yeah, I've experienced that.

730
00:54:39,750 --> 00:54:46,470
In full time, I was definitely a lot

731
00:54:46,470 --> 00:54:48,310
skinnier. I've been going to the gym a
lot.

732
00:54:48,570 --> 00:54:55,110
been eating a lot and within 12 months
i've actually put on 14 kilos of

733
00:54:55,110 --> 00:55:01,250
muscle a bit rusty

734
00:55:01,250 --> 00:55:07,250
but i don't know there's just little
things

735
00:55:07,250 --> 00:55:13,010
like landing a bit heavy a big thing for
me was wanting to make myself look more

736
00:55:13,010 --> 00:55:15,710
masculine probably need to work on my
stamina

737
00:55:17,040 --> 00:55:18,800
Not as light as I used to be.

738
00:55:25,040 --> 00:55:25,360
So

739
00:55:25,360 --> 00:55:33,460
I

740
00:55:33,460 --> 00:55:34,500
want to look at you for the lead.

741
00:55:35,220 --> 00:55:36,240
I want to try you out.

742
00:55:36,940 --> 00:55:42,160
So obviously you know that choreography,
you know the accents, you know the

743
00:55:42,160 --> 00:55:45,400
timing. Now I just want to see what you
bring to it character-wise.

744
00:55:46,140 --> 00:55:50,700
This is the hand that I've been dealt,
so I need to find a way to make it work.

745
00:56:45,439 --> 00:56:46,200
But, um...

746
00:56:46,200 --> 00:56:53,520
Take

747
00:56:53,520 --> 00:56:54,459
a moment.

748
00:56:54,460 --> 00:56:55,560
Connor, can I see you, please?

749
00:56:56,840 --> 00:57:01,820
It looked like it was two possibilities
for a girl main and then a boy main, and

750
00:57:01,820 --> 00:57:03,640
I didn't even get put in the boy main
group.

751
00:57:03,960 --> 00:57:09,520
And I honestly was like, OK, well, I'm
off, like, I'm not in the options

752
00:57:09,520 --> 00:57:14,320
anymore. And then after Max said it, he
was like, oh, we're going to try Connor.

753
00:57:15,060 --> 00:57:17,940
And I was like, okay, yeah, perfect.

754
00:57:18,680 --> 00:57:21,020
Let's try you in the same role. Yeah, I
can do that.

755
00:57:21,480 --> 00:57:22,740
I want to get it.

756
00:57:23,840 --> 00:57:24,880
That's wood. That's not wood.

757
00:57:26,980 --> 00:57:28,080
First place is...

758
00:58:17,950 --> 00:58:19,330
Well done. Very nice, Connor.

759
00:58:21,890 --> 00:58:23,570
It's really, really hard to decide.

760
00:58:24,150 --> 00:58:25,150
It's really difficult.

761
00:58:29,950 --> 00:58:31,870
Relax. I'd like you to play the lead
role, okay?

762
00:58:32,430 --> 00:58:33,430
Well done.

763
00:58:41,010 --> 00:58:43,130
Connor, amazing job as well.

764
00:58:43,520 --> 00:58:47,620
There's just something in Max's
feelings. I think he's right for it. But

765
00:58:47,620 --> 00:58:51,200
I would also like you to learn his track
and be first cover for Max, okay?

766
00:58:52,520 --> 00:58:59,440
And then like I said, yes, they're the
lead

767
00:58:59,440 --> 00:59:03,080
roles, but there's a bunch of other
features coming up. And tomorrow, that's

768
00:59:03,080 --> 00:59:04,080
what I'm looking for, okay?

769
00:59:18,320 --> 00:59:19,440
A privacy situation?

770
00:59:20,660 --> 00:59:22,680
Non-existent at the moment.

771
00:59:24,500 --> 00:59:25,720
Non-existent.

772
00:59:26,620 --> 00:59:30,680
Um... No, it's good. It's quiet.

773
00:59:31,840 --> 00:59:36,840
It's kind of hard for greasy, but... But
all that sibling is fine.

774
00:59:40,180 --> 00:59:41,300
Break this out.

775
00:59:42,580 --> 00:59:44,820
I'm not going to think about this foot
anymore.

776
00:59:47,660 --> 00:59:50,780
This is the way to go for me. I think
once when everything's like tucked

777
00:59:50,780 --> 00:59:55,080
around Like this like it's just easier
for me to like dig through it through

778
00:59:55,080 --> 01:00:01,080
everything My lifestyle is just not
organized

779
01:00:01,080 --> 01:00:05,200
Oh,

780
01:00:12,420 --> 01:00:13,700
thank you

781
01:00:18,760 --> 01:00:21,260
Today is just about learning sections of
choreography.

782
01:00:21,540 --> 01:00:25,440
I might put it on your bodies, but I
probably hate half of it already, just

783
01:00:25,440 --> 01:00:26,440
so you know.

784
01:00:27,640 --> 01:00:31,160
I'm here to work. I'm here to create
something great with you guys, and

785
01:00:31,160 --> 01:00:32,820
there's just no time for anything else
in between.

786
01:00:34,880 --> 01:00:37,820
It's almost like a patchwork quilt. It's
just like throwing sections of

787
01:00:37,820 --> 01:00:41,280
choreography out, and then really what
makes my pieces what they are, I think,

788
01:00:41,300 --> 01:00:42,380
is how I stick them together.

789
01:00:47,460 --> 01:00:51,850
What? two that one two is awful then
layering with the story as well

790
01:00:51,850 --> 01:00:58,650
this whole section it's like

791
01:00:58,650 --> 01:01:03,710
you feel the atmosphere change and the
audience needs to feel that but they're

792
01:01:03,710 --> 01:01:07,170
only going to feel that if we're
invested in it so just make sure there's

793
01:01:07,170 --> 01:01:12,890
an emotional change there five and six
and they're all hard hitters as dancers

794
01:01:12,890 --> 01:01:16,310
like that's not the problem for me like
i know they've got the energy and the

795
01:01:16,310 --> 01:01:19,680
power but I also want them to understand
why they're dancing like that.

