All language subtitles for Dance Life (2024) - S1E03 (Fractured Dreams)

[crickets chirping]

[CHAII: "WOW (Look At Me)" playing]

[CHAII: "WOW (Look At Me)"
continues playing]

[song ends]

[solitary beat]

- [distant roadway noise]
- [magpies singing]

[classical music playing]

[Kaylie] One and two, three,
four, five, six, seven, eight.

[Michelle] There's everyone here
that you need to be seen by.

Choreographers.

Agents.

Creative directors.

You've got The Squared Division
here tonight, who are,

you know, Katy Perry's creative directors.

You can't get any better than that.

So, it's absolutely important that
dancers come to these events.

Please sign my book.

- Of course.
- Thank you.

- What's your name?
- Mabel.

[Lucas] Kaylie Yee is, like,

the poster girl for

all of these kids' dreams.

She has the international career.

She's danced alongside Britney Spears
for years.

She also is the assistant
to Squared Division.

Squared Division are, like,
one of the biggest.

They're producing and choreographing,

directing shows
for all of these big artists.

So, having them there is important.

- Bump-in can happen here, which is great.
- Yup.

[Lucas] The second night,
there's a performance opportunity.

It is a way of showcasing

everything that Brent Street does
in one number.

Because of the way that
the theatre's structured,

- once the audience is in on the angle…
- Yeah.

… and it's filled with people,
the energy will…

- Hopefully. I'm just nervous.
- … will hit in a different way.

Like, some of these kids, we've never
seen them perform on stage before.

[indistinct chatter]

[Emily] I think I'm just looking forward
to the workshops themselves.

It's going to be a good experience,
even though I know

I'm definitely going to be
anxious and nervous

because we are put in that
audition environment.

[Lucas] Each of the classes
goes for one hour only.

So, they've got 30 minutes
to learn the combination.

It's a lot of pressure on them.

I was having nightmares about, like…

- Gotta choose my outfit.
- But I couldn't sleep and I'd wake up,

and, um,

it'd be Light The Way, like, nightmare,

and I'd go back to sleep and I went,
I went back into the dream,

and I was like, aah!

[indistinct student chatter]

[Tiana] By the end of this weekend,

I kind of just want to get
my name out there.

Which I guess I won't really know
if I get the outcome of

unless approached.

[producer] And how, how likely
do you think that is to happen?

How likely is that to happen?

I don't know, I don't want to jinx it.

I'm too scared.

I hope it happens.

So nervy.

But also excited.

- Like, nothing bad can happen from this.
- Same.

Like, it could, like…

We're being seen by so many people.

The worst thing that could possibly
happen is just forgetting.

The choreography.

- [dramatic music starts]
- [announcer] This next guest…

She was dance captain for Britney Spears.

[cheering, applause]

She's currently working with Katy Perry!

[cheering, applause]

Let's get out here! Kaylie Yee!

[cheering, applause]

[Kaylie] Thank you for coming to my class.

I'm so excited.

You'll see by my body language
and my face, I'm so excited.

Um, we don't have a lot of time.

So, I'm gonna get straight into it.

But I do want to explain
that today, I'm teaching

the routine that I taught at
the Katy Perry audition most recently.

Whether you came to the male day

or the female day,

whether you are gender fluid,

it does not matter.

Every single person learnt this routine.

And that's why I love it.

It has moments of

fem lines

and a lot of passion and ooze,

but then it has moments of
this power and strength

in your line and the way that you perform.

All I ask is that
you give me what's in here.

Don't worry about this.
I know you can all dance.

Bring me you.

Okay?

- [cheering]
- [Kaylie] All right.

So…

we're gonna step one.

You pop it in two.

My hands are coming around my face.

Good. I want to feel this flex.

Flex around my face.

And then I'm gonna go, swoo-hah!

[dance music starts]

Yeah, there's a wall here.

[exhales sharply]

Now, clap it.

Zoom, ha.

And a one, two, and three.

Four, five.

Six and a seven and eight.

I'm really hoping that I can see the kids
who are that next generation.

Who are at that peak.

They're ready to book.

They're ready to get an agent.

It's more about the swoo, swoo!

So, it's about the flick.

[Kaylie narrating]
When I want to book someone,

I want to trust that they're going
to be great on my stage.

