All language subtitles for Dance Life (2024) - S1E04 (Can We Skip To The Good Part)

[roadway noise]

[phone ringing]

[Tiana sniffling over phone] Hello.

Oh no.

- [Tiana sobbing]
- Are you okay? What… what…?

Tell me. What happened?

[Tiana sniffling]

Six weeks until I'm out of the boot.

- [Tiana sobbing]
- Oh…

[inhales, exhales]

Big, deep breath. Big, deep breath.

[Tiana sobbing]

I'm sorry.

[Tiana sobbing]

So, six weeks until
you're out of the boot.

Which, that means you're healed.
Do you know what I mean?

Our muscles are a lot stronger
than other people's,

so we might be able to rehab it quicker.

[pensive, sombre music playing]

[Tiana] Normally, at six weeks,
they… [sobs]

People just start walking again.

And, like, maybe you can
stand on one foot.

And I was like,

"Are you serious?"

- [Tiana sobs]
- Okay.

[Tiana] Oops! God.

[groaning] No.

I get it. I know, it's hard.

It's very hard.

[Tiana] I don't want to talk about it.

[sombre, pensive music continues]

Yeah.

[Cassie] All right.

Keep me posted. Bye.

[Tiana] Bye.

[call ends]

[producer] What if it is six weeks?

[short laugh]

That means she's not going
to be able to do Grad.

Okay, let's go.

[door creaks]

[Tiana] Shit.

[silence]

[solitary beat]

[Cassie] Five, six, seven, eight,
and one, and a two,

and three, four,

and a foom, shoom, ta,

tick, tick, ba-da-doom,
and ta, ta, ta, ta.

Head. Big.

Ta. Tap, tap, ba-da head, and boom,

boom, shah, boom, ta, boom.

I'm real, ta, ta, ta, boom, boom.

[indistinct student chatter]

[Lucas] Morning, folks.

[Donna] Good morning.

Marcus, can you spread the word that
the meeting is gonna be in five?

The meeting's in five.

[Donna] Thanks, Marcus.

[tense music playing]

[Lucas] Morning, everyone.
Happy term four.

[class cheering]

[Lucas] I've been working
on the Grad lists,

so the split of, um,
who's in what routine.

I will put up the lists at 12:14.

[indistinct chatter, laughing]

There's only seven weeks
till Grad showcase.

Every year, brilliant dancers fall apart.

Every year.

It's stressful,
and know that I'll be a menace

because I will push you to perform harder
than you have ever performed before.

Grad is it, really.

That's what the whole year is anchored to.

There's gonna be, I reckon,
about 20 numbers within it.

But everyone won't be in everything.

- [Olivia] I want to look at it.
- [Archer] Are we allowed to look?

[Cassie] If a dance is centred around
you being the main character,

obviously, agents' eyes
are gonna go to you.

[indistinct chatter]

Paris'? Oh my God, I'm in Paris'! Yes!

[Cassie] Everyone's going to be
in about six pieces,

hopefully just showcasing them
for what they do best.

[indistinct student chatter]

I can't see anything.

[Erin] Two, three, four, five.

[Erin] I, like, can't see it.

[Archer] I don't like this.

I just want to be in, like, a lot more.

And I'm only in a few routines, so, like…

I'm in 12.

I couldn't even tell you
what all twelve are.

You're literally in the whole Grad.

[Kim] I was really surprised
I was in Mitch's.

And I got Paris', so, like, that's fine.

I'm chill in there.

I love Paris.

Why'd you look at me like that?

Because you're lying to the camera.

That I'm happy that I got Paris?

No, I… I feel like you're saying,
like, you're happy,

but I feel like you're not that happy.

I'm not that happy.

I'm, I'm just fine. I'm just content.

You can be honest, you know.

I'm being honest. Like…

I'm happy with what I've given…

I was, like, I've been put in.

[surf crashing]

[jazz music playing]

[Arabella] Targets. So, "This year…"

- [Conor] Oh, like goals. Goals.
- [Arabella] We're gonna do goals.

Book a job in the first six months
out of full time with my agent

- that I am gonna get.
- Fuck yeah.

[all laughing]

[Arabella] Okay.

- [Conor] Ooh, I'm scared.
- [Arabella] There you go.

Do you want me to go for you?

- [Conor] Yeah. Actually, no.
- [Arabella] Go.

- I need…
- I've heard that you, like, can sweat.

[Connor laughs] Yeah.

I'm thinking about mine.

Embody the goal.

First one, number three,

is to,

for the rest of the year and Grad,

is to perform with my whole body.

I either sometimes perform with my face,
and then perform with…

and then I dance,

but it's not, like, everywhere,

it's like my face is performing
and then my body's doing the stuff.

- Yeah.
- But I want to perform…

- Turn it all on. Turn it all on.
- …with my body.

Bam!

