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[ cheering and applauding ]

[ music playing ]

WOMAN 1: One, two, three, four,

five, six, seven. Better.

WOMAN 2: Your right arm is out.

And you'’re looking [ indistinct ]

WOMAN 1: Yeah, the lines are perfect, the choreo is not.

So let'’s try that again.

Ra, ra, ra, ra.

Everyone, do it with me.

And remember, not to slap your butt on this.

We'’re trying to keep it clean. It'’s a family show.

WOMAN 3: Now lean this way.

Now lean this way.

WOMAN 2: Make sure that this is very sharp.

It'’s like you're flicking a bug off your shoulder,

like you'’re flicking a bug off your wrist.

WOMAN 1: In your face,

you know, you really got to charge.

WOMAN 2: Yeah, don'’t be afraid to bounce with it.

You should be going, down, down,

at the same time that your arm is shooting up.

It'’s looking good. It'’s looking good.

We just need to bring it to that next level,

like performance [ indistinct ].

MAN: Do it again now.

You guys [ indistinct ] take a seat.

Hi.Hi.

I walked in to the room and I said,

"What am I doing with these older women?"

'’Cause, you know, in my head I'’m 22.

♪ Somewhere beyond the sea ♪

♪ Somewhere waiting for me ♪

♪ My lover stands on golden sand ♪

Now they said, "Well, we'’re having this open call."

And I thought to myself,

what the hell have I got to lose here?

♪ Somewhere beyond the sea ♪

♪ She'’s there watching for me ♪

[ indistinct ] turning 60,

people think, like, it was all over,

but it'’s not all over.

It'’s just the beginning.

It said 60 and above.

Well, I'’m 80.

I never thought I would make it.

I thought, "Oh, let me try."

JANICE: A lot of people think when you reach a certain age

that you can'’t do anything anymore.

Age isn'’t going to stop me

from doing anything I want to do.

It'’s just a number.

KIM: Welcome to Nets Practice Facility.

My name'’s Kimberly Garris.

I'’m our entertainment manager.

So I oversee all of our entertainment teams.

Our Nets'’ dancers, some of which are here today,

to kind of put you through the moves.

We also have our kids team and our cheerleading squad.

We'’re just so excited that you guys came out today

for our first senior dance team.

As most of you know, we'’re looking to hire

a group of about 10 to 12 seniors

who will perform at

at least 6 of our home games beginning in January.

So we'’re gonna teach you guys kind of a little hip-hop

combination today which I know is new to a lot of you.

So how are we doing?

PARTICIPANT: Good.

You guys look great. You guys look great.

So how many of you have never done hip-hop before?

All right, all right.

It'’s not as scary as you think.

Don'’t let it frighten you.

It will be fun.

I mean, come on, a bunchof old folks doing hip-hop?

Get real.

JACQUI: So you'’re doing, single, single, double.

Single, single, double.

Any questions?

Single, single, double, double.

Uh-huh. Single.Double, double--Oh, single?

Single, single, double. Single, single, double.

Real hip-hop.

We go one, two, double...

We had nothing to do with each other.

We never spoke to eachother about it, did we?

About coming here?

Yes. No.

Yeah, I told you to come and audition.

You didn'’t come on your own.

You need to go, one, two, three, four, five...

FANNY: At the back of my mind,

I said they got to be crazy to have a woman of my age.

JACQUI: Two, three, four, five,

six, seven, eight...

I told them the dance moves

I know are quite different from hip-hop.

Then somebody asked me,

"How would you feel dancing in front of 20,000 fans?"

Well, I don'’t care. I think--

That'’s why I was like, she can do it.

I'’ll just keep on dancing.Yeah.

I think I need more practice.

[ indistinct ].

Yeah.

Uh-oh. Watch out, ma'’am.

[ indistinct ].

It might take me a couple of times,

but I got the beat and the rhythm.

I got it that far.

I'’m a '80s disco queen.

WOMAN: Do you have any experience?

I spent the '’80s dancing the night away.

I think my chances are pretty good.

At least I hope they are.

PAT: They have judges,

they had people from the Sopranos, Broadway.

And I thought, "What am I doing here?"

KIM: So we'’re going to start with number 24, number 13,

and number 35.

[ applause ]

Okay, here we go. Music'’s on.

And the music, somebody even asked me,

"Do you know Daisy?"

I said, "Daisy?"

♪ Show me what you got, lil mama ♪

♪ Show me what you got, pretty lady ♪

♪ Show me what you got, shawty ♪

♪ Show me what you got, baby ♪

♪ Hands up and wave ♪

♪ And wave And wave ♪

♪ And wave

♪ Give the drummer some

♪ I already gave the summer some ♪

♪ It'’s the winter's turn ♪

♪ Hovi Hov is the coldest ♪

♪ I'’m just gettin' better with time ♪

♪ I'’m like Opus One Young ♪

♪ No two alike like a snowflake ♪

♪ Okay, show me what you got, babe. ♪

Joe B.

Joe B, number 20.

Oh, my God.

Joe B is the only guy out there right now.

JACQUI: Come on out.

And we'’re gonna switch it up a little bit.

BETSY: I came into the audition as Betsy Walker.

And then I walked in and found

the place was filled with cameras,

wall to wall cameras and I died

because I'’m a total introvert.

I do not get myself out there,

but then I realized I had to give a name

so I gave the name Betty

'’cause that's what they call me at my hip-hop class.

'’Cause I thought, well, maybe Betty

could get out there and be public.

And with my real audition, I really let go, let loose.

I really kind of did a pole dance, honestly.

[ song playing ]

BETSY: I heard the music and the music just spoke to me.

I mean, it was genuine, but that was Betty

because Betty was getting out there.

Betsy would never let anybody know.

Betsy just keeps things to herself.

Thank you.

Let'’s have 256 to 264.

BETSY: What I'’ve learned with hip-hop

is that you can be as big as you want to be.

Bigger the better, because then you just--

You can-- There'’s more of you to wiggle.

Hip-hop, it'’s for the-- It'’s for the masses.

Hip-hop is the blues of our generation.

We are the baby bloomers.

We'’ve grown up on doing the twist and it'’s like,

it'’s perfect for us, perfect.

Um, so I think we should just kind of like, you know,

separate the definites.

Oh, here, right here. Edie.

Okay, yeah.

Yeah, she definitely seemed like she picked up the moves

And then Marla'’s grandma.

I think she'’s really cute, you know.

She surprised me.

Yeah. And also Trixia'’s grandma.

Where is she?

Oh, here she is.

Fanny, yeah.

She has a lot of energy. She has a lot of energy.

She does. She does.

I think I'’m beginning to go crazy.

I do, too.

This woman, Deanna, number 4,

she seemed like she had like the right

hip-hop kind of attitude.

She had a lot of--

You know, she got into it.

I like the personality.

Yeah.

What do you think about Joe, our guy?

Joe, I mean he was a character.

He was. He was.

I think we need a guy in the mix.

Because I think the crowd will respond

to a guy on the team.

Yeah.

It'’s gonna be work on you guys

just with the counts and things.

Looks like a real mix.

Joe'’s gonna have all 12 ladies to handle.

Yeah, I think it looks great.

I agree, too.

I think that'’s it. We have our team.

♪ Let'’s get it started Yeah ♪

♪ Let'’s get it started, in here ♪

♪ Let'’s get it started Yeah ♪

♪ Let'’s get it started, in here ♪

♪ Obstacles are inefficient, follow your intuition ♪

♪ Free your inner souland break away from tradition ♪

♪ '’Cause when we beat out, girl, it'’s pulling without ♪

♪ You wouldn'’t believe how we wow shit out ♪

♪ Everybody, everybody, let'’s get into it ♪

♪ Get it started, get it started ♪

♪ Get it started get it started ♪

♪ Let'’s get it started, Yeah ♪

♪ Let'’s get it started, in here ♪

JACQUI: Hi, everyone. Welcome to Nets basketball.