796
01:01:20,040 --> 01:01:23,000
Jake, you good? I feel like you're
holding back a little bit. I feel like a

797
01:01:23,000 --> 01:01:26,440
bit shy, like I want to lean back a
little bit. Why don't you ask?

798
01:01:27,080 --> 01:01:28,080
Yeah, I don't know why.

799
01:01:28,380 --> 01:01:31,260
Like, I'm telling you to go forward, and
you're like, I don't want to.

800
01:01:36,080 --> 01:01:39,400
Okay, can I have all my ladies on the
floor and Jake, please?

801
01:01:40,220 --> 01:01:45,360
Jake is fabulous and amazing, and he's
got this personality to him.

802
01:01:45,890 --> 01:01:47,710
Jake, I've asked you to join this
section.

803
01:01:48,250 --> 01:01:52,050
There's a lot of pressure and
responsibility on you. I know that. But

804
01:01:52,050 --> 01:01:55,030
I also wouldn't have given it to you if
I didn't think you could rise to that

805
01:01:55,030 --> 01:01:56,030
challenge.

806
01:01:56,170 --> 01:01:59,270
But I do need to start seeing it. You
know what I mean?

807
01:01:59,630 --> 01:02:04,290
I can feel that there's a world of
things going on with him behind that

808
01:02:04,290 --> 01:02:09,050
facade. And one, two, three, four, five.

809
01:02:09,490 --> 01:02:11,350
Nice. From here. One, two.

810
01:02:11,800 --> 01:02:15,360
I think your head's just going... It's
okay, don't be sorry. But it just went

811
01:02:15,360 --> 01:02:16,960
one count too early. Great, let's go
again.

812
01:02:17,600 --> 01:02:24,600
I use confidence as, like, a mask
because, like, being insecure

813
01:02:24,600 --> 01:02:25,600
doesn't get you anywhere.

814
01:02:27,680 --> 01:02:29,420
I know, it's hard being the lead, yeah?

815
01:02:30,380 --> 01:02:31,380
There's no hiding.

816
01:02:32,280 --> 01:02:35,720
Everyone always asks me, like, oh,
you're so confident and, like, you're

817
01:02:35,720 --> 01:02:40,320
so, like, up yourself, kind of. But I'm,
like... But I'm...

818
01:02:40,540 --> 01:02:44,680
Really not. And I feel like this week,
especially like my first day in the

819
01:02:44,680 --> 01:02:48,680
rehearsals, kind of proved that that was
the real me, standing at the back and

820
01:02:48,680 --> 01:02:51,440
holding back.

821
01:02:52,240 --> 01:02:54,020
That was the real Jake.

822
01:02:55,040 --> 01:03:01,140
Three, four, five, six, seven, eight,
one, two, and three, and four, five,

823
01:03:01,380 --> 01:03:04,160
six. I need to see something there, all
right?

824
01:03:04,500 --> 01:03:08,760
Again, I feel like I do have some demons
that I kind of am fighting.

825
01:03:09,960 --> 01:03:13,480
Like it's not easy like, um

826
01:03:13,480 --> 01:03:20,020
Like

827
01:03:20,020 --> 01:03:37,980
it

828
01:03:37,980 --> 01:03:39,320
wasn't easy for me to like

829
01:03:44,970 --> 01:03:50,850
like, be 13 years old in, like, a small
town with, like, no support.

830
01:03:55,410 --> 01:03:56,910
And... Sorry.

831
01:04:06,410 --> 01:04:11,510
Um... And, like, that's why I started
dancing.

832
01:04:14,930 --> 01:04:17,790
Like, I feel like dance...

833
01:04:17,790 --> 01:04:23,470
Like,

834
01:04:23,470 --> 01:04:28,450
dancing gave me that spark, and it gave
me that confidence.

835
01:04:30,630 --> 01:04:32,490
Don't hold back on me, okay?

836
01:04:33,370 --> 01:04:34,450
One more, please, guys.

837
01:04:42,410 --> 01:04:43,610
We're here chasing a dream.

838
01:04:44,060 --> 01:04:45,520
So don't wait for that.

839
01:04:52,700 --> 01:04:53,700
I want to prove.

840
01:04:54,640 --> 01:04:59,860
I feel like not even just people back at
home, all my bullies back at home. Like,

841
01:04:59,860 --> 01:05:04,920
I feel like it's just anyone in general,
anyone watching me, the audience, even

842
01:05:04,920 --> 01:05:11,060
Dean. Like, anyone that walks into the
room is watching me or me dance.

843
01:05:11,720 --> 01:05:15,700
It's very, like, I want to prove to them
that I'm really good.

844
01:05:22,940 --> 01:05:24,280
That's the fire in my stomach.

845
01:05:40,560 --> 01:05:43,560
It is a riff giving Jake that feature.

846
01:05:43,760 --> 01:05:48,740
He has to carry that entire section
because he is so young. He could go

847
01:05:48,740 --> 01:05:53,760
either way, absolutely nail it or
crumble, and we only have one shot to

848
01:05:53,760 --> 01:05:54,760
get it right.

849
01:05:58,529 --> 01:06:00,090
I do need to call this rehearsal.

850
01:06:00,410 --> 01:06:02,650
Obviously, you are the leads and you are
the first covers.

851
01:06:03,790 --> 01:06:07,110
We've just got too much work to do and
too much to get through. I don't want to

852
01:06:07,110 --> 01:06:10,810
waste time tomorrow, so we just need to
do some extra rehearsal tonight just to

853
01:06:10,810 --> 01:06:11,990
get done what I need to get done, okay?

854
01:06:12,490 --> 01:06:14,510
All right, great. Let's go to our first
places, please.

855
01:06:43,319 --> 01:06:44,720
No. Great. Well done, guys.

856
01:06:44,920 --> 01:06:49,120
I'm asking them to make the audience
believe they're in love with each other.

857
01:06:49,380 --> 01:06:51,680
So that's a very, very hard task to do.

858
01:06:52,080 --> 01:06:55,760
I think he will get there. I do think
he'll get there, but I think he's got a

859
01:06:55,760 --> 01:06:56,920
little bit more work to do for sure.