[Kaylie] Yes, thank you! Beautiful!

Get the last 4-8's in and nail it.

[electronic beat playing]

I can read through your eyes

if you're thinking,
"Ooh, I just want the job,"

"Oh, I'm desperate for the job,"

or, "Please, be seen, please,
please let me be seen."

Like, that desperation comes out.

When you're standing in front of me,

show me that you are focused.

Show me that you have
that laser-point confidence

that you are projecting
out in front of you

and that you're saying to me,

"I'm ready to be on your stage."

Give it to me.

You know? And that is what stands out.

That is what stands out
in the chaos of 300 people.

[music ends]

[clapping, indistinct chatter]

Um, I just want to do one more thing.

Go.

[cheering]

[shouts indistinctly]

- [students cheering]
- Right.

[cheering continues]

[Kaylie] All right. Three, two, one!

[Katy Perry: "Champagne Problems" playing]

[Kaylie] It's all you, baby! Here we go!

[song ends]

[cheering]

[Kaylie] Nice!

[Kaylie] I'm sorry, I know that
you haven't graduated yet,

but I had to do that.

So, thank you.

Thank you for committing.

And, of course, my assistants.

[cheering, applause]

[no audible dialog]

Thank you so much, Kaylie.

Oh my gosh, did I spring it
on you? I'm sorry.

Yeah, I was like…

"Me?" Like, I was like…

I know, you kept looking behind you, and
I was like, "No, you. You in the blue."

'Cause I didn't, I didn't want to walk out
and then be like, "Oh, it's not me."

- Sort of felt it would be…
- Oh my gosh, no, no.

- Imagine if I walked out and, like…
- I'd never do that to you.

- Do you know what though?
- Yeah?

I, I saw it from the beginning.

I saw it from the very beginning
of the class.

- Yeah?
- I could see it in your eyes.

Thank you.

I could see it, and exactly
what I said in the class,

I could see it through your eyes
and through your energy.

Even though the steps were slowly coming,

I could feel that you were
just so in the zone…

Oh, thank you.

… and right there, and that's
exactly what it's about.

Yeah.

It doesn't matter what else has happened,
or what other classes,

I could feel you with me the whole class,

and that's why I just…

I don't usually pick out a lot
of people at the end.

But I had to bring you out because
I thought, you know what?

You need to know how great you are.

- Thank you.
- And how great I think you are.

[Lucas] Like we said, you've got
about two and a half minutes.

Get your drinks. Take your breath.

When you're at residency,
when you're on tour,

you don't get a break.

[sexy beat playing]

[music ends]

[indistinct chatter]

[Arabella] I was…

going, like, full-out.

And, I don't know, I just…

the, when the, we finished,
like, the music finished,

and, like, the adrenaline left my body,

and I just felt, like, the stress…

I don't know, it's probably, like,
like inflamed scar tissue

or like a stress fracture.

Which is fine, like, it'll be
fine in… tomorrow.

And, I mean, when they found the tumour,

I had about eight stress fractures.

That's how they found it.

I had such a good morning,

and I felt so good, didn't I?

But I knew, I had that feeling,

like, in the, in my back,

like, "Fuck," it's, you know.

"You're breaking."

[sniffles]

I have a tumour

in my L1 spine.

In my vertebrae.

I can either get my spine fused,

never run or dance again,

or I can manage it,

see what happens,

and… dance.

I've been dancing since I was
two-and-a-half years old.

My mum signed me up for, you know,

half an hour of dance class
on a Monday night.

I looked forward to it every single week.

Ugh, what keeps
me dancing?

The feeling it gives you.

We train and train and train
and work so hard

for that one little moment on stage

and that adrenaline rush afterwards
where you're just on cloud nine.

[pensive music playing]

I don't want to be
that kid that's got the injury,

and then, "Oh, she's so good
but we can't hire her

because, you know,
she's not got a working spine."

"Like, she's not gonna last
eight shows a week."

I've made it this far. Like, I can do it.

[laughs]

My opportunity's just…

missed.

[pensive music continues]

I'm not much of a colourful person.

Yeah, well, don't wear grey.

Why?

Because you should wear colour.

And then bring a spare outfit,
just in case.

But I also don't want to waste my,
like, really good clothes

because I want to wear them for Squared.

Not that I have really good clothes
at all, but it's okay.