We'’re thrilled to have you all here.

Congratulations on being part of our

first ever senior dance team.

We have a lot to do.

We have a lot of hip-hop to learn.

So let'’s not waste any time.

Let'’s get right down to business.

So ready?

Let'’s try it again. With counts.

And then we'’ll try with music and see what happens.

Yeah?

You just finished your shimmies,

is walk one, two, three and pull,

five, six, seven and throw.

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

I'’m glad, I [ indistinct ].

You guys aren'’t moving.

[ indistinct ]

JACQUI: Do you want to try just that section with music?

Oh, we will be bad on this side.

One, two, three, four.

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

One, two, three, four.

JACQUI: I know it'’s fast, you guys.

The only thing I can say

is that you can'’t look like a deer in headlights.

You can'’t.

You have plenty of room and you have plenty of time.

All you'’re doing is walking to the beat.

Because we'’re young in spirit.

AUDREY: I figured out everybody just doing their own thing.

And I said, this was meant for me.

And I didn'’t go to get on the team.

I didn'’t go to get on the team.

I just want to dance.

We are going sides.

I said I will not dance a lot.

I didn'’t know it was gonna be hip-hop.

I didn'’t know what it was going to be,

but when they started playing that music

and I was hopping, hipping and whatever.

JOE B: Learning hip-hop at 25

would have been a lot easier than at 60.

I think when you'’re younger,

you probably can catch on to different routines.

And I think when you get older, you say to yourself,

"Oh, if I try a routine,

am I gonna break my neckor break an arm or break a leg?"

MARLA: I feel like we'’re making this a lot harder than it is.

Would you walk down the street like this?

No.

MARLA: No. You would walk.

Walk, walk, walk.

Let'’s try it again.

Okay.

JANICE: I'’m not fond of hip-hop, I can tell you the truth.

I prefer the old music and tap dancing kind of music.

That'’s-- That'’s my thing.

PAT: I'’ll always love to dance.

You know, we danced at school,

a little bit of Irish dancing.

JANICE: One of my favorite dances growing up

was the Jitterbug.

EDIE: If you wanted to practice your dancing,

you went with your girlfriends in somebody'’s basement.

Of course, we watched Dick Clark every day.

That was, like, religious.

A one and a two and a three and a four.

A one and a two and a three and a four.

[ humming ]

The floor got to be slippery and you go round.

That was the slide, baby.

CLAIRE: One of my favorite dances is the mambo.

JOE B: The only way that a chubby guy like me

would be able to pick up girls,

not because of my looks, because of my feet.

I said, "These are happy feet, so they got to dance."

[ indistinct ]

One, two. One, two, three.

This cha-cha, and then a mambo

would be-- I mean, we'’re all very different.

We have housewives, we have therapists,

paralegal, legal secretary.

I mean, how diverse.

Really.

But we'’re all like, you know, young dancers out there,

you know, just young hoofers.

DEANNA: I consider myself a real Latin from Manhattan.

I'’m a legal secretary.

I'’ve been doing it for many years.

When I left the audition never even thought

that I would make the team.

And I had called in sick because how can I tell

somebody that I'’m going to audition for a dance team.

I get to work the next day

and one of the attorneys walked in,

pointed his finger at me, he says,

"I saw you on the news last night."

I thought I was going to die.

I did not realize that the news media

was going to put that stuff on the news.

I was busted.

Everybody knew where I was.

I wasn'’t home sick.

About a week later, I got the call

telling me I had made the team.

Ladies, come over and let'’s chat real quick.

Ladies and gentlemen...

It'’s awesome.

Um, we'’re gonna learn,

it'’s a rain themes mix.

It'’s gonna be "Singin'’ In The Rain,"

but we might not get to that part today.

[ cross talk ]

It'’s a Fat Joe song. It'’s called "Make It Rain."

That'’s a rap?

It'’s a rap song.

Like you'’ll start out with--

We'’re gonna start with the hip-hop first,

and then we'’ll do the "Singin'’ In The Rain."

Okay, so let'’s start.

The first thing is you'’re walking in,

you'’re making it rain as you'’re doing it.

So do your arms up,

face, chest, down.

Grandma, turn your palms to face you.

Yeah, good.

Yeah, they keep turning in.

I know.

Oh, your hands are crooked.

It'’s not your fault.

I think the biggest perk about having my grandmother

on the team is just getting to spend time with her

and becoming closer to her.

You know, she was close to me.

She was my grandmother,

but we didn'’t get to talk or anything.

So now we-- you know, we--

We understand each other.

Yeah.

Now she knows what I go through.

One and two and--

It'’s difficult to learn what comes next

because we don'’t have that much time to learn a routine.

Okay, so it'’s step, step, step--

You know, it'’s taking us longer to teach them

and it'’s not an age thing really.

It'’s just a lack of training thing.

You know, anybody that really hasn'’t been trained in dance

their whole lives is gonna havea harder time picking it up.

Plus, most of them have never heard of hip-hop,

let alone actually danced hip-hop before.

Five, six, seven, eight.

Not bad for the first time.

Not too bad.

♪ I am waiting, I am waiting ♪

Okay, we'’re not going to be screaming

going to our next tables.

You'’re not gonna run.

We'’re just gonna walk quietly.

I care deeply about teaching.

These children, to me this is my mission here.

The Nets is play.

This is mission, you know,

this is what I'’m about, these children.

What are we gonna be looking for?

Betsy is the kindergarten teacher.

Betsy is analytic. Betsy is thoughtful.

Betty, though is, what I call like a closet hip-hopper

where she doesn'’t really let people know,

but she just loves to let loose and dance

and enjoy her body and enjoy moving

and is very intrigued with the whole idea

of dancing in front of 19,000 people.

MARLA: And then you just get really loud.

Three, four, five.

JACQUI: I call her Captain Betty because she just kind of

stepped out right from the beginning.

She came out and she was on it.

She knew what she was doing.

She picks up the choreography right away.

You know, she wants to be perfect

and she'’s always striving to get

better and better and better and better,

which I admire, considering she is already

one of the best ones on the team.

MARLA: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, open...

JACQUI: We put her up in the front, we put her in the center

because it'’s nice to have everybody else

be able to kind of follow her lead.

She sets a great example.

EDIE: Two, three, toe in the back.

One, two, three, down.

I'’ve been teaching dance since I was about 16.

I thought my dancing life was over.

So when this opportunity came along, I thought, well,

let me go give it a shot.

And it is the greatest feeling to be out there

as a performer again rather than just a teacher.

MARLA: Two, three and four, five, six, seven...

EDIE: It gets into your system and you can'’t get enough of it.

MARLA: Four, five, six. Okay, that was better.

Two and then it'’s--

No, your weight would be in your left hip.

JACQUI: You know, it'’s an interesting concept

that we have going here.

And I'’m young enough to be some of their granddaughters,

you know, and I'’m telling them what to do.

And in this arena,

there has to be a little bit of a give and take.

They do have to be able to listen to me.

It'’s been a little frustrating

trying to get their attention all the time,

trying to get them to really focus.

They get a little chatty.

And I'’m happy that they love each other,

but we only have 2 hours

and that'’s not nearly enough time.

Okay.

Left, right, butterfly, butterfly...

I love dancing with our team members.

And because each one of us tries to share

our experience and sometimes frustration.

We compare notes.

"You'’re not the only one, Fanny,"

so I get encouragement.

DEANNA: Well, the main thing that we have in common actually

is that we'’re all old and we'’ve all been around

for a long time.

Some of us are married, some are divorced,

some are widowed.