Well done!

[yelps]

[up-tempo music playing]

Let's go. Hustle!

Go!

Let's get Grad fit!

[Lucas] Grad is a beast.

It's probably the biggest show that
some of these kids have ever done.

Let's go! You've got three laps.

[student] What?!

- "What?" Three laps!
- [student] Three?

Three laps straight into abs. Let's go!

Max, those long legs,
you should be outrunning people.

[Emily] Someone's hurt themselves.

[Cassie] Aw.

I was just running, and then it just,
like… it snapped.

- Ankle was gone.
- It just…

- It just… it just noodle-footed.
- [Cassie] Okay.

[Kacey] Oh God.

[Cassie] You ain't getting out of it.

[Lucas] We use the teachers that
they've had throughout the year,

but we also bring in guest choreographers

to bring a bit of a different flavour
to the show.

[Stephen] Said hey, hey, hey.

[all] Hey, hey, hey.

[Stephen] I said: ♪ A ♪♪

♪ A ♪♪

Let's just have a shit-tonne of fun, yeah?

[class] Hey.

Yeah?

- [class] Yah!
- Love.

Stephen Tannos has a very distinct style.

You can tell his choreography a mile away.

It's almost like…

I feel like he plays the body
like an instrument.

Do, sah, and chaga-cha.

Tiggie and a one, two, three.

- It's really hot in here.
- [Stephen] And four and five

and six and seven and eighty and a one,

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

Get ready, Max!

One, two, three, four,

and, whoo, sixy and a seven and a come on!

One, two-y and three and four.

Goes, ah, ah, ah, cha, cha!

Ah, ah!

Five, six, I love you,
I love you, I love you.

- I love you more.
- Give me a hug?

- [class] Aww.
- [Max S laughs]

I don't do hugs.

[Paris] Hold him up.

[Lucas] There is a contemporary

by Paris Cavanagh, who is
a Brent Street alumni, but also,

she's like the queen of
commercial contemporary in Australia.

[Paris] Your goal overall is
to look like a professional.

Breathe. And then hit, boom.

Stage left, stage right…

[Lucas] Matt Jenson is heavily focused

on musical theatre.

This is a number
that I've wanted to create for years.

And a one, two, va-da, vo-doom, a one…

[Lucas] While everyone's there
to see these students,

know that everyone's coming to see

what these choreographers
are gonna put on stage.

[Cassie] It's not just about the routines.

It's also hair and makeup,

lighting,

costumes,

props…

[Cassie] Yes! That was good!

My Grad prep is going well.

Not great yet.

And one, two, and three, point your feet!

I think it's gonna be
the hardest one I've ever done.

This Grad routine

is kind of about

reaching a moment in your life

that you just don't think
you can come back from,

like, that breaking point

that you think you're just gonna give up,

but then breaking down

what got you to where you were
at that point

and then fighting those obstacles off.

[moody song playing]

[Erin] I would have liked to be
in Cassie's routine.

It's got like five of
the strongest dancers we have.

- So, it will be very, very, very good.
- [Kim] They're so good.

[Cassie] Seven, eight, go shoom. Flex it.

Obviously, everyone wanted
to be a part of that,

but what can you do?

I think it will be good either way.

They de… whoever got it,
they deserve it, so.

Big love. [laughs]

[steady electronic beat playing]

So, each person is going to be
placed on the staircase,

and, Max, you are kind of
fighting off each demon.

[Max O] There's this moment

where I walk…

literally, just walk down the stairs

and look into each person's eyes

as I walk down.

But I always find myself,
like, darting around,

like, you're looking everywhere
but in their eyes

'cause it's just more comfortable for me.

I probably wouldn't, you know,

connect on that level with them
on a normal day.

[Cassie] Yeah, can you do it
on the mat, please? Please?

Ready? Go five, six, seven, eight.

Go up, yes?

[all onlookers shriek]

Oh my God, are you okay?

- Yep.
- Oh my God.

Jesus Christ. Are you okay?

Yeah.

[Cassie] Oh my God.

Very shook.

Deep breaths, deep breaths,
deep breaths, deep breaths, deep breaths.

[pensive jazz music playing]

[Tom] Let's see.

[laughing]

Wait, you think that's something?

[class cheering]

[class falling silent]

[class cheering]

Yeah.

What?

[students shriek]

Thirty-three. Eighteen.

[students laugh, whoop]

Okay, cool.

All right, we ready?

[class] Yes.

All right, here we go. Ready?

Five, six, seven, eight.

Boom.

[playing rhythmic beat]

[Stephen] My piece being, like,
the opening of the show,

like, it's pressure.

There's so many, like,
technical elements to it.

There's a drummer.

Whilst he's playing,
he's on, like, a platform

that's being moved around the stage.

So, if that doesn't make it on stage
on time, we're screwed.