[producer] You seem to be staying in
the same hotel room together…

Why, why is that?

Tom?

Tiana?

Tom?

- Tiana?
- Tom?

Tiana?

Um…

How do you even say that?

[producer] Well, what do you
mean to each other?

We're dating. Whoo.

Put it there.

[both laugh]

He's really good, but, um,

since I started dating him, like,
I can't watch him dance.

I can't do it.

[producer] What about you, Tom?

- Do you watch Tiana dance?
- Yeah, she's…

- Yeah. I always watch her.
- I don't want to hear it. I can't listen.

- And I tell her.
- I can't listen.

I tell you how good she is.

- Every, like… every time.
- I don't…

Yeah, but, like, it's lies? Like…

It's not lies.

- I know, like, behind, like…
- She's, like,

one of the best female dancers there is.

[distant roadway noise]

[tense music playing]

[man] Hey. Doing well?

[Archer] I think, like, Cassie has
really high standards,

not just for us, but also herself.

Not to, like, psychoanalyse Cassie.

Um,

I think she's, like, nervous

because this is such a big thing for her

and for Brent Street.

[Emily laughing]

[Cassie] Ready?

- [Emily] Yeah, good.
- [Cassie] I'm so nervous.

[Cassie] I'm, I'm not even dancing
and I'm nervous.

How are we?

People are already asking me
what we're doing, they're like:

- "What's Brent Steet doing?"
- Really?

- I'm like, "A ten-minute dance."
- Just you wait.

- [laughs]
- It's nothing much.

Just ten minutes of choreo, that's all.

"Who's the choreo?" "Cassie."

[laughs]

[Cassie] Let's get ready with, like, hair
and makeup and then start warming up.

It's not just putting on a piece.

Like, I want it to be good always,
and you never know

who might then book either me or the kids.

Let's, like, glow up.
It's glow-up time, guys.

- Before and after shots, here we go.
- [Emily] Yeah.

Before.

[Cassie laughs]

See you soon.

[nervous exhale]

I'm really nervous.

Um…

Look, I'm excited,

but I'm… terrified.

I always get like this before, like,
big performances though.

I think the only thing I'm actually
nervous about in tonight's dance

is that change over the wall. It's…

And if it's not, that,
that shirt is in your hand.

- Yeah.
- And you walk out and you…

Yep.

Just sell it and I'll be okay.

Yeah.

[indistinct student chatter]

[Cassie] Yeah, what's going on? What's…?

[Lucas] Arabella hurt herself badly today.

- [Cassie] Hurt herself?
- [Lucas] Like her back, badly.

She goes, "Oh, it's probably just, like,
a hairline fracture or something."

I'm like…

- A hairline…
- I'm like…

That's not… that's not minuscule.

That's not… 'cause she's like,
"Oh, I'll just have a Nurofen."

I'm like…

I'd be like, "I'm out. I'm done."

I was like, "So how's your leg?"

- And she was just like…
- I'm gonna message her.

…"Oh, it just hurts, like,
when I step on it."

I'm like, "That's not good."

That's not okay.

I'm gonna message her now.

So, I don't know where she is.

- Arabella.
- Well, she's not dancing tonight, right?

No.

[Erin] I have time to, like, do my makeup.

[Cassie] Hurry up.

Dressed and ready to go in 30 minutes.

The whole purpose is to look Brent…
make Brent Street look good

and Cassie herself.

So, obviously, I'm going to be
very upset if I made a mistake.

But, um…

Yeah, I hope…

Fingers crossed, everything goes well.

[Lucas] Emily has this specific role.

You keep it for that kind of dancer

that you know has, um,
a lot of energy all the way through.

It's very rare to find somebody
that you know that can build

and then still get stronger
in that last dance break.

She has that moment at the start
of "Hollaback Girl".

When you hear that song, it's so iconic

that you need something
pretty special to happen,

or something that's very impressive.

[indistinct chatter]

[Erin] Okay, guys,
just two things that I need to say.

You know how, like,
some of the people do this?

- [Lily] Yeah?
- [Erin] Make sure that it's really big.

'Cause in the video,
it's a bit underwhelming.

- So…
- [Lily] That was mine.

- It's that push.
- [Erin] Yeah.