All the life that we'’ve lived kind of just pulls us together.

I have--

I have 6 children, and now we have 14 grandchildren.

My kids are presently 29 and 34.

I have 3 boys.

This lovely gentleman is my son Randy.

I have 6 children, 10 grandchildren.

And everybody that goes with that.

I became a great-great grandmother, April the 19th.

Jim and I have been married for 38 years.

I'’ve been a widow for 11 years.

My husband and I have been together for 55 full years.

PEGGY: When I look back, you know,

I didn'’t really have any long range goals.

I wanted to be a wife and a mother.

You know, you wanted to marry the best-looking guy

who was a good kisser and a good dancer,

And then have babies.

That'’s what you wanted.

Oh, my God!

[ cross talk ]

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Every day I walk on a bus...

Miss Subways.

JOE: Miss Subways?

Good for you.

Oh, my God. [ indistinct ].

[ cross talk ]

Oh, Peggy Byrne.

That was like a really big thing.

[ cross talk ]

Everybody, remember the beehive hair style?

That is so great.

You mean you have curly hair?

It'’s wavy.

These are pictures of my granddaughters.

This was before they'’re going into the service.

This is Paige.

She'’s still at West Point.

Now this is Ashley. She'’s in Afghanistan.

And this is her sister Kate.

And this is--last week we went to see

the oldest daughter graduate,

she is a medical doctor today

and she'’s also captain in the Army.

This is a picture of the Happy Tappers.

I joined in 1999.

In order to be in the Happy Tappers,

you had to be a senior citizen.

We go to the nursing homes, but we go to some of the places

so we have to really dance because they might fall sleep.

We have to keep them awake.

JANICE: Back, say, I was about 45 years old,

one of my friends said they'’re going to be starting

an exercise class or maybe a little soft shoe.

We danced different places and she said,

"You have to come up with a name."

So my daughter, my oldest daughter

who reads a lot, she goes,

"You know, there'’s the Happy Hookers book."

She goes, "You could just change it a little

to the Happy Hoofers.

I danced for the Hoofers for a good 27 years

and then it got to the point

where nobody wanted to dance anymore, but I did.

In the Philippines, I used to be in the dance programs.

I have very vivid memories of 1941 when war was declared.

We were in high school. So we were excited.

We said, "Oh, vacation time."

We thought it was just-- It'’s vacation time because war.

So no, no school.

So that'’s what, we thought we were happy.

We thought it would just last for just a short while.

The Japanese occupied the city,

so we had to go into hiding in the mountains.

The thicker the jungle, the better.

We lived in the jungle for 3 1/2 years.

We were really all scared, because the moment

we get caught it would mean death.

[ humming ]

It was 1945.

We were liberated.

We were all so happy.

My schoolmates and I would dance

and we call it the Jitterbug.

These later years that I learned the boogie,

boogie-woogie, it'’s just like Jitterbug, I said to myself.

So it'’s easy to learn because of the--

[ humming ]

My husband, he didn'’t go for fancy dancing, not like me.

He'’s such a good husband.

Yeah, he lets me go.

Go, go, dance.

Right?

Right. Right.

No, he does not object.

He lets me dance.

♪ You can dance, you can jive ♪

♪ Having the time of your life ♪

♪ Ooh

♪ See that girl, watch that scene ♪

♪ Digging the dancing queen ♪

♪ Friday night and the lights are low ♪

♪ Looking out for a place to go ♪

♪ Where they play the right music ♪

♪ Getting in the swing

♪ You come to look for a king ♪

♪ And when you get the chance ♪

♪ You are the dancing queen ♪

♪ Young and sweet, only seventeen ♪

♪ Dancing queen

MARLA: Let'’s walk the formation just as a refresher.

Ready? Five, six, seven, eight.

Hit, one, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

At the hop, six, seven, eight.

One, two...

JACQUI: You know, they'’re coming together much better

than I expected, considering they all came

from different backgrounds

and a lot of them have never danced before.

So I was a little nervous as to what to expect.

Does everybody hear when he says "let'’s go" in the music?

Du-du-du.

Du-du-du-du.

Let'’s go, snap your fingers.

Everybody got the memo.

Pick that up and let'’s go.

Okay.

JACQUI: It'’s new to everyone,

and they each have their own baggage,

in terms of their experience.

Joe is a fine example of that

because I know that he'’s a great swing dancer,

but hip-hop is a totally different story.

Let'’s go.

[ song playing ]

JASQUI: I really try not to get frustrated with him

because it is hard to teach somebody

that doesn'’t have rhythm, rhythm.

You can'’t really teach that, you know.

I can teach steps, but natural ability

is a different story.

So it'’s been a patience lesson for me, so far,

and it'’s been, you know,

a great learning experience for him.

You don'’t have to walk--

TRIXIA: It'’s a really busy schedule

with the Nets and obviously, it'’s like a full-time position.

But, oh, you know, did you get a chance to talk

to grandmother a lot, do you go home and help her?

I would like to, but that'’s not necessarily always the case.

One night, it was, like, my two younger sisters

and I were sitting in the family room.

It was like 11 o'’clock at night.

First, you just hear the counts,

five, six,seven, eight.

So for 20 minutes, 20-30 minutes

we just my grandmotherand then you just hear,

like, music over and over again.

FANNY: If you could imagine, in the middle of the match

[ indistinct ]

[ laughing ]

TRIXIA: Yeah, she would be--

she goes what happened to ears.

I ask her, what goes through ears?

[ music playing ]

Good luck tomorrow.

All right.

It'’s the first game tomorrow.

Yeah.

Everybody is talking about it.

Okay, guys, listen up.

I think the tendency, you guys are gonna be

a little nervous tomorrow

on court because the sound system,

it'’s a huge space and sometimes music sounds

a little slower than it does here.

So you just want to think you just don'’t want to rush.

They'’re gonna go out there and they'’re gonna have

this crowd that'’s screaming for them

and anything could happen.

They could get out there and then what'’s gonna happen

possibly there'’s a snowball effect where, you know,

if some of them start to forget what they'’re doing,

they'’re also busy looking around.

All of a sudden before, you know,

it'’s gonna be this huge mess

and no one'’s gonna knowwhat'’s going on.

I have nightmaresabout it at night

because that would just be the biggest disaster ever.

But I have faith that it won'’t happen.

You know, and we'’re definitely working really hard

to make sure that doesn'’t happen.

Okay, just take a deep breath, exhale.

Don'’t anticipate.

Just count the music and you'’ll be fine.

We'’ll see you tomorrow.

Bye.

Betty, you nervous?

Ah, I'’m in the front.

You know, I-- Yeah, I am really nervous.

And I have my husband there and my daughters there

and the couples there.

Yeah. It'’s exciting I know.

It'’s excite-- I'’ve never--

I mean, I'’ve danced,

but not in front of that many people.

So I don'’t know what to expect either so--

I just don'’t want to make a mess.

No, that'’s what I'’m afraid of.

You don'’t want to look like a mess.

People laugh at us. I think--

I'’m hoping they're gonna really enjoy it.

Because I'’m not really nervous.

I'’m excited about it, but maybe I'’m numb,

but I'’m not nervous.

Probably tomorrow when we'’ll walk in the arena

might be a different story.

It'’s a young crowd.

Yeah.

I think it could go either way.

Now you'’re gonna get me nervous.

Oh, I didn'’t mean that.

You know, everybody'’s numb. We got 20,000 people.

Why not?

WOMAN 1: Where you going?

WOMAN 2: Me too!

JOE: For everyone'’s health and happiness.

And break a leg at the game.

Salud. Salud.

But I have pictures from

the first day of the audition, you can see it.

Wait, wait, auditions.

Do you know who the three you were out there with?

Oh!