All right, stop there. Stop there.

Let's stop there. So,

there's, obviously,
15 million different things

that could go wrong in this routine,

so let's avoid
any of those things happening.

[Stephen] I wanted this piece

to not only just be a showcase of
the people that you'd expect,

but I want it to be a showcase
of the people that have

been most improved through the year.

Um, and someone like that is Emily Smith.

[class cheering]

[bass beat playing]

[Stephen] Let's go!

Hey, hey!

[class cheering]

Hey!

- [music ends]
- Nice.

Love.

[applause]

[Stephen] Guys, black out.

Voom, you wheel this thing off
to that back corner.

[Stephen] Kim is gonna be doing,
like, a little costume reveal.

Keep your head down that whole time.

Yeah.

Yeah? All of this.

You're there.
Chuck it with your head still down.

Foom. Then give it a little beat.

Look up. Little "hey".

I feel like at the beginning of the year,

you would look at her
and have this expectation

that she wasn't quite meeting.

Now, her performance is changing.

Like, I'm seeing it in her face,
she's committing to things.

This is your moment to just look
at the audience and go,

"You're not ready for this shit."

[class laughing]

- [Tiana] We're ready for magic.
- You're not ready.

"Do you think you're ready?"

"You're not ready."

[students squealing, laughing]

All right!

Make me feel something.
Make me feel a part of your world.

Here we go. Let's go!

[up-tempo beat playing]

[students cheering]

[Stephen] Yes!

- Okay!
- [class cheering]

[Stephen] Six, seven, eight.

You gotta think about what you're doing
and what you've opted to do for a living.

You've asked to be
that person to go on stage

and just show off yourself,

and if you're walking
into a classroom like this,

I don't get it, I don't understand.

And I don't have a lot of sympathy for it.

[Erin] But, like, when you come on,
I don't, I'm not…

I'm not really a fan of the…

I do a kiss.

But, like, I feel like
it should be more like,

Jokes, I don't care. That's how…

- Oh, okay.
- Do you know what I mean?

- Like, you would do, like…
- Be like, be like…

[gasps]

- [Erin] Yeah.
- Yeah, okay.

Yeah. Noted.

I need to be able to see your eyes
and I need to kind of…

I need to be with you.

Because trust me.

An audience can look at, like,
impressive choreography

for five or six minutes
if there's no performance quality in it,

they can be impressed by your flips,

but then if they don't feel
anything from you,

they're gonna disengage from it.

A great teacher
can bring stuff out of you,

but you've got to have something there
to begin with.

[moody music playing]

[Paris] Let's go! Focus!

Go! And back!

Ta, ta, ta!

Eyes!

[Paris] In Grad, myself and, like, agents

will be looking
for how they perform on stage.

If they're looking up and out,
if they're raw.

You don't want to see them faking it.

I chose Conor as the lead.

He has, like, this face and this energy

that you just, like, want to watch him.

He's not the most tricky or, like,
technical person,

but I think the role that I wanted
was someone who was

so engaging with their eyes.

I've never really been chosen
for, like, a main part.

But being chosen by her,
I was like, "Oh my God."

'Cause I genuinely didn't think
it was gonna be me.

[Paris] Do you need Brooke out a bit more?

Yep.

Yep, and then ding,

and then ding, tension.

And then ding, we go round.

One, two, three, four.

Whoa.

[Paris] What's happening?

Why was that so slow?

- Was holding him too high up.
- [Paris] Do it again.

The dance is nowhere near
where I want it to be just yet.

There's like little moments where
I'm, like, so excited,

I'm like, "That's gonna be it,"

but then if, like, one person's out,

especially in my kind of choreography,

if one person's out, like,
the whole audience is gonna look

straight to that.

["Escalate" resumes playing]

[Paris] Halt!

Hup! Go, fast, with Conor!

[Erin] Conor, um…

when he first came to Brent Street,

he was a little, like, I don't know,

like, when you, like, let a dog
out of its cage type of vibe.

Like, like a little bit loose.

But, and, like,

he, like, Max was… oh, Jesus,

why is this car up my arse?

Um, Max was, like,

I… like, I would, I'm being, being honest,

Max was a lot better than him at the time
when he came to Brent Street.

But, like, since then to now,

if you look at him now
compared to when he came,

he has improved, like,
so much it's insane.

And a five, six, seven, eight,

and one, two and three.

[students gasping]

[Max S] Ever since I was,
like, eight years old,

like, I've always watched…

I watched Paris, I watched Cassie,

I watched them do their Grads

'cause that's how long I've been here for.

And I've always thought, like,
I've been at Brent Street for so long,

and when it's my turn to be
at the graduation, like,

I'm gonna have some sort of
special part in the show.

And, like, to be honest,
right now, I don't.

[Paris] Max, just come forward a bit more.

Max Ostler, can you see
if you could flip over?