- [Lily] No, it's more of a…
- [Erin] Yeah, like…

[Erin panting]

A forward, like…

What, like, I would want
to come out of this performance

is, like, people come up to us
and they're, like,

"You were amazing.
That piece was amazing."

And just like…

But not specifically, like, the group.

- No, the group and us.
- Just… yeah.

- And also just people coming up to you.
- Both.

Like you, as a person, and being like…

- "You really stood out."
- "You really stood out."

"Even when you weren't, like,
in the front row, like, I was…"

Yeah, "My eye was on you."

"You."

Every man for themselves down there.

Marcus?

Are they blue underwear?

[Ava] I bought you white ones.

[Cassie] White undies on.

Boom. Countdown's on.

[anticipatory music building]

All right. Okay.

Huddle in for a second.

I won't be here just before you go on.

Which terrifies me.

So, you guys are gonna have to,
like, sort it out yourselves.

Get backstage effectively, professionally.

We set everything while
Squared Division are doing their talk.

Squared Division are gonna watch,

and they are, like, my idols.

[Cassie] Wait in the wings,

and then once they introduce you,

that's when you can kind of
go on from there.

It will mean a lot to me if they like it.

A lot.

[Cassie] Good luck! Yes?

[cheering, applause]

Let's go, Brent Street!

[all cheering]

[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen,
it's Squared Division!

[applause]

The VMAs, the Grammy's,

Billboard Awards, world tours,
and residencies.

For any creative director
or choreographer,

you've done everything.

[anticipatory music building]

[Eva] You all right?

Yeah, I just get so nervous.

[music slowly fades]

[crowd murmuring]

[Gwen Stefani: "What You
Waiting For?" playing]

[Cassie cheering]

[song picks up tempo]

[crowd cheering]

[exclaims]

[Gwen Stefani: "What You Waiting For?"
continues playing]

[song ends]

[crowd cheering]

[Gwen Stefani: "Hollaback Girl" playing]

[mouthing along to lyrics]

[music fades, slow-mo sound]

[normal sound, "Hollaback Girl" resumes]

[music fades, slow-mo sound]

[exciting, electronic music playing]

[music ends]

[crowd cheering]

[Chris] That was a moment, hey?

Lovely to see it, that was amazing.

- [Lucas] Thank you. Thanks.
- Yeah.

Excuse me.

That was amazing.

[Kaylie] Can we put some of those dancers…

It was so good!

[Cassie] Yes, please,
take them. Take them all.

Can we put some…

Can we put some of those
dancers on lay-by?

[Lucas] Of course, yeah.

When can we use them?

[Cassie] I hope that wasn't
just for the camera.

No, she was like, I'm not just
saying that for the camera.

Like, I need to tell you that
that was absolutely amazing.

And, just like how we're training them.

They're like, "They can fucking dance."

I'm like, "Yeah. Good."

Yeah.

[exhales]

That was a lot.

Okay.

[Tiana] It felt good.

It felt all right.

Ooh, here they come. I'm scared.

[Max S] …bad, would you tell us?

[Cassie] Guys, that was so good!

[all students cheering]

[Lucas] That was so good.

It was… oh!

So good.

Like, I did not notice

one thing.

[students shouting indistinctly]

Don't tell me! I don't want to know.

- [Cassie] Oh my God! It was so good.
- [Emily laughing] Thank you.

And was it amazing?

- Yeah.
- Yes, it was.

So good. I'm so happy.

All right, let's go.

Let's go! Well done, troops!

[upbeat music playing]

[gulls crying]

[music fades]

[hair dryer loudly blowing]

- [hair dryer stopping]
- [Cameron] There you go.

Can you just try and, ah,
bring the bottom down a bit?

'Cause when it gets dry, it goes…

It goes shorter?

Yeah, like, shrinks.

Sure.

[hair dryer blowing]

Life's pretty good right now.

I'm pretty happy with how it's going.

After Light The Way,
I got approached by two agencies,

that, but like, that was my aim
for the year, to get an agent.

So, like, Light The Way,
like, if I didn't go to Light The Way,

I'd probably be at a completely
different mindset right now.

[Cameron] When I was doing it,
Grad was one of my favourite

times of Full Time.

I loved it.

But then everyone is just stressing

about getting an agent.

Who's picked in what piece,

like, because they do auditions
for separate pieces.