Originally, I have no idea.

You were with me, honey.

Yeah!

We auditioned three at a time.

And when I saw you, I was like what is this man--

How did you audition?

How did you happen to go there?

Well--

I had been thinkingover the past couple of months,

you know, I'’ve turned to 60.

You know, I have been thinking about

I love to dance, and no place

for us people to go

and certainly few years ago I went to the Roxy.

Last time I went, I got rejected.

They hurt my little feelings, then you turn down the club.

And I used to have a ball of a time

'’cause I loved to dance.

I used to go there and I started feeling depressed,

couldn'’t do that anymore,

hadn'’t gone out dancing in a while,

and I'’m reading that.

And then they say they take senior citizens.

And it said, even 60 year olds.

Right!

I just turned to 60.

All right.

How about you, Peggy? How did you--

Yeah, Peggy, how did you get involved in this adventure?

You know how shy I am.

DEANNA: Oh, yeah. Right, sure.

I went out to the trainer and he said, "Peggy,

they are recruiting seniors."

And I looked around--

Like where? Where is the senior?

Where?

He said-- then he said in good shape.

I went, oh, okay.

You can see at least with all the ladies,

you gals had an opportunity to try out

and there was choice

by the judges looking at all the women.

Right.

With me, until the cameraman came up to me and says to me,

"How does it feel to be the only male?"

I said, "Whoa, whoa, whoa.

What the hell are you talking about?"

I say, there'’s 50 to 100 women here

and there must be the same amount of men,

there'’s 50 to 100 men.

I said they knew more than I did.

He said, yeah, but you'’re the only guy

that registered.

Then it dawned on me. I said, "Oh, my God."

Wait a minute, why didn'’t the other guys register?

Men were there,

but they were there with their wives.

They were there with their wives.

So my point is, I had no--

If they chose me because

I was the only male or till this day

if I know how to dance and I don'’t know.

Well, it worked out for the best.

It sure did.

I guess there'’s something else here.

Hey, Pat, don'’t go that way.

Left or right?

That way!This way!

Girls!

Joe! Joe!

This way.

We'’re natural people.

Should have did this first.

I don'’t know what I am doing.

You do not be an entertainer

and you go up stage without makeup.

That'’s part of it.

No, I'’d like to look sexy,

but I mean it'’s a lot of work.

But, you know, it'’s one thing like

if you'’re going to a wedding

and you coulddo it at home, right, yeah.

[ indistinct ]

Why in the hell would they want to go through all this?

I don'’t know.

What the hell?

DEANNA: Wow, this is really big.

EDIE: I'’m nauseous.

PAT: Oh, my God. This is unreal.

[ horn blows ]

One, two, three, four.

Pull back, back.

And come around.

It'’s like the big hip circle.

Yeah, there you go.

DEANNA: Oh, I know how--

I knew I had it in me.

I knew it was in there, somewhere.

Glad I could help you get that out.

You'’ve gotta roll your stomach like a belly dancer.

That'’s it.

That'’s it, that's it.

You girls keep doing. I don'’t have to move.

This is getting a little too pornographic

for Joe over here.

PEGGY: And now we'’re gonna have 20,000 tonight.

I can'’t imagine what that'’s gonna be.

So this is my first.

So I'’m a virgin on the court.

Whoever thought we'’d be sitting here?

Yeah, exactly, yeah.

Who the heck wants to even see me walk,

let alone pay me to dance.

That'’s right.

Look at the girls go.

[ music playing ]

[ music stops ]

That was--

Looks perfect to me.

Yeah, every time in a row.

Yeah, it'’s beautiful.

That'’s what we'’re supposed to do.

Well, don'’t forget we'’re like

three times their age perhaps.

I know.

I got pants and suits older than them.

Cotton Candy!

Popcorn!

DEANNA: Ready!

[ indistinct chatter ]

WILLA: The meaning of the number on our jerseys

is to let everybody know our ages.

I'’m only 82. They made me 83.

So the girls are like, what, for one year

you are making a big stink,

but I said, at 82,

a year is a lot.

Oh, I forgot to do this and I got makeup on,

'’cause you can't smile till you do your muscles.

This is day one and I feel very prepared

in terms of knowing steps in the order.

But just getting that freedom in my body

since I'’m not a professional dancer

and don'’t, you know,

so I'’m just gonna try to feel the music

and just loosen up and go with it.

And two and three and four and five.

[ cheers and applause ]

COMMENTATOR: And now, ladies and gentlemen,

we are the chosen ones.

The minute that we hit that floor,

the gym, that'’s when it begins.

Thank you.

I just realized the back of your jersey

said Blond-E.

Marla, I tell you they pay zero to you--

I love it.

Is that for us, the senior dancers?

No, they have that here all the time.

You should be positive.

Every game, yeah.Okay.

[ music playing ]

[ horn blows ]

Now they'’re in gold, these little girls.

They must have more costumes.

You got more costumes than you can shake a stick.

[ indistinct ]

What in the world--

Tushies.Huh?

Little tushies.

What in the world? I call '’em bummies.

Oh, my God.

That'’s right.

They don'’t know.

They think you'’re never gonna get here but surprise.

We'’re not ready.

We are nervous.

I don'’t want to make any errors.

That'’s what I'’m worried about.

What goes after this?

Okay, you go like that.

MARLA: They are better today than they were yesterday.

I didn'’t sleep last night.

I was stressing.

My concern is just it'’s still a new dance to them.

So they need to think about it.

They can'’t just go out there

and just expect their body to do it.

You know, I'’m still seeing some memory mistakes

and I am still seeing some people forgetting formations.

So that makes me nervous.

So I'’m gonna be out there just praying

that everything goes well.

MARLA: Come on over you, guys.

All right, you guys are pros.

Just do it how you'’ve been doing it

and have fun, have fun.

Thank you.Right!

TOGETHER: One, two, three, four!

Go Nets!

Work it out. Okay.

[ indistinct ]

All right, you guys. Break a leg.

Team up. Team up.

[ horn blows ]

[ cheering ]

ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen,

please welcome to the court

for the very first time,

the NETSational Seniors Dance Team.

♪ I'’m singin' in the rain ♪

♪ Just singin'’ in the rain ♪

♪ What a glorious feelin'’ ♪

♪ I'’m happy again ♪

♪ I'’m singin' and dancin'’ in the rain ♪

[ hip hop music playing ]

ANNOUNCER: The NETSational Seniors, ladies and gentlemen!

[ cheers and applause ]

You did great.

You did great!

Really!

They did amazing.

I couldn'’t be happier.

Literally I had tears in my eyes.

I couldn'’t wait to run off and hug them.

I'’m so proud of them.

The fans love you.

I see, I hope so.

We'’ve got five more games.

And then we worry about our routine and next routine.

But we'’re gonna do it.

The fact that the seniors like ourselves

are being able to dance

and shows the rest of the world that, you know,

we can do something besides sit home and watch TV.

[ indistinct chatter ]

Good article.

I love that expression on Joe'’s face.

Yeah, yeah.

What the hell?

You look thin. She thinks it'’s cute.

Look at big Fanny.

He got taller.

Yeah.

The blonde bombshell.

Look at Fanny.

That'’s you, Fanny?

She is the biggest one.

Isn'’t that cute?

Yeah!

She grew.

Now I know what I have to do.

Barry, our PR guy,

has-- there'’s some really cool opportunities

and people want to know a little background,

a quick background on each of you guys.

So we can kind of just story out there

because there'’s some big exciting shows

all over the country that are interested.

So we want to just get--

make sure we have the info.

It'’s out of control.

It is out of control.

You guys are out of control.

You are probably wondering why we have this amazing

crowd of folks out here with us this morning.

And I think we need to just go right to this now.

Don'’t you think?Right.