860
01:06:57,640 --> 01:07:01,460
Seven, eight, and one, two, three, four.

861
01:07:03,360 --> 01:07:04,460
One more, one more.

862
01:07:05,380 --> 01:07:08,500
Frankie and I are the leads of this
routine.

863
01:07:08,970 --> 01:07:11,690
The two characters are in love with each
other.

864
01:07:12,190 --> 01:07:13,190
Five, six.

865
01:07:14,090 --> 01:07:18,410
And then can there be like a hip circle
in that? Like five, six.

866
01:07:18,770 --> 01:07:22,490
It does get difficult in the sense of we
have only known each other for three

867
01:07:22,490 --> 01:07:24,430
days. Yeah, there we go. Much better.

868
01:07:25,170 --> 01:07:26,510
Yeah. Oh, that's intense.

869
01:07:28,650 --> 01:07:35,150
It can be difficult to be vulnerable and
open with someone.

870
01:07:35,730 --> 01:07:38,070
One, two, three, four.

871
01:07:38,670 --> 01:07:39,790
Yes, there we go.

872
01:07:40,550 --> 01:07:41,550
That's better.

873
01:07:41,690 --> 01:07:42,609
Last time.

874
01:07:42,610 --> 01:07:47,250
When I watched him dance, he was just so
amazing. He empowered the character so

875
01:07:47,250 --> 01:07:51,470
well. I really just instantly saw that
character in him.

876
01:07:54,730 --> 01:08:00,930
Can this be the head roll? Three and
four and five, six, seven. Yes, there we

877
01:08:00,930 --> 01:08:02,490
go. Oh, I love that.

878
01:08:03,050 --> 01:08:05,450
And it's almost like we just see like...

879
01:08:05,660 --> 01:08:07,600
half the face as well, do you know what
I mean?

880
01:08:08,000 --> 01:08:09,000
Yes!

881
01:08:09,380 --> 01:08:10,380
You better.

882
01:08:11,380 --> 01:08:12,380
Yes.

883
01:08:13,300 --> 01:08:14,238
Let's try that.

884
01:08:14,240 --> 01:08:20,420
One, two, and three, a four, five, and
six, and seven, eight, and a one, two,

885
01:08:20,540 --> 01:08:26,720
and three, and four, and five, six,
seven, eight, one, two, three, four,

886
01:08:26,899 --> 01:08:32,060
five, six, seven, eight, and one. There
we go. Good, good, good. Like, I haven't

887
01:08:32,060 --> 01:08:33,939
seen anyone move like that. It's crazy.

888
01:08:34,430 --> 01:08:35,430
It's so inspiring.

889
01:08:37,090 --> 01:08:38,710
Thank you, man. Thanks a lot.

890
01:08:38,990 --> 01:08:44,210
Same, same, buddy. Thank you. The more
you guys can really, really make that

891
01:08:44,210 --> 01:08:47,830
connection feel as real as possible, I
don't know if that means spending a bit

892
01:08:47,830 --> 01:08:51,109
more time together during rehearsal,
having lunch together.

893
01:08:51,470 --> 01:08:55,310
Just try and get to know each other a
little bit more, just so that the trust

894
01:08:55,310 --> 01:08:57,470
between you is, like, really solid.

895
01:08:57,870 --> 01:08:59,810
His performance was so believable.

896
01:09:00,350 --> 01:09:01,729
All of a sudden...

897
01:09:02,010 --> 01:09:04,670
I'm not looking at the height. I'm
looking at how you're making the

898
01:09:04,670 --> 01:09:09,149
audience feel. On paper, his height
should go against him and he probably

899
01:09:09,149 --> 01:09:10,149
wouldn't be the lead role.

900
01:09:10,410 --> 01:09:16,290
In terms of like my personal appearance,
it's like this ongoing thing

901
01:09:16,290 --> 01:09:20,590
that I have to work through.

902
01:09:20,890 --> 01:09:26,390
As a dancer, you're in a room surrounded
by mirrors. You start to analyse your

903
01:09:26,390 --> 01:09:29,950
figure, your shape, your body,
everything about yourself. You start

904
01:09:29,950 --> 01:09:30,950
finding things.

905
01:09:31,399 --> 01:09:33,100
You didn't even know you hated about
yourself.

906
01:09:33,420 --> 01:09:37,540
When you do an identity, you think of a
little girl in a bikini top, hair out,

907
01:09:37,640 --> 01:09:38,578
pushing around.

908
01:09:38,580 --> 01:09:45,319
And I walk in in a baggy t-shirt because
I can't even look myself in the mirror.

909
01:09:51,160 --> 01:09:54,400
I'd be caught under that. And you don't
think those things are going to stick

910
01:09:54,400 --> 01:09:55,600
with you, but they do.

911
01:10:02,170 --> 01:10:06,730
I can't even look in and out. I can't
even get to that point. I have to look

912
01:10:06,730 --> 01:10:08,950
down because it's too hard for me to
even look at myself.

913
01:10:15,970 --> 01:10:22,790
I always, like, worry and stress that,
you know, I'm never going to be the

914
01:10:22,790 --> 01:10:25,530
girl that gets to be the partner. That's
how I look.

915
01:10:25,990 --> 01:10:27,870
There was a time last year when...

916
01:10:28,120 --> 01:10:33,180
Yeah, I was with you when I didn't eat
for three weeks.

917
01:10:33,980 --> 01:10:37,060
I was addicted to people telling me that
I looked sick.

918
01:10:37,300 --> 01:10:42,940
For both of us in that situation, we
didn't realise it was happening either.

919
01:10:43,000 --> 01:10:44,980
We just thought it was normal.

920
01:10:46,980 --> 01:10:52,940
I was a perfect mess Confused and loved
by you

921
01:10:57,640 --> 01:11:03,620
And I despise your wicked love.

922
01:11:05,640 --> 01:11:10,700
You go to the doctors and they say,
well, you need to stop because it's not

923
01:11:10,700 --> 01:11:11,700
good. Yeah.