And then if you don't get
picked in that piece,

you're like, "Oh no, I'm not going to
be seen so I won't get an agent."

- You know? Which obviously is a valid…
- Yeah.

- It is true. It is true.
- …concern.

But to be picked up now,

it's such a big message
to everyone to be like,

she's actually the real deal.

She's actually talented.

[light music playing]

After Light The Way,

my bubble was popped,

and I didn't even realize
I was in a bubble.

I think the whole experience was
a bit of a roller-coaster.

I think for everyone.

And, like, how do you feel you went
over the weekend?

Um, I feel like it was a bit of
an eye-opener.

Mm?

I feel like…

I held back a little bit.

Right.

But… you know.

Why is that?

Um… I don't know.

I just get scared.

Yeah.

Because I'd rather not
be seen as bad than…

Like, I think if I'm seen as bad,

I'd rather just, like, blend.

Yeah.

Which is a shame.

Yeah.

- [indistinct chatter]
- [muted dance music playing]

[Arabella] At Light The Way,
I twinged my back,

and after that, I just…

couldn't dance the rest of the convention.

So, I went home,

I iced it and rested,

lay down for three days straight,

got back up, and went
to Full Time on Monday morning.

Life goes on.

I mean, injuries…

Mine, my back isn't an "injury"

where I can just take four weeks off,
and then it goes back to normal.

I have this for the rest of my life.

So, I need to…

figure out how I can adapt

myself

to be able to keep dancing.

[Emily] Hey, Arabella.

Hi, bebe.

[Emily grunts]

Whatcha doing?

[Arabella] I'm doing my academics.

Didn't get done?

I didn't start it.

Oh.

When was it due? When ours is due?

Um, no, the week before yours was due.

I stopped focusing academically

at a very young age

to put more effort into this world

because I knew this is
what I was going to do

from the minute I could
string a sentence together.

So, I don't really have
many other cards to play

except, I can give you a great bevel,

a high kick, and sing a tune.

[Ryan] Yeah, that's right. I feel you.

Ah, sunshine.

[Roland] Man, this salami…

You look so short when you sit.

[Roland] I've got a tiny torso.

[all laugh]

I think that people have been
getting opportunities,

which is always really good for them.

No, I haven't had an offer just yet,

but I would love to hopefully get one

by the end of the year.

[Lucas] Off the back of
the success of Light The Way

and the students' experience with Kaylie,

I thought it would be beneficial
to get her in here

to give the students a bit more
of an in-depth look…

[Kaylie] Come on in.

[Lucas] … at her success, how it happened,

and what it takes to,

to have a career like that.

[indistinct chatter]

In your body language,

there is a way that you, as dancers,

as performers,

still want to stand there

in an audition or in an interview

and be, like, "I'm ready."

"I want to be here."

"I want the job that you're offering."

- What's your name? Erin, right? Erin.
- Yeah.

[Kaylie] How are you finding this year?

Um… different to
what I expected, I would say.

Uh… yeah.

Okay. Yeah, right.

What do you want to do next year?

Um, well, I want to use my dancing
to pursue a career somehow,

whether it goes into business
or performing, yeah.

Goes into business?

Yeah. Well, I want to own a business

or be performing which will
help me create a business

in which I can give back to other people.

Okay.

In any which way?

- Or is it performing first?
- So…

- Perf… so, performing. So…
- Yeah.

… I'm going to use
my performing arts skills

to pursue a career in dance,
and then from there,

I will go on to create a business
or something of some sort.

[Kaylie] Afraid that you can't make
performing into a full career?

- No, I'm not.
- [Kaylie] Okay.

I think I can.

[Kaylie] Great.

That's what I wanted to hear.

That's all I wanted to hear, is that
performing is still the number one.

Yeah. 100 percent.

[Kaylie] Good. What's your name?

[Emily] Emily.

And how's this year been for you so far?

Good. A big push, definitely,
both mentally and physically.

But they've helped me improve a lot.

[Kaylie] Awesome.
What do you want to do next year?

[Emily inhales]

Good question.

Still figuring that out. But…

[Kaylie] Okay.

Definitely something in dance, obviously.

- Just, still figuring it out, yeah.
- [Kaylie] Yeah, okay, cool.

[Kaylie] Yeah, great. Great, awesome.