♪ Let'’s dance ♪

The New Jersey Nets, this week,

unveiled their new senior dance group.

When asked what the group would wear,

one member said, "Depends."

Baby, you'’re Hollywood.

You'’re Hollywood.

Thank you.

And you are Hollywood.

Thank you.

♪ Sugar, sugar

♪ Sugar, sugar sugar

♪ Sugar, sugar

♪ Sugar, sugar, sugar

Oh, that is--

On a cold morning,

this ladies and gentlemen,

the New Jersey Nets'’ newest dance team, the NETSational--

[ speaking in foreign language ]

I'’m very happy.

I'’m very, very happy.

I'’m happy for everybody.

Now is the new one hard?

No.

Of course.

Make them hard. Make them work.

Make them work.

Come on, make us work.

I think it'’s a little harder than the other.

I figured I'’d give you guys a challenge.

We need something really cool to do.

Well, you'’re learning-- You'’re learning faster now.

There'’s no reason to make it simple.

I don'’t want to give you all the same steps

that you'’ve been doing.

Why? You guys are quick.

Right. I totally agree.

We need something really cool.

We'’re gonna do--

We'’re just gonna do hip-hop this one.

Oh! I love it!

I love it!

No one-- None of the other stuff!

Oh, excellent.

We'’re just gonna go right to the good stuff.

I just got the other one down pat.

FANNY: We'’re in the little group.

And we start a new one?

DEANNA: Yeah, it'’s a group picture.

The life of a dancer.

Oh, my gosh.

She gave me the song, but it'’s not cut,

it'’s not mixed, nothing.

So we'’re definitely gonna use

the first 45 seconds of this song,

and then we might mix it with something else,

because the lyrics get a little racy.

But I'’m only gonna teach you about 30-35 seconds.

BETTY: Racy is good.

No!

[ indistinct chatter ]

JACQUI: It'’s a family show.

We have 35 seconds tonight.

Say the which words.

All right.

[ music playing ]

Oh, what the hell is this?

[ hip hop song playing ]

JACQUI: I choreographed about 35, 40 seconds of it.

I figured that'’s all we'’re gonna get through

tonight anyway, so why stress them out.

I don'’t want anyone dropping.

You know, it'’s gonna be long practice.

One and two.

Three and four.

And notice when I am stepping, back hands and--

Having some bumps along the road as far as,

you know, the media is going crazy.

Everybody loves them and, you know,

they'’re on the cover of the newspaper,

and you know, there'’s phone calls and interviews,

and it'’s easy to kind of let your head swell a little bit

and say oh, we'’re so great.

Everybody loves us.

So just front, front, front.

I don'’t want this--

That'’s happening.

I will see for it.

They'’re being paid to put on an amazing show,

and that'’s why I'’m hard on them at practice.

We expect them to work hard when they'’re here,

and we expect them to be perfect

when they'’re out there.

♪ You know I got it

♪ If you want it, come get it ♪

♪ You know I got it

♪ If you want it, come get it ♪

That'’s what he says.

That'’s the accent.

We'’ll do the same count, let'’s try it again.

One of the nice things is getting to know,

you know, each other a little bit better.

And everybody else, too.

But, you know, most of the teammates

are from New Jersey

and just a few of us from New York.

So it'’s we know nothing about each other.

I mean, I'’ve been divorced since the year of the flood

and I'’ve got a son, you know, he is 42 years old.

My former husband

plans on coming to the game to see me.

Are you serious? Really?

Well, are you friendly with him?

Oh, yes. I'’m friendly.

I'’m friendly with everybody.

Oh. Okay.

You know, he did break my heart though.

He ran off with a Playboy Bunny.

She wasn'’t any cuter than me.

Oh, I know that, '’cause you're fabulous.

You are fabulous.

But, you know, she did have a bunny tail.

You know how it is when men go through mid-life crisis.

My attitude is I'’m young.

If you think I'’m old, you got to deal with that

because it has nothing to do with me, so--

You look pretty good to me, Deanna.

Thank you, Peggy.

You look pretty good to me.

You look pretty hot yourself, you know.

Well, I'’m a babe. That'’s what I say.

Absolutely.

I'’m a babe.

I'’m with you all the way. We'’re both babes.

[ children reading ]

BETTY: Here'’s the red one.

BOY: I want that. I want that.

Okay. Okay. All right.

Stop.

Betsy used to think of wearing

a moo-moo to cover her body,

but Betty doesn'’t want to cover her body.

Betty wants to show her body and move.

And in fact, I asked, I have the nerve to ask,

if we could change our costumes.

'’Cause I really am kind of bored with--

I said, you know, we'’re all wearing men'’s clothing.

Betty doesn'’t like these costumes.

They'’re not sexy enough.

You know, Betty wants it sexy.

Senior citizens can be sexy.

It'’s not just the young people,

the 20-year-olds that are sexy.

Sixty-year-old people can be sexy.

[ indistinct chatter ]

BETTY: I just don'’t know what to wear anymore.

They have all these little itty-bitty skirts out there

and they have all these pants,

and I want to look cool, but I don'’t know what to wear.

Now where was that place to be like--

Oh, right over here.

But see, these are too short.

Betty could wear that, right?

Betty could wear that.

Should a 60-year-old wear that?

Betty, why not?

With a black top?Yes.

Something like this one.

Yeah, but it--

I think that is--

Let'’s just--

Truthfully, I think this is too big for her.

But we'’re gonna have her try on the 12

and then we'’re gonna show her why it'’s too big.

All right, I'’ll show you

why it'’s probably not big enough.

Wrong.

Okay.

This grey with a skirt. Fitted.

A black skirt.

Black skirt, that would--

That would look nice with a fitted--

You'’re--

What, did you get the right size?

High heels.These are heels.

No, no, no. oh, God.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

They'’re not heels. Those are flats.

These are heels.

Oh, those are flats.

I would not know how to walk in high heels.

Well, you'’re gonna have to learn.

I'’m tall.

So what does that have to do with anything?

I have been raised that you shouldn'’t be

taller than your man.

Oh.

What else were you raised?

To be a lady.

Oh, God, I don'’t believe what'’s happening.

Okay.

So why don'’t we try on some of this stuff?

Just, just--

This is exciting, isn'’t it?

This feels like Christmas.

We are ready.

Wow.

Sexy!

Yeah.

That'’s it. Oh, I love it.

And what'’s that? Oh, yeah.

Do you see that?

[ applause ]

♪ I like the way you move

DEANNA: One of the things that concerns me is

making it all the way.

We didn'’t realize how really intense it was going to be.

I'’m using muscles that I didn'’t know I had.

It'’s really, really rough.

And I worry about being able to finish the season.

Whether we'’re all gonna make it,

I don'’t know.

As soon as you guys are ready, I'’m gonna do a quick warm-up.

[ music playing ]

Turn to your right.

We definitely have some concerns,

you know, just because it'’s an older group

as far as how hard can we push them.

I think it'’s difficult '’cause we do want to keep them

at the same standardsas our other team,

as you know with the Net dancers.

They just go and go and go and push as hard as we can,

but it'’s definitely a little different with this team.

We want them to be able to be physically fit enough

to perform the choreography.

But we know we just have to be more mindful

of their bodies and what they'’re capable of doing.

I was 40 when I started exercising.

You know, I remember overhearing

a woman at the gym saying that she was like 70

and she knew she was not gonna be able to walk

unless she really did some exercise.

And I thought, oh, my God, I better start now.

I think I was actually 50

before started to see a change.

Yeah, probably.

And then as a female,

your whole body starts to change and--

Yeah, that was tough.

You'’re alwaysthe skinny little thing

and all of a sudden you'’re not so skinny anymore,

and that'’s when I became more conscious

of doing a real exercise program.