924
01:11:12,740 --> 01:11:16,360
It's sad because this is just such a
common thing for all of us.

925
01:11:16,780 --> 01:11:21,800
And, like, it's really awful that we all
have to deal with this.

926
01:11:22,540 --> 01:11:25,980
I definitely relate because I went
through the same thing as the doctor.

927
01:11:26,510 --> 01:11:28,770
I was told I was not hot enough. I was
told I was ugly.

928
01:11:29,290 --> 01:11:35,050
So the things I was thinking were
actually also being fed back to me in

929
01:11:35,050 --> 01:11:36,050
real time.

930
01:11:38,730 --> 01:11:42,490
And that's really what Shape House is
about. It's about finding the little

931
01:11:42,490 --> 01:11:47,350
diamonds in the rough and, you know,
taking them in and giving them a home,

932
01:11:47,430 --> 01:11:49,110
basically, and creating that together.

933
01:11:49,690 --> 01:11:54,250
It's not something I intentionally did,
but I think...

934
01:11:56,880 --> 01:12:03,420
I think because of how much I've been
through, I do everything I can to

935
01:12:03,420 --> 01:12:08,740
just make people feel loved, feel seen,
encouraged.

936
01:12:09,620 --> 01:12:13,520
Like somebody's there for them,
somebody's there to listen to them and

937
01:12:13,520 --> 01:12:14,259
they're seen.

938
01:12:14,260 --> 01:12:20,840
This past few days has been very
inspiring for me to realise that

939
01:12:20,840 --> 01:12:25,000
I don't need to fit into someone's
mould, you know?

940
01:12:26,410 --> 01:12:31,110
Now, obviously, the thought to always
still be there forever, because that's

941
01:12:31,110 --> 01:12:32,110
just how I am.

942
01:12:32,610 --> 01:12:39,150
But I think there's this slight shimmer
of light from Dean that has been like,

943
01:12:39,390 --> 01:12:41,710
we are worthy.

944
01:12:51,630 --> 01:12:53,730
He was so incredibly talented.

945
01:12:54,600 --> 01:12:57,800
Every time you step on that floor and
you doubt yourself, I want you to think

946
01:12:57,800 --> 01:12:59,520
about, why can't it be me?

947
01:13:01,000 --> 01:13:03,660
I just need you to believe it. Yeah.

948
01:13:04,940 --> 01:13:08,740
You're leading with your heel, which I'm
not mad at. I kind of like it.

949
01:13:09,520 --> 01:13:10,580
Should we add that in?

950
01:13:11,340 --> 01:13:12,820
Okay, assistant choreographer.

951
01:13:14,320 --> 01:13:19,520
My love of dance and my passion, I
think, really comes from a place of

952
01:13:19,520 --> 01:13:20,780
survival. Yeah.

953
01:13:21,060 --> 01:13:22,840
Because dance changed my life.

954
01:13:28,080 --> 01:13:32,020
What dance has done for me, it took me
from one life and gave me another life.

955
01:13:33,640 --> 01:13:37,140
When I was younger, I was just like, I'm
not going to live to be 30. That's how

956
01:13:37,140 --> 01:13:38,840
it always felt to me growing up.

957
01:13:40,280 --> 01:13:41,420
I think I was six.

958
01:13:41,900 --> 01:13:48,400
I just remember the police coming to the
house and I remember just being pulled,

959
01:13:48,560 --> 01:13:55,100
literally pulled out of my mother's arms
and being put in the police car and

960
01:13:55,100 --> 01:13:56,440
driven off.

961
01:13:56,940 --> 01:13:59,860
came to realise that at six years old
I'm being taken into care.

962
01:14:01,440 --> 01:14:06,760
I grew up in South East London, just not
a place of much opportunity, no money,

963
01:14:06,880 --> 01:14:09,820
nothing like that. School was really,
really, really tough.

964
01:14:10,560 --> 01:14:11,880
I knew I was an academic.

965
01:14:12,140 --> 01:14:15,440
All I could think about was dancing and
being on stage.

966
01:14:16,140 --> 01:14:20,040
And I just remember I wanted to go to
this dance class so much that I decided

967
01:14:20,040 --> 01:14:23,960
that I'm going to save my lunch money
every day and I'm not going to eat and

968
01:14:23,960 --> 01:14:25,260
that's going to pay for my dance class.

969
01:14:27,500 --> 01:14:30,960
The whole gay thing was definitely very
prominent.

970
01:14:31,200 --> 01:14:33,080
I went to multiple different secondary
schools.

971
01:14:34,560 --> 01:14:36,340
Just the bullying was really severe.

972
01:14:36,800 --> 01:14:42,420
We had armed police in the corridors
because there was just so much violence

973
01:14:42,420 --> 01:14:43,379
at the school.

974
01:14:43,380 --> 01:14:46,540
You know, I remember being in class and
held up against the wall with a knife to

975
01:14:46,540 --> 01:14:47,540
my neck.

976
01:14:47,880 --> 01:14:51,400
You know, I'm being held over a train
track as the trains come in.

977
01:14:53,640 --> 01:14:56,700
And truly in that moment, thinking,
like...

978
01:14:58,030 --> 01:14:59,630
I said, I'm not going to see another
day.

979
01:14:59,850 --> 01:15:01,570
Like, that's how bad the bullying was.

980
01:15:02,690 --> 01:15:08,530
And I think the really sad part about it
is, like, there was no-one to do

981
01:15:08,530 --> 01:15:09,529
anything about it.

982
01:15:09,530 --> 01:15:11,950
No-one was willing to step in and do
anything about it.

983
01:15:12,410 --> 01:15:15,830
So I actually ended up just taking
myself out of school.

984
01:15:16,130 --> 01:15:20,370
I remember I used to just sit at home,
flicking through the music channels, and

985
01:15:20,370 --> 01:15:24,250
I remember Together Again by Janet
Jackson coming on.

986
01:15:24,600 --> 01:15:27,420
I watched it and I was like, that's what
I want to do, and that's who I want to

987
01:15:27,420 --> 01:15:28,358
do it for.