[Emily] I'd say
I'm definitely hard on myself.

I'm like this kind person

that shows so much love to others,

but then, with myself,

I kind of don't show that love?

And I don't know why, but…

I don't know, I just can't.

And…

Oh, I don't want to get emotional.

I'm trying not to have, like, that… voice.

Give me a second.

[producer] What's making you
feel emotional, Emily?

Um…

Probably just talking about myself.

[soft laugh]

'Cause it's hard

for me to do that

'cause I don't really think
about myself that much,

or, like,

consider my feelings or talk about myself?

So…

I don't know. It's hard.

[pensive piano music playing]

Oh, why am I crying?

[sniffling]

So, when we were, like,
in the line before,

you asked me what I wanted
to do next year?

- Yeah.
- And I said I didn't know.

Yeah.

- I do know.
- Okay.

But the thing is, I don't know
how to start getting there

because I kind of want to
lean towards what you do.

[Kaylie] In that moment when I asked you
what you want to do,

and you couldn't answer me,

but you know what you want to do, right?

Yeah.

Yeah. So there's no buts.

There's no, "I want to do this
but I don't know how."

Yeah.

That shouldn't exist.

It's not, "I want to be a dancer,

but what if I don't make it?

So, I'll say I don't know
what I want to do."

That already is you telling yourself

that you are not going to be a dancer.

That's enough in itself.

You're lying to yourself,

and if you can't tell the truth,

then how can I give you
the career that you want,

or how can the people around you,
how can the Universe,

give you what you want

if you won't say it out loud?

The more that you say it out loud,

the more you will start to believe it.

And then everyone around you
will treat you

- like a professional dancer.
- Yep.

They will treat you,

"Oh, that's what she wants?
Great, good on her."

Nothing else. It's that simple.

Yep. Thank you.

You're welcome.

You're welcome. I don't have to give you
permission to be a dancer.

You're already doing it.

You just have to believe it.

Yeah.

- [Kaylie] All right?
- Thank you.

[Kaylie] You're welcome.

You're welcome.

[Kaylie] Aww. It's okay.

You're welcome.

[all laughing]

[Kaylie] It's okay.

It's okay. Like it's, it's good.

- [Emily] Yeah. Yeah.
- You're already here.

- Right?
- [Emily] Yeah.

You're here. You're doing it.

[Emily] Yeah.

This is a lot for me, you know?

That's why I'm like,

I guess, emotional.

'Cause no one's put so much effort
into speaking about me, you know?

But, yeah.

[exhales]

[sniffling]

[roadway noise]

[Max S] Kaylie said something…

[Conor] I think there was
just a bit of tension.

Well, at first, I thought
there was tension

because she was like, "Hmm."

Like, she didn't really, um, give back.

It was, she more just, like, took it in.

- Yeah.
- Um…

But she was doing what she would do,

- like, in an actual audition.
- But, like.

But like, what I said was, like, honest.

Like, people…

Obviously, you can live off
being a dancer,

but I want to be, like, smack bang rich.

And you can't be smack bang, like,
throwing money in the air

just being pure dancer.

You have to utilise your dancing
to do something else.

Which is what I was saying.
I want to create a business.

Whether it's, I create an agency, or I…

- Yeah.
- …go into the TV industry

and have something to do with that.

I just want to use my dancing
to get me somewhere

rather than just living off gigs
for the rest of my life.

So, I think she took it
in a different way,

as if I wanted to, like,
not do dancing at all.

But it was more,

like, using it as a tool.

[steady beat playing]

[Lucas] Max Ostler,

he's been scouted to

be flown over to compete

in America's Got Talent,

which is huge.

[Max O's mum] Be safe, okay?

[Max O] I will.

You'll be right, mate.

[Max O] Thank you.

Do not take any drinks from anybody.

[Max O] I won't.

Be careful who you befriend.

- Yes.
- Okay?

Uber everything.

Just be careful.

[Max O] Don't cry.

- I'll be fine.
- [exhales] Okay.

Mum's panicking.

[Max O] Yes.

She'll be right, though.

[Max O] Aww.

- You're both panicking.
- [mum laughs]

[airplane engine roaring]

[chill, steady beat playing]

- [suitcase wheels rolling]
- [Max O grunts]

[panting]

[Max O] And I received an email from

one of America's Got Talent's
scouting agents.