Staying in shape for me is a lot of hard work.

[ music playing ]

When I was 45 years old, I discovered ballroom dance.

It'’s something that I love and it helps me to stay fit.

And I love to dance with my teacher

who is 28 years old.

You know, even though Claire'’s on a senior team,

she doesn'’t dance like a senior.

I do have lots of clients actually that I compete with,

lots of girls in different levels

in different age groups.

I have chosen Claire

as my main partnership in competition.

CLAIRE: I don'’t feel any different

than I did when I was in my 20s.

I don'’t have some of the constraints

that come with being younger and having to earn a living.

Been there done that, and now I'’m free.

JANICE: I came to Kip Center maybe about four years ago.

I think what they'’re doing

is a positive thing for senior citizens.

It motivates them and get out of their house

and not sit in the house.

And as they say, we don'’t just play bingo here.

I look at other people and I wonder

if I am 72, are they a lot older?

And then I think, will that be me

when I get to be that old

or will I try to look 55 like our aerobic teacher?

♪ I like to move it move it

♪ I like to move it move it

♪ I like to move it move it ♪ Ya like to

Twist it out.

♪ Move it!

♪ All girls all over the world ♪

♪ Original king julian pon ya case man! ♪

This is cardiovascular.

You look good.

JANICE: My sister Noreen has always been

the very active person in school,

always been involved in sports.

She was a high school cheerleader,

and I encouraged her to come

to the Senior Center here which I love.

I like to join groups. Which I was not gonna do.

Yes, I--MAN: Why is that?

Because I wasn'’t interested--

I wasn'’t interested in doing things

with any older people because I'’m not old.

You get the deal?

♪ Move it! Move it! ♪

♪ I like to move it move it

Nora was very active.

Osteoporosis has taken effect, arthritis.

And now she is shorter than me.

She was always taller than me.

It'’s just an aging process has taken hold on her.

That'’s why I look at her though,

I always think

there she is 5 years from now, is that going to be me?

Shake your hips moving.

♪ Move it! Move it! Move it! Move it! ♪

♪ Three, two, one

This might be the end.

The end.

[ on player ] Not bad, eh? Not bad.

I like it. I like it.

WOMAN: Yeah. That'’s better.

It doesn'’t look like you're actually doing it full out.

You guys, look, the repeat part,

it still looks very messy and I don'’t really know why.

From here, this is much better,the chug was good.

I didn'’t see any galloping. So that'’s good.

Remember, on the first one

where you'’re flicking your shoulder,

your arm should be down.

And I'’ve said it a million times

and I don'’t want to say it anymore.

I still see these arms out here.

So even if you think you'’re gluing,

it'’s not tight enough.

JACQUI: I know they'’re tired.

It'’s a lot of work.

This is new for them, I understand all of that.

But I expect themto go out there

and do it the best that they can do it.

And if that'’s not happening, I'’m not happy.

You know, I'’m starting to notice a little bit

of a diva thing going on with certain people.

I'’m definitely pushing hard.

Sometime I feel like they'’re pushing back.

That'’s where I lose my patience, you know.

Whole section was a nightmare.

You weren'’t dancing.

I don'’t know what you were doing.

So let'’s think about it.

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

No time for conversation.

Half you guys missed this.

There was like talking going on.

That left much to be desired.

I'’m gonna give you one more shot.

So think about it for a second.

Everybody made mistakes all over the place.

So let'’s try one more time

and we'’re gonna decide what we'’re gonna do.

Okay.All right?

So put it together. Remember your formations.

Think about everything.

I mean, all the corrections.

Every move.

[ song playing ]

[ indistinct muttering ]

They'’re stressing me out.

Wait till you see this part. It'’s a mess.

Guys, this is where you go out of your formation.

So listen, I know it'’s hard.

You guys, for us to hit this tomorrow,

you'’ve got to really think it through on your own

on the court.

You know?

A lot of these people

have seen you guys do other routines,

so we don'’t want--

We want this thing to be just as good, and it can be.

But, you know, we don'’t want them to cheer

just '’cause you're cute.

We want them to cheer '’cause you're good.

Right?

So I know you guys can do it,

but my boss Petra is a tough cookie, too.

She'’s gonna be looking on the court.

If it doesn'’t look solid on court to her,

so she will cut you guys, okay?

JACQUI: So that means you have to do it full out

on the court tomorrow.

Because it doesn'’t look, Petra will cut you.

And you can tell her you were saving energy all you want,

she is not gonna care.

So you guys really have to come tomorrow

with your game face on and really be ready.

We don'’t have time to re-clean everything

that we re-cleaned three times already.

All right, let'’s have one, two, three.

Yeah!

'’Cause we're the best. Positive thinking.

ALL: One, two, three.

Go Nets!

All right.

So I think it'’s a very tense moment.

The dancers had such huge success

with their very first performance,

I mean, their TV appearances

and now we'’ve kind of challenged them

to do something new.

The coaches are getting a little stressed out.

I think maybe I'’m getting a little stressed out.

You know, we have that game looming.

We do want to keep them

at the same standards as our other team.

So we'’ve really put the pressure on

and we'’ll see what happens.

You know, the court rehearsal'’s really the key.

If they can'’t do it on the court,

we'’ll have to pull them from the performance that night

which will be devastating.

BETTY: They want us to be professional dancers,

but we'’re not professional dancers.

I mean, we'’re senior citizens.

And I'’m working so hard to get those motions right.

How am I gonna do this

when I have to go to school tomorrow

and teach and then still try to get these--these moves.

And I'’m up in the front. I'’m the leader.

If I do it incorrectly,

the ones in the back might follow me.

The pressure is enormous.

It'’s just enormous.

Seven, eight, yeah.

So Edie how did you think we did for practice tonight,

seeing that we'’re like in trouble.

Well, I think we'’re better than we were.

Mm-hmm.

But I think in order to pull it off tomorrow at the game,

we'’re gonna have to practice a lot before.

I think everybody has it in general.

It'’s just when the music comes on,

everybody'’s got a little part that they are not quite sure of.

And then when you put all those pieces together,

we have a mess.

Yeah.

Yeah, well, we have to get it together

because if we don'’t, they'’re scratching it,

that means we don'’t perform.

Oh, I know.I would feel terrible.

They said they'’ll take people out.

They will. They said--

And evict you.Yeah, they will--

They did say that.Yeah, I would feel terrible.

Can you imagineyou have people coming,

that paid tickets?

And then you'’re not there.And then you'’re not gonna in--

Yeah.Where are you?

Petra is really the one that'’s gonna pull this one, I heard.

They must have told her that we'’re having a little problem.

Something was going on because she is--

She'’ll be down there.

Look, I mean, for us this is fun,

but this is a big business.

This is business. It'’s their jobs.

We are employees of the Nets.Absolutely.

We'’re expected to do what everybody else does

and you'’re there to do a job

and you have to do it to the best of your ability.

I'’m gonna have faith in all of us, we'’re gonna do it.

Yeah. We'’re gonna do it.

We'’re gonna pull it off. Yeah.

Just because we'’re older doesn'’t mean we're--

Dead.

You got it.

[ applause ]

Whoo!

[ cheering ]

I need to see these formations correct, okay?

Okay. Pay attention.

From the beginning.

Five, six, seven, eight.

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

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

PETRA: It'’s difficult because I'’m the mean one.

I'’m the one that kind of lays down the hammer

and says, no, no.

When Kim approached me about moneymaker,

I said to her, if they'’re not cutting it,

they'’re not doing it.

Simply, she'’s like but--

If they'’re not cutting it, they'’re not doing it.

We have a responsibility

and it'’s a responsibility to our fans to give them the best.

From the front.

I need you guys to walk it before we can do music, okay?