988
01:15:28,360 --> 01:15:30,880
I knew instantly, I'm like, this is my
way out.

989
01:15:33,580 --> 01:15:39,520
I've worked with, you know, Kylie
Minogue, Shaka Khan, the Jacksons,

990
01:15:39,540 --> 01:15:44,380
Sister Sledge, the Booty Cat Dolls, Eve,
Little Mix.

991
01:15:45,240 --> 01:15:50,160
Definitely the peak for me is I'm living
it right now, which is obviously working

992
01:15:50,160 --> 01:15:51,160
with Janet Jackson.

993
01:15:53,580 --> 01:15:56,240
Getting ready for Paris. We're on our
way to Paris today.

994
01:15:58,240 --> 01:16:02,480
Janet always laughs because, like, she's
like, when you come out, she's like, all

995
01:16:02,480 --> 01:16:08,120
I hear is everyone shouting, please, you
better work, bitch. Like, it makes her

996
01:16:08,120 --> 01:16:09,120
laugh so much.

997
01:16:13,260 --> 01:16:14,260
Here we go.

998
01:16:19,120 --> 01:16:22,080
Leaping, this point in my career has
taught me.

999
01:16:22,390 --> 01:16:23,450
Don't count yourself out.

1000
01:16:26,710 --> 01:16:30,610
When we're doing a really intense week
like this, I find there's always a point

1001
01:16:30,610 --> 01:16:33,270
where it's just nice just to check in
with everyone.

1002
01:16:33,570 --> 01:16:35,750
Any thoughts, any feelings, anything?

1003
01:16:36,250 --> 01:16:37,270
The floor is yours.

1004
01:16:37,650 --> 01:16:40,250
The whole experience has been just
overwhelming to me.

1005
01:16:41,090 --> 01:16:44,350
I've never thought I'd be out here with
all of you.

1006
01:16:44,570 --> 01:16:47,910
I've never thought I would love this
life in general.

1007
01:16:48,210 --> 01:16:50,230
I was born in Congo and...

1008
01:16:50,680 --> 01:16:52,740
When I was born, my parents had
everything.

1009
01:16:53,260 --> 01:16:59,260
And about a year or two past, when I was
young, those were in our country. My

1010
01:16:59,260 --> 01:17:04,180
parents had to leave everything and move
away as a refugee. But there was always

1011
01:17:04,180 --> 01:17:09,320
nothing in the country that would be
like, yeah, you guys can stay because

1012
01:17:09,320 --> 01:17:12,060
we're all... I don't have a birth
certificate or anything.

1013
01:17:12,880 --> 01:17:18,140
In the camp, we were out of the world,
but we weren't in the safe place to

1014
01:17:18,140 --> 01:17:19,920
live. We weren't in the...

1015
01:17:20,410 --> 01:17:25,490
world where we live a normal life, where
you can shower every day, eat every day.

1016
01:17:25,770 --> 01:17:29,910
Growing up, I've always had that passion
of freestyle dancing.

1017
01:17:30,170 --> 01:17:32,570
That was me running away from
everything.

1018
01:17:33,510 --> 01:17:39,650
And most of the time, I would freestyle.
It would be me free... Sorry.

1019
01:17:40,250 --> 01:17:41,850
Don't be sorry. Take your time.

1020
01:17:47,690 --> 01:17:49,350
It would be me freestyling.

1021
01:17:49,900 --> 01:17:56,140
I'd be freestyling about my own life,
seeing my parents struggling.

1022
01:17:57,260 --> 01:17:58,540
I didn't have anything.

1023
01:17:59,380 --> 01:18:05,580
I would wear the same clothes in a week,
no shower for a long time.

1024
01:18:06,120 --> 01:18:11,000
I've had scars everywhere, but they've
all been to wars and stuff.

1025
01:18:14,260 --> 01:18:16,400
It's hard to go into the...

1026
01:18:18,830 --> 01:18:19,830
the deep stuff.

1027
01:18:24,990 --> 01:18:29,070
I moved to Australia and trained at
Brain Street.

1028
01:18:29,270 --> 01:18:32,810
It just bring me so much joy and I was
away from everything going on in the

1029
01:18:32,810 --> 01:18:33,810
world.

1030
01:18:34,390 --> 01:18:37,890
Before I moved to Australia, I never
done for anyone in the class.

1031
01:18:41,700 --> 01:18:46,080
I've always been a believer of living in
the moment and don't think about the

1032
01:18:46,080 --> 01:18:50,480
future because I lost the future
thinking when I was young because I was

1033
01:18:50,480 --> 01:18:51,480
like, there's nothing.

1034
01:18:51,920 --> 01:18:58,340
I thought there was no escape, but to be
able to be in this room, to be able to

1035
01:18:58,340 --> 01:19:02,460
be with everyone at this moment,
sometimes I just sit and just tear up.

1036
01:19:02,580 --> 01:19:06,100
But yeah, I'm so grateful for everyone.

1037
01:19:06,320 --> 01:19:07,320
It's like a family.

1038
01:19:10,860 --> 01:19:15,140
It just feels like all of a sudden
there's just a bigger why, there's a

1039
01:19:15,140 --> 01:19:18,480
bigger reason that just stitched us
together forever.

1040
01:19:19,580 --> 01:19:22,900
It truly has. And dance really can
change your life.

1041
01:19:27,060 --> 01:19:28,060
Let's do this now.

1042
01:19:30,480 --> 01:19:31,480
Let's go.

1043
01:19:32,040 --> 01:19:33,040
Let's go.

1044
01:19:33,380 --> 01:19:35,820
The week's gone so far.

1045
01:19:37,140 --> 01:19:38,380
Let's have a good day, yeah?

1046
01:19:38,810 --> 01:19:42,210
Alright, let's go. I started like down
here and now I'm just like going off.

1047
01:19:43,910 --> 01:19:46,390
And just for now guys, we're just going
to hold and look good.

1048
01:19:46,810 --> 01:19:47,930
Six, seven.

1049
01:19:50,710 --> 01:19:56,930
What I just saw then in that mirror,

1050
01:19:57,130 --> 01:19:58,450
that's the magic.