I was, like, taken aback.

I was like, "This is some scam,"

and I was very hesitant
to actually open the email.

Like, I'm just some kid
from Penrith in Australia

who loves to dance,

and now I'm, you know, actually,
like, given an opportunity

and a moment to…

you know, make a career

and make a name for myself

in, like, one of the biggest
cities in the world.

Yeah, I'm, I'm definitely
really, really nervous

because, like, you know,

it's, like, the journey didn't begin

when we started training for my trip here,

it began

so many years ago,

like, when I fell in love with dance

and started taking it seriously.

[soft music playing]

I never really fell in love
with anything until dance.

At my high school,
I was in

the performing
arts programme,

I was taking
classes there,

like, all the time.

I had afternoon classes.

I was training every single day.

I can't see myself
anywhere else.

I love it so much.

And my passion
is dance.

And, like, I obviously want
to build a career

and build a life out of dance,

where I eventually tour the world.

So, I have to, by all means possible,

make it work for myself.

I don't think any time in the near future

will I have an opportunity
like this again.

It's really confronting to be met with,

I guess you could say your dream
and the dream opportunity

at such a young age.

Like, 19, and I'm experiencing this now.

It's quite… [clears throat]

It's daunting.

[crowd clapping]

[clapping fades]

[James Arthur:
"Falling Like The Stars" playing]

[crowd cheering]

[Howie] Yeah!

[crowd cheering]

[Simon Cowell] He was like
the Harry Styles of dance.

[song ends]

[crowd cheering]

Max, I don't know a lot about dance,

but you've come halfway around the world

to show us something,

and it was magic.

[cheering]

You're gonna go back home
with your head held high

because you've got four yesses.

Thank you!

Thank you so much.

[Simon Cowell] He was like
the Harry Styles of Dance.

[Michael] It's just gone live that

the judges gave Max a standing ovation
for his performance at the semi-final.

So, now we see if he goes through to the…

Oh my God!

[Michael] He's… yeah, yeah, yeah.

- I just got goosebumps.
- It's exciting, I know.

- With the way you were coming in here…
- I was like, "What? Oh my God!"

[Lucas] Oh, that's so exciting.

[Lily and Arabella] Three, two, one!

[both squealing] Yeah!

[Arabella] I have…

[car beeps, starts]

I… [laughs]

I've lost the card. Ooh.

- Excuse you, Munro.
- How are we going to get out?

Um, we're just going to have to tailgate.

[Lily] Okay, I'm scared, I'm scared.

[Arabella] Lily, just shoosh.

Ready? Just breathe.

Breathe.

Whee.

[both squealing, giggling]

- [Lily] Oh!
- [Arabella] Oh dear.

- [laughing] Stress.
- Oh brother.

Stress in D Major.

- I don't even know if that's D major.
- [Lily laughs]

You know, I believe if you just
say things with confidence,

no one can question it.

[Lily] I feel like… ooh!

[thump]

[both squealing]

[both laughing]

[Lily] Oh my God, you do that every day.

We're just getting ready for, um,

Poppy and I to go to work,

which is at The Soda Factory.

We…

What do, what would you
call ourselves, Poppy?

Like, a go-go girl?

[Poppy] A go-go girl.

We're podium dancers.

Podium dancers.

Big opportunities are rare.

But within the breaks
in the opportunities,

you gotta hustle.

[Samuel] You as a performer, you know,

your hustle is, is how you eat.

It's kind of hectic,

but the rent doesn't pay itself.

Sometimes it can get a little bit… gross.

And sometimes girls are nasty too.

[Arabella] And girls can be really nasty.

What did they say
that one time you were dancing?

They were like, "Imagine being
a dancer for a job. That's like…

You've got no self-respect for yourself."

Not all gigs are created equally.

Um, you know, not all gigs
are gonna be the same.

Not all gigs are going to be, you know,
dancing backup for Rihanna.

[Arabella] I want to leave this country.

[Poppy] Fair enough.

Oh, not, like, leave it,
but, you know, eventually…

[Poppy] Travel.

Yeah.

Experience life beyond
the great Down Under.

[Arabella] How many sets
do we have tonight?

[indistinct chatter]

[Poppy] Six sets?

- [Poppy] Fifteen on, twenty off.
- [girl] Whoa!