I need to see them perfect. So let'’s walk now.

All right, guys, this is it.

This is probably your last one.

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

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

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

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

That looks off for some reason

Stop for a minute.

Right now, you guys, the choreography is looking good,

but if the formation'’s wrong, it looks like a big mess.

Audrey, you'’re behind Janice.

The other formations, yes, they were a little bit better.

But that formation when you turn around,

you have to get back to where you started.

You can'’t go to a different place.

It can'’t look like that.

I need you guys.

I mean, how the dancers go.

Sit down and really think.

I saw choreography mistakes everywhere.

Let'’s try and pull it together, okay?

Right now I'’m not convinced.

I thought all the time that you were in the center

because, you know, how we all--

You'’re always-- But you'’re not.

I'’m on the right.You'’re over.

Yeah.I didn'’t realize.

I'’m nervous.

This one I'’m concerned about.

You'’re okay, Janice.

You got to believe that, you'’re okay.

You can do it, it'’ll be fine.

Where'’s my water?

I can'’t even think of smiling on this number.

I have not been nervous out of

any of the numbers we'’ve done.

It doesn'’t--

This one'’s bothering me for some strange reason.

Because we didn'’t practice enough.

We only had two practices.

That'’s not enough.Just go with what we got.

Let'’s go with what we got.

If she lets us go with it.

She might not let us do it.

I don'’t know.

Thank goodness for Sly.

Oh, my gosh.

Oh, man.

[ Sly imitating spitting ]

All right, let'’s do it one more time.

Will you guys try and work it?

Let'’s see some faces, do it up.

Head down feet together.

[ music playing ]

Yeah!

Good job.

Good job.

Really great, you guys.

You guys are on.

Yes!Let'’s bring it.

Yes.

You know how hard--We needed to hear that.

You know how hard it is?She says it'’s good.

I feel happy, very happy.

WOMAN: That was very good.

See, very good she says.

We thought we weren'’t going to do it.

We'’ll see what happens when we get out on the court.

MAN: Okay, let'’s go.

[ crowd cheering ]

ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen,

please welcome the NETSational Senior Dance Team.

[ crowd cheering ]

[ hip hop music playing ]

[ raucous cheering ]

ANNOUNCER: The NETSational Senior Dance Team,

ladies and gentlemen.

Mrs. Manner, call me out

so I could do this real song.

Oh!

BETTY: The season has been amazing with the Nets.

I have grown so much from it

and then to merge Betty and Betsy

has been the icing on the cake.

Because what do we get frustrated with?

And now today is gonna be the best day of my life.

I'’m bringing together several worlds at the same time.

We'’re going to be using hip-hop in the classroom

to learn how to deal with put-downs.

[ hip hop music playing ]

Ready?

Let'’s get down, getting'’ rid of put-downs.

Let'’s get down, getting'’ rid of put-downs.

Let'’s get down, getting'’ rid of put-downs.

Let'’s get down, getting'’ rid of put-downs.

It would never have happened

if it hadn'’t been for the Nets.

I never would have the confidence.

I would never have the skills.

Okay, guys, listen up.

Come over here.

As she calls Nicolette.

Give me Thiana, Shannon and Pamela.

Then AJ, Peter, Ann.

So what'’s gonna happen is

it'’s gonna start with "Anything you can do I can do better."

And Shannon, you'’re gonna do a little thing with Joe

because he'’s like--he's like a little girl speaking

and then it'’s a big guy speaking

and it'’s like this whole thing going back and forth.

All right.

Let'’s take our starting poses.

Go beat up that little girl, Joe.

Yeah, Shannon.

EDIE: I think the idea

of putting us with the kids is wonderful.

I think it'’s really good for them

to see that as you get older,

you can dance in whatever way, shape or form.

That your life isn'’t over

when you turn 50 or 60 or even 70 for that matter.

Okay, here we go, five, six, seven, eight.

Go one, two, seniors move, five, six, seven, eight.

And just slap your thighs here.

Five, six, here we go.

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

One, two, three, stop everybody freeze.

Oh, my gosh.

That wasn'’t bad, that'’s fast.

Don'’t move.

You have to stay in that pose.

As dancers, we are so aware of our age

and at 25 we feel old already.

We are aware of our bodies

and how things just start to slow down as we get older

and maybe our leg doesn'’t go quite as high

and can'’t wrap it around my head anymore.

One, two, and...

I mean, there'’s ballet companies

where if you are not a principal by the time you are 18

you'’ve aged out.

And it just goes the show that, you know,

life doesn'’t end at 60 years old.

And for the seniors even,

some of them have wanted to do this their whole life.

Now I know that, you know,

when I get older I have a place to go,

you know, and hopefully they will take me

because I'’ll still want to be dancing when I'’m 60.

MIKKI: That thing is great.

As my grandma would say, if I can still cut a rock

I'’ll go out there and dance.

No problem.

If you ever watch the way I play and what I do,

I don'’t think my body would allow me

to do some of those moves later on in life.

I'’ll probably be a couple of knee replacements,

a couple of hip replacements by the time I'’m 50 or so.

So I'’d just be there watching them and cheering them.

I'’ll be too old to be there for that.

I believe that I am a role model.

I mean, one friend, Molina, said how could you go

anywhere to show your age?

I mean, just showing-- I said--

I would be proud of it.

No, no. But I never tell anybody my--

You have to understand, I think that today 65

is the new, what 45 or 50?

Well, 50. 50 is 40 and 60 is 50.

Right.

Unbelievable.

My grandmother who was 62 wore hair back in a bun

with a house dress at 62 when she got into 62.

Wow.

That'’s what I mean, and that is old.

Right.

That was old.

That'’s the way they all would go.

My father is still alive, he is 95.

Oh, wow.

He is in a building behind the building that we own.

Is he single?

Oh, my goodness.

[ laughing ]

[ indistinct chatter ]

State of mind, not date of birth, okay.

That'’s what it's all about.

They are tremendous, senior dancers.

They should have worn some shorter skirts though.

That'’s the only thing.

Their hip-hop is really cool.

I mean, they obviously got the spunk, why not, you know.

I think it'’s great because I know I can'’t do it.

It literally broke my heart

when they turned around and they posted everything.

And I said, oh, finally.

I'’ve saying for ages they need an old mama like me

to get on the floor and dance and do stuff.

And then I find that they want age 60

and I'’m only 52, broke my heart.

I don'’t want to call them seniors

but the grey foxes in movement

and vibrant, the vitality and voracity

that they showed is wonderful.

I want to be like them when I grow up.

[ indistinct chatter ]

Yeah, exactly.

We work on that ass.

But you, in the line you'’re after Willa.

EDIE: This has been one of the best experiences

I'’ve had in a very, very long time.

I think as you get older a lot of times

your mind tells you, you can do something

and your body rebels, especially

when you start going into your 60s.

But I have to say when I'’m out there dancing,

I forget how old I am.

I'’m not thinking that I'’m old

and I'’m, you know, a grandma

and that maybe I shouldn'’t be doing this.

I'’m just having so much fun

that it'’s something that I feel

that I should be doing.

BETTY: As I look to this last game I can'’t believe

this season is almost over.

I'’m really sad because it really--

We don'’t know if they are gonna ask us back.

We don'’t know if any of us will be back

and it'’s just been marvelous.

Joe B. has got to be an actor over there.

You want me to kill him?

AUDREY: Even prior to turning 60

I was missing something.

Of course I love to dance.

I got to dance, loved it.

I'’m gonna dance no matter what,

even if it'’s in my dreams.

And I said you like to do something, do it.

I'’m gonna practice. I'’m gonna practice.

JACQUI: Audrey is like I give her my gold star.

She is a completely different personality

than she was at the beginning of the season.