1051
01:20:06,410 --> 01:20:10,790
Go again. I'm keeping an eye on Abby as
well because I know she's just had a

1052
01:20:10,790 --> 01:20:11,910
very recent injury.

1053
01:20:12,230 --> 01:20:16,870
So she's either an incredible actress or
she's genuinely not in pain.

1054
01:20:17,130 --> 01:20:22,330
And one, and two, three, and four, five,
six, seven, eight. Good. Go again.

1055
01:20:58,509 --> 01:21:01,370
I got put front than our last night.

1056
01:21:01,790 --> 01:21:04,250
He has trusted me to do

1057
01:21:16,080 --> 01:21:18,380
Do you think you're going to be on stage
on Sunday yet?

1058
01:21:18,940 --> 01:21:23,040
That's something that I don't know, and
I'm not sure with the answer to that.

1059
01:21:23,880 --> 01:21:25,960
Would you like to be on?

1060
01:21:26,780 --> 01:21:31,740
I would love to be out there with
everyone, but I'll also be a supporter

1061
01:21:31,740 --> 01:21:32,740
if I'm on the stage.

1062
01:21:32,840 --> 01:21:36,140
We've all grown, including the UK
dancers, as a whole.

1063
01:21:37,500 --> 01:21:42,140
One step at a time, but life is easier
when you're having more fun.

1064
01:21:42,360 --> 01:21:43,820
This is obviously the last.

1065
01:21:44,200 --> 01:21:49,340
section of the number so i really need
the number to do this doing janet show

1066
01:21:49,340 --> 01:21:53,480
we're in 33 numbers it's a two hour ten
minute show it's long what are you

1067
01:21:53,480 --> 01:21:59,500
feeling better today my body's still my
shop oh in those moments something else

1068
01:21:59,500 --> 01:22:03,700
has to take over so close we're getting
there so close just getting harder

1069
01:22:03,700 --> 01:22:06,740
because now we have to run the whole
week yeah again again there's like no

1070
01:22:06,740 --> 01:22:07,740
breaks anymore

1071
01:22:08,430 --> 01:22:12,750
fill out everything we find your passion
and your love of what you do then has to

1072
01:22:12,750 --> 01:22:16,370
kick in because that is actually what
gets you through that stamina threshold

1073
01:22:46,470 --> 01:22:49,970
if someone was like you have to do this
or like you'll die i'll just like do it

1074
01:22:49,970 --> 01:22:55,090
yeah even if my body physically can't
i'm just like it'll just happen i'm

1075
01:22:55,090 --> 01:23:00,430
feeling giddy like i'm excited we'll
figure it out yeah

1076
01:23:02,380 --> 01:23:07,620
I'm trusting that it's going to be
magnificent in a day's time.

1077
01:23:08,020 --> 01:23:14,260
Today really is the last full day of
rehearsal, so what I tell you guys is

1078
01:23:14,260 --> 01:23:15,260
great news.

1079
01:23:32,190 --> 01:23:36,410
she's not thinking about she's just
doing it but i like like that shape yeah

1080
01:23:36,410 --> 01:23:37,290
there we go

1081
01:23:37,290 --> 01:23:43,470
wow

1082
01:23:43,470 --> 01:23:58,530
that's

1083
01:23:58,530 --> 01:23:59,530
so beautiful

1084
01:24:06,060 --> 01:24:12,220
You've come in this week really to swing
the piece, because obviously we wasn't

1085
01:24:12,220 --> 01:24:14,480
really sure what was happening with Abby
and the injury.

1086
01:24:15,380 --> 01:24:22,100
But I just, I don't know, I really love
watching you dance. I love what you can

1087
01:24:22,100 --> 01:24:29,000
do. And so I just, I don't know, I'd
love to put you in the piece. Thank you.

1088
01:24:29,320 --> 01:24:30,520
How do you feel about that?

1089
01:24:30,800 --> 01:24:32,540
I feel really great.

1090
01:24:33,480 --> 01:24:34,480
It's awesome.

1091
01:24:35,970 --> 01:24:39,370
That's kind of that's kind of I don't
know words to express but I'm really

1092
01:24:39,370 --> 01:24:43,970
thankful for everything and all that I
think I think you deserve it Thanks, I

1093
01:24:43,970 --> 01:24:47,870
would just I'd really love to see you up
on that stage on Sunday. Thank you so

1094
01:24:47,870 --> 01:24:53,270
much. Thank you Thanks for everything.
You're welcome Well done. Thank you.

1095
01:24:53,410 --> 01:24:54,410
Yeah

1096
01:25:05,680 --> 01:25:06,740
We love you, Espoir.

1097
01:25:08,080 --> 01:25:10,420
Thank you so much.

1098
01:25:11,320 --> 01:25:14,520
Such an inspiring moment for me.

1099
01:25:14,740 --> 01:25:15,740
Love all of you.

1100
01:25:16,240 --> 01:25:17,240
Thank you.

1101
01:25:18,860 --> 01:25:19,860
Thank you all.

1102
01:25:36,620 --> 01:25:40,600
We have an epic line-up for you this
evening. I am very excited.

1103
01:25:40,880 --> 01:25:41,880
Trust me, daddy.

1104
01:25:42,160 --> 01:25:46,680
I just do me. I just do me. I just do
me. I only do me.

1105
01:25:47,620 --> 01:25:51,880
I just do me. I only do me.

1106
01:25:52,400 --> 01:25:53,400
Feeling excited.

1107
01:25:53,640 --> 01:25:55,000
Just pumped to get out there.

1108
01:25:55,420 --> 01:25:56,420
Hello, everyone up top.

1109
01:25:57,260 --> 01:26:03,920
I feel like me and Mac are

1110
01:26:03,920 --> 01:26:04,920
getting on really well.

1111
01:26:05,630 --> 01:26:08,970
Our connection through the lead role and
everything is really good.

1112
01:26:27,130 --> 01:26:33,690
There's a lot of pressure on this
performance with...