Aye-aye.

[Arabella] The long-term dream?

I want to be on every billboard you see.

I want to be on every bus you see.

I want to be on every stage
you've ever heard of.

Some of the gigs once you get
out of Full Time are gonna be…

- Yeah.
- …stuff like this.

- Just for a little bit.
- [Poppy] Exactly.

- [pensive music playing]
- [indistinct chatter]

[dog paws padding]

Hello.

Hello.

Come here.

How are you?

Oh, you weed.

I know you're excited,
but please stop doing this.

Okay, hold on.

I've just performed in front of

probably one of the biggest audiences
I've ever had to perform in front of.

And I made it to the semi-finals.

And I had such a good first round,

like, the judges loved me,

the audience loved me,

my performance went well…

But, unfortunately, with the second round,

I didn't make it through
to the next round.

I still gave the best performance,
like, I possibly could have.

I say this, like,
with my whole heart, really.

And, like, I'm being dead honest.

It was hands down one of
the greatest experiences of my life.

It just felt like I slotted in.

Even if that might not be the case,

it felt like that is where I want to be.

[Lucas] Thank you. Thank you,
thank you, thank you, thank you.

[indistinct student chatter]

Sorry, sorry, sorry. Just, like, here.

Thanks. You guys will both get
a solo in Grad, don't worry.

[both laughing]

[Lucas] Yeah, I guess,
a bit of a checkpoint

midway through your course.

- It's gone quick, right?
- [Tiana] Mm-hmm.

[Lucas] Quicker than you probably
ever imagined that it would go.

Yeah? I think that you will all
underestimate what it feels like

to finish and then to be
put into freefall after this.

I don't know if I have any
specific goals for next term

because I don't really know what to expect

with, like, how it's gonna go

with starting Grad routines and whatnot.

Obviously, my goal is
to get into the good routines

or getting good spots
in the routines and whatnot,

um, but that's anyone's goal, really.

We are about to get
stuck into the thick of Grads.

All courses have showcases.

- Grad days just go like this because…
- Mm-hmm.

- …you're working routines.
- Once you're working towards something…

Yeah.

And then…

it's all over.

And I'm like, "I don't know
what I'm gonna do."

Yep.

I don't want to talk about it.

[Carla] If Tiana doesn't make it,
I don't think she'd be okay.

What do you do when you devote your life
to something from the age of two,

and she's 19, gonna be 20 next year,

18 years of your life
where you've literally

devoted it, dreamed big, had this focus…

Like, you'd be absolutely shattered.

Like, it gi… it brings tears
in my eyes to even think.

What would she do?

I couldn't… I couldn't
answer that question.

Ugh, your dad's told us to clean this so
many times. We should have listened.

It's fine.

[Tiana] Oh, I need to get pants for
the filming with Alex this afternoon.

[Tom] Yeah.

[Tiana] I'm actually excited to do this.

I just feel like we need to, um,

do the lift a few times
before we actually film

because we don't get it every single time.

[exhales]

My hips need to be stretched.

I need to stretch everything.

[Tiana] I've spent
so many years in the studio.

Like, I didn't go to normal school.

It was just, like, studio,
studio, studio, studio.

Now, I'm like, wait,
I missed out on, like,

those key years of, like,

high school, finding out who I was.

[Tom] Your hips.

- I'm jammed.
- What's wrong with your hips?

[Tiana] Just, like…

locked.

[Tiana] I like who I am.

But I just don't know who it is.

I don't know.

- Five, six, up, seven, eight.
- Five, six, seven, eight.

- Then one. Yeah, it's fine.
- Drop.

[Tiana] As a person,
I just want to be happy.

But a lot of that happiness comes
from validation within performing.

So then when I'm not performing,

it's hard to find something
with the same joy.

[soft music playing]

And I'm really happy when I'm with Tom,
which is really, really nice.

He's not like anyone else. He's just… him.

And he's just confident in who he is,

which is just so nice
to be in the presence of.

Yeah. It's really… it's really special.

Yeah.

[Sofia Lafuente: "Hurt You" playing]

- [bone snaps]
- [production crew gasp]

[Tiana groans]

[Alex] Okay, breathe, breathe, breathe.

Do you need ice?

[Tiana] Yep.

[sombre music playing]

[music ends]