I think what would happen was she realized

that from dancing she was starting to lose weight

and she got so fired up about it

and she was loving the results of it,

that she wanted to push even harder.

And she improved so much as like her life turned on

and the true performer in her came out.

And I guess it was there all along

but nobody ever got to see it.

I think she is a great example

of what we can hope would happen.

But at 65 it doesn'’t work that way anymore.

Good morning. Is Oscar here?

For game day my ritual is to get up early

like I'’m going to work, get dressed,

put on all black for Oscar because he tends to get me wet.

And come and get my ritual.

I got to feel positive.

Oscar takes his time.

He even takes his time getting here.

Here come cool Oscar now.

Hi, baby.

He'’s never on time.

What are you talking about?

That'’s why I had my coffee.

Tell me what it is.

Oh, it'’s Helen Mirren, the British actress.

But I like the little flip she has in her hair.

That little-- I'’ve been trying to tell Oscar

how I like that.

It could be all back but I like the little flips

on either side.

So, Oscar, this might be my last game today.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

So when you go back again?

[ indistinct ]

I have to try out again in November,

but I don'’t think I'’ll make it

because I think all the publicity

we'’re getting now, they'’ll probably

be coming out of the woodwork.

At one time, Jaclyn, she was talking about how

Kim pulled her off the court

'’cause her roots were showing,

and I realized that when I made the squad

that I had grey hair showing,

my little white strands of hair,

and I knew I had to get my hair done,

I knew I had to keep my hair up.

'’Cause nobody going with somebody looking like

nothing, now you got to look like somebody on that court.

Now tonight, it might be falling

but at least it'’s clean, smells good.

Whatever I have tonight I'’ll feel confident.

Feels good, Oscar.

Okay.

Sexy, sexy, shaky, shaky, you know I like it.

Oh, got to move, got to move.

Ow!

Ooh, sexy I guess.

You know I like to shake it.

one, two, three, four, yeah.

Fanny, get your fanny...

You got to get your fanny.

Okay.

Oh, Joe. Joe.

I'’m hip.

You are hip.

Joe, are you wearing your hat this way tonight?

I don'’t know. Maybe--

Because you got to do like the kids do, so--

Hi, guys.

Is that your age on there?

Is that your age?

Richard Jefferson.

Bye, guys.

Bye!See you later.

See you on the floor.

Bring it.

I don'’t know what they do.

I don'’t know why they put their hands up like this.

Bring it on. This means bring it on.

Oh, bring it on?

Audrey, you have your glasses on,

now how many more are left?

I like seniors because it'’s a lot of fun

and they are really nice.

I love how they shake it and everything.

It'’s hilarious but cute and adorable at the same time.

You don'’t usually see

any grandparents that dance like that.

My grandparents, that'’d be crazy.

They can'’t dance for their lives.

When you reach our age you get to the point

where you-- you'’re not so concerned about

what everybody else says or thinks.

Being in the post office, people say

"Audrey, you look great." "Audrey, you look so happy."

"Audrey, you don'’t the ponytail,"

'’cause I was trying to get the curl before tonight.

And I knew I felt better but I know it flowed out,

you know, like radiant.

They say something'’s going on, Audrey, and it ain'’t sex.

Come back here.

I can relate to that.

Wow.

Do you think that they are a little bit more flexible?Yes.

[ laughs ]

Oh, I'’m flexible to play to some of us.

I'’m a baby boomer.

I could do it. I could do it. I could do it.

Snap your fingers, I could do it.

They'’re gonna go crazy when we get out there.

Yeah.

They are gonna be our-- I'’m so excited.

They'’re gonna love it. They'’re gonna love it.

I know. I can'’t wait.

I'’m so glad we got to dance with you.

I know, me too.

I like this one.

I like when you do this one.

I like it when you do that.

I love you.

Love you, guys.

We love to see you dance.

FANNY: I feel proud. I feel proud.

For me it'’s an accomplishment,

something I never thought I would achieve at my age.

And one time somebody said, "Oh, you'’re a star."

A star.

ANNOUNCER: Please welcome the NETSational Senior Dance Team.

[ crowd cheering ]

[ music playing ]

♪ Anything you can do, I can do better ♪

♪ I can do anything better than you ♪

♪ No, you can'’t Yes, I can ♪

♪ No, you can'’t Yes, I can ♪

♪ No, you can'’t Yes, I can, yes, I can ♪

[ hip hop music playing ]

[ crowd cheering ]

DEANNA: Our 15 minutes of fame started

the day we auditioned.

It'’s been going on now for what, about 5 months.

And I know it'’s gonna end but I must admit

I'’m hooked to the applause,

I'’m hooked on the standing ovations,

I'’m hooked on all the young people who love the hip-hop.

I felt oh, this is over, you know,

go back to our lives but we can say

that we were the originals,

we were definitely the originals.

ANNOUNCER: The NETSationals, ladies and gentlemen.

[ crowd cheering ]

[ crowd cheering ]

You rocked, mom.

Excuse me, can I have your autograph?

Oh, yes.

Oh, yes. Yes.

BOY: And you got a big grandson there.

Oh. Wow.

You'’re my hero.

BOY: Can you sign this too?

Oh, a second.

MAN: You were amazing.

Oh, wow.

Betty, with...

Oh, my God. Betty with love.

Thank you.

Oh, wow.

MAN: Thanks.

Betty with love.

Oh, my gosh.

MAN: You were amazing.

BETTy: Oh, I love it.

MAN: You'’re so special.

BETTY: Betty with love.

How many is this?

BOY: A lot.

BETTY: A lot of fun. Betty with love.

Betty with love.

This is better than writing a book, you know.

♪ Give it up

♪ Step it out to the right, and pop it ♪

♪ Take it to the left, and pop it ♪

♪ Take it to the back

♪ Take it out to the front

♪ Break it down now, you can feel in the fun ♪

♪ Let your troubles go and free your mind ♪

♪ Now bust it all, lean side to side ♪

♪ Just be yourself Dude, you got to damn plot ♪

Kim was telling us that we'’ve had gift office,

there are products out there that they want to gift us.

So naturally, you know, some of us,

we perked up on our ears like,

what are you talking about?

And she says, well, this company,

they make hearing aids

and they want to give us hearing aids.

♪ Let'’s take it from the top ♪

♪ Step it out to the right, and pop it ♪

♪ Take it to the left, and pop it ♪

♪ Take it to the back ♪

♪ Take it out to the front

♪ Break it down now, you can feel in the fun ♪

♪ Let your troubles go and free your mind ♪

♪ Now bust it all, lean side to side ♪

♪ Just be yourself

Well, we got to do something about those costumes.

Those uniforms got to go.

That was the thing that I was worried about

when I figured what are we going to wear.

They better not give us some little sleeveless...

I think the outfits are appropriate for our age.

And you could wear the little gold lame pants, shorts,

with a black top with two go-birds on the breasts.

That'’s right.

♪ No matter what your age or where you'’re from ♪

♪ Do the GD slide-- [ indistinct ] won ♪

♪ Now wave your hands like you just don'’t care ♪

♪ And pump your fists up in the air ♪

♪ Now rock with it, all ages get it right ♪

♪ Everybody'’s doing it, you got to dance slide ♪

♪ Now wave your hands like you just don'’t care ♪

♪ And pump your fists up in the air ♪

♪ Snap your fingers and pop ♪

♪ Let'’s take it from the top ♪

♪ Step it out to the right, and pop it ♪

♪ Take it to the left, and pop it ♪

♪ Take it to the back

♪ Take it out to the front

♪ Break it down now, you can feel in the fun ♪

♪ Let your troubles go and free your mind ♪

♪ Now bust it all, lean side to side ♪

♪ Just be yourself

♪ Dude, you got to damn fly ♪