1113
01:26:34,220 --> 01:26:38,120
agents in the audience and making sure
that dean is happy with how we perform

1114
01:26:38,120 --> 01:26:41,060
and also like performing for yourself
like you don't want to let yourself down

1115
01:26:41,060 --> 01:26:46,080
i definitely want to be the person that
gets picked by dean i think that that is

1116
01:26:46,080 --> 01:26:50,720
an opportunity that so many people would
die for yeah at the beginning of the

1117
01:26:50,720 --> 01:26:54,740
week for the contract i was just like
you know i didn't even know if i was

1118
01:26:54,740 --> 01:26:57,660
going to perform so now that i'm back in
the running i need to put my best foot

1119
01:26:57,660 --> 01:27:02,520
forward both feet you know things about
who i'm going to give a contract to It

1120
01:27:02,520 --> 01:27:05,520
changes a lot because there's so many
different qualities that I like in

1121
01:27:05,520 --> 01:27:06,459
different dancers.

1122
01:27:06,460 --> 01:27:09,680
So they could all get it for different
reasons.

1123
01:27:10,100 --> 01:27:12,980
I don't know how he's going to pick.
We've been trying to guess it as well

1124
01:27:12,980 --> 01:27:15,560
and we're all finding it hard.

1125
01:27:15,880 --> 01:27:19,360
A really big factor of this decision is
how they do tonight.

1126
01:27:19,680 --> 01:27:24,240
It literally could go to anyone. Jake in
that section is killing it.

1127
01:27:24,480 --> 01:27:27,880
Because I'm the only guy in this section
as well, so it's like...

1128
01:27:28,620 --> 01:27:32,840
The focus is kind of going towards me a
little bit and just like strutting

1129
01:27:32,840 --> 01:27:38,500
towards the front. It just makes me feel
very like, just like I rule the world

1130
01:27:38,500 --> 01:27:40,640
and that, yeah.

1131
01:27:41,020 --> 01:27:44,700
No matter who gets picked, the
connection that we formed with Dean is

1132
01:27:44,700 --> 01:27:46,140
incomparable to anything.

1133
01:27:46,820 --> 01:27:51,460
I literally could work with him forever
and I want to be in shape out so bad. I

1134
01:27:51,460 --> 01:27:55,120
think Connor's got a really good shot. I
think Jake's got a good shot.

1135
01:27:56,080 --> 01:27:57,380
And then I think Max.

1136
01:27:57,850 --> 01:27:58,850
Bo has good shots.

1137
01:27:58,930 --> 01:28:00,670
I just have a feeling it will be Mark.

1138
01:28:01,210 --> 01:28:05,290
If I was given the chance to come back
to London, I would love it. If it wasn't

1139
01:28:05,290 --> 01:28:08,970
me getting picked, Connor has done an
incredible job this week, especially

1140
01:28:08,970 --> 01:28:13,970
learning my track as well. You are going
to be in shape, Hath. You are going to

1141
01:28:13,970 --> 01:28:17,410
dance with Inc. Like, I was praying for
it. To be honest, this is probably the

1142
01:28:17,410 --> 01:28:19,670
most important dance night of my life so
far.

1143
01:28:20,030 --> 01:28:22,150
So, fingers crossed.

1144
01:28:22,670 --> 01:28:23,670
Goes well.

1145
01:28:23,770 --> 01:28:27,530
I'm really proud of the body of work
that we have. I'm proud of you guys.

1146
01:28:28,170 --> 01:28:33,650
But the reality of the situation also is
we get one chance to do this and one

1147
01:28:33,650 --> 01:28:34,650
chance only.

1148
01:28:40,590 --> 01:28:42,890
We need to go out there and we need to
kill it.

1149
01:28:46,610 --> 01:28:50,170
There's no going back. There's no
do-overs. It's one chance, and that's

1150
01:28:50,170 --> 01:28:51,148
it, okay?

1151
01:28:51,150 --> 01:28:53,610
So I'm not saying that to scare you, but
that is also the reality of the

1152
01:28:53,610 --> 01:28:56,770
situation, and I won't accept anything
less than great tonight.

1153
01:28:57,230 --> 01:28:58,310
This is all I've wanted.

1154
01:28:58,950 --> 01:29:02,510
And now that I'm actually here, being
able to do it, I'm not going to waste

1155
01:29:02,510 --> 01:29:03,990
it. You have the training.

1156
01:29:04,250 --> 01:29:06,230
You have each other's energy together.

1157
01:29:06,550 --> 01:29:10,050
You've got this. Like, go out there,
head held high, and be like, yeah, look

1158
01:29:10,050 --> 01:29:10,869
at what we've got.

1159
01:29:10,870 --> 01:29:12,210
Take a big look at us.

1160
01:29:17,260 --> 01:29:21,140
This is everything we've rehearsed for
make it count for something do not step

1161
01:29:21,140 --> 01:29:24,600
off that stage and regret it I feel like
I didn't give enough give everything you

1162
01:29:24,600 --> 01:29:26,160
got you got to leave it all on the floor

1163
01:29:48,620 --> 01:29:55,500
Close the velvet curtain, there's no
sound yearning for a

1164
01:29:55,500 --> 01:30:01,760
reason I just want a chance to be

1165
01:31:17,959 --> 01:31:19,480
I'm gonna soak it up.

1166
01:31:19,880 --> 01:31:21,460
I'm gonna soak it up.

1167
01:31:21,840 --> 01:31:23,380
I'm gonna soak it up.

1168
01:31:25,740 --> 01:31:27,100
I'm gonna soak it up.

1169
01:31:38,540 --> 01:31:43,140
On the block, yeah Letters bleeding out

1170
01:32:19,120 --> 01:32:20,120
I'm not soaking up.

1171
01:32:20,320 --> 01:32:21,700
I'm not soaking up.

1172
01:32:21,960 --> 01:32:23,620
Inject me with your love.

1173
01:32:24,200 --> 01:32:25,620
I'm not soaking up.

1174
01:32:26,160 --> 01:32:27,600
I'm not soaking up.

1175
01:32:28,200 --> 01:32:29,460
I'm not soaking up.

1176
01:32:29,800 --> 01:32:31,280
Inject me with your love.

1177
01:33:05,360 --> 01:33:06,640
I'm a spookin' hoe.

1178
01:33:07,160 --> 01:33:08,560
I'm a spookin' hoe.

1179
01:33:11,060 --> 01:33:12,640
I'm a spookin' hoe.

1180
01:33:13,020 --> 01:33:14,960
I'm a spookin' hoe.

1181
01:33:16,620 --> 01:33:18,300
Inject me with your love.

1182
01:33:37,750 --> 01:33:42,250
Amazing. Just, I felt every single
second. Like, it's what I call dancing

1183
01:33:42,250 --> 01:33:43,650
with every fibre of your being.

1184
01:33:43,850 --> 01:33:48,070
Like, you know what I mean? Nothing was
off at any given time. It's just, oh my

1185
01:33:48,070 --> 01:33:50,990
God, I'm so proud of you guys. Thank you
so much. It's amazing.

1186
01:33:51,530 --> 01:33:52,530
So exciting.

1187
01:33:52,710 --> 01:33:56,630
Yeah. I was like, oh, there's my seat. I
was like, stop, stop, stop.

1188
01:33:56,910 --> 01:33:58,030
Yeah, no, it was awesome.

1189
01:33:58,290 --> 01:34:01,370
And you guys did it. You absolutely did
it. You know what I mean? We couldn't

1190
01:34:01,370 --> 01:34:02,930
have given any more today.

1191
01:34:03,150 --> 01:34:03,929
It's amazing.

1192
01:34:03,930 --> 01:34:05,510
We hit it right where we needed to.

1193
01:34:06,170 --> 01:34:07,170
So congratulations.

1194
01:34:07,370 --> 01:34:11,270
I just need you to know how grateful I
am for you guys. I love you guys so

1195
01:34:11,270 --> 01:34:12,270
much. Well done.

1196
01:34:13,410 --> 01:34:17,750
I think that we came here wanting to be
proud to represent Australia.

1197
01:34:18,130 --> 01:34:22,130
Yeah. And I feel like I don't know
everyone else, but after that, I felt

1198
01:34:22,130 --> 01:34:24,110
like we had done that.

1199
01:34:24,470 --> 01:34:25,550
You absolutely have.

1200
01:34:45,100 --> 01:34:51,120
obviously it's been an amazing week for
all of us but there is an end result and

1201
01:34:51,120 --> 01:34:56,260
that is i'm offering one person a
contract to shape house dance theater to

1202
01:34:56,260 --> 01:35:01,220
come to london to join the company
because i could probably take all of you

1203
01:35:01,220 --> 01:35:07,160
in some capacity this person just
captured me at the very start of the

1204
01:35:07,160 --> 01:35:10,540
week and i haven't been able to get it
out of my head and i think this person

1205
01:35:10,540 --> 01:35:13,780
is ready for this opportunity right now

1206
01:35:14,730 --> 01:35:19,470
And so, that person I'm offering a
contract to is Connor.

1207
01:35:44,520 --> 01:35:46,400
I don't think he realizes that he's a
star.

1208
01:35:46,840 --> 01:35:50,120
Thank you. Congratulations. Thank you so
much. Thank you.

1209
01:35:51,280 --> 01:35:55,920
This feels like the best thing ever. I'm
so grateful and like everything I've

1210
01:35:55,920 --> 01:35:58,840
learned from you is like nothing I've
learned before.

1211
01:35:59,060 --> 01:36:01,640
Thank you so much. And I can't wait to
learn more from you. Well, we can't wait

1212
01:36:01,640 --> 01:36:03,220
to have you. Oh my God. Thank you.

1213
01:36:03,600 --> 01:36:09,620
My body is like, I don't know what, oh
my God. Wait, that's crazy.

1214
01:36:10,740 --> 01:36:12,420
Well, Shape House, here I come.

1215
01:36:24,490 --> 01:36:28,330
I spent a lot of my life feeling
invisible, and dance actually made me

1216
01:36:28,330 --> 01:36:29,850
something, and it gave me purpose.

1217
01:36:30,490 --> 01:36:34,810
There's an aura around certain people.
There's a way that they dance that you

1218
01:36:34,810 --> 01:36:36,650
can just tell it comes from a different
place.

1219
01:36:37,010 --> 01:36:41,990
If I told my younger self, I'm living
the dream, they wouldn't believe what I

1220
01:36:41,990 --> 01:36:42,809
was saying.

1221
01:36:42,810 --> 01:36:44,610
I feel like now there's hope.

1222
01:36:45,750 --> 01:36:46,750
I got here.

1223
01:36:47,910 --> 01:36:53,210
I did it. I think this week I've learnt
that, like, it's OK to not be OK.

1224
01:36:54,440 --> 01:36:58,840
Going from the farm to Brent Street to
London is just really surreal.

1225
01:37:01,860 --> 01:37:05,940
I don't think I'd ever give up in it for
the long haul.

1226
01:37:06,760 --> 01:37:09,680
It's changed my perspective on how I
work in a room.

1227
01:37:10,880 --> 01:37:14,800
I've just felt so comfortable and able
to be me in this rehearsal.

1228
01:37:15,200 --> 01:37:18,120
Sometimes the industry is so hard and
it's so tough.

1229
01:37:19,280 --> 01:37:22,400
There's been so many times I've wanted
to quit, but...

1230
01:37:22,760 --> 01:37:28,100
I never expected to be on stage with
Janet Jackson at 38 years old, but here

1231
01:37:28,100 --> 01:37:29,100
I am doing it.

1232
01:37:30,580 --> 01:37:35,060
For somebody like Emily, part of me is
just like, who is the world to tell you

1233
01:37:35,060 --> 01:37:36,240
that you're not going to do those
things?

1234
01:37:37,720 --> 01:37:42,600
Failure is not an option for me, not at
all. It's my life's purpose and it's all

1235
01:37:42,600 --> 01:37:44,300
of our life's purpose to keep dancing.

1236
01:39:13,260 --> 01:39:14,840
No, I don't.