Six, seven, eight.

Oh yeah. You'll get over easy then.

[Max S] I'm not
one of those people who have

one of those featured routines
that's about them,

so I really just want the solo.

I'm trying not to get my hopes up as well

'cause I feel like I can…
sometimes I do that,

I get my hopes up for a special part

or this or that and that,
and it just never goes my way

and it's kind of upsetting after a while,

so I don't really want to get my hopes up

that I have the sol… like, I have a solo.

I just would… just,
I just, like, really want one.

[Paris] And a five, six,
ding, seven, eight.

When they finish Grad,
it's gonna be so scary for them

because they're gonna be thinking,
like, "Am I going to make it?

Or am I gonna have to find
something else to do?"

[Erin] Are you, are you gonna get a job?

Yes, I'm gonna get a job.

I'm, I'm gonna get a job once I sort out
my teaching schedule finalised

so I can see what times I have
to do a normal job.

Day time.

[Max S] I have two ideas.

Like, retail or, like, um…

- Do, try and…
- Well, just so you know,

I would be get… booking the retail job now

'cause I just got my job at Zimmermann…

Cute. Well…

… and that's now for next year.

- I was even thinking, like, a café.
- [Erin] They were gonna do…

[Erin] You're not a café person.

No, but, like, do it in the morning,
have a break in the day,

then teach in the afternoon.

- Or go to class.
- Maybe, like, Subway or something?

Hungry Jack's?

No. Out of my league.

- I mean, not in my league.
- What?

- Not in my league. [laughs]
- You don't have a league.

- No, like…
- You don't…

- Fuckin' the café near my house…
- You've never had a real job.

You've never had
a proper job in your life.

Oh, you're calling dance teaching
not a real job. Thank you.

It's not like I'm sitting on my arse
doing nothing like you.

- You kind of are.
- I'm just, I just could…

[Max S] What?!

[Erin] Look, and you're not really
doing much. You're just saying it.

And you're not doing anything.

Bro. Chill.

[sexy beat playing]

[Cassie] Hup! Yeah! That was good!

- Yep.
- One, two.

- Wait, are we going on three or four?
- Yeah, on three.

Okay. One, two, three.

[Conor] Oh! Oh, shit!

[music fades]

[Lucas] I heard that you'd hurt yourself,

um, and that it was
a minor stress fracture.

They just said it's a fracture.

But with, like,
a bit of tissue damage around,

which is obviously just
because of the fall.

[Lucas] Depending on how you recover,

it doesn't count you out
of things, obviously.

- Like, it might…
- But it changes things.

[Lucas] It might change things.

[Tiana] I feel like positivity is

really important in the healing process

because your body kinda listens to

how you're feeling.

But in saying that,
I feel the need to always, like,

put on a façade that I'm feeling like that

just so then people don't think
I'm, like, gonna disappear.

'Cause I'm not.

But, yeah. It's hard to kind of sustain

if you're not really feeling like that.

Oh my God, I just, I don't like seeing
Tiana Vassallo in a boot.

Do you have a photo of the thing?

Oh my God!

Oh my God!

[gasps] Holy God!

[emotional music playing]

I'm trying to keep my spirits up.

Tom's been really good.

He's been carrying me 'cause I can't walk.

I'm here for her always.

Always gonna be here for her.

Anything she wants, I do.

That's just who I am, and I love her, so.

As long as I can walk,

then I'll be fine.

[Cassie] Eyes. Ta, ta, ta!

Boom!

Ram-da-dum. Ra!

Round. Punch! Ball change!

Hip, hip. Right, left.

And then seven, and it's just tight,

and then give me, crack, crack!

Like, I need that to be five,
six, seven, crack, crack!

Five, six, seven, ha, ha!

Five, six, seven, ha, ha!

That's what I want.

[Tiana] I wasted enough time with my neck.

Yeah, it's definitely part
of being a dancer,

but the biggest part of being a dancer
is not quitting.

Like, two major injuries in two terms.

Many people would be gone.

Dropped out of the course.

Not me.

[Cassie] Mark one, do one. Here we go!

[electronic beat playing]

[sewing machine whirring]

I started dancing when I was four

at, like, a little studio in,
like, the local church

literally up the road from here.

At the start,
I literally just loved to perform.

Once I started being, like, "I want to do
this professionally because I love it,"

I was like,
"Oh, shit though, I'm not good."

So then I was, like, obviously,
I have to go to Full Time.

Like, obviously, that's, like,
the way I'm gonna get better.

[Cassie] Ready? From the chuck on one.

Five.

[Archer] I just graduated
from high school,

which, for any, like,
extremely queer person

is a whole experience,

and you, like, learn to just be very mild…

[Cassie] Tick, tick. Just go, hit, hit.

Keep it just clean and sharp.

Five, six…

Can we try and get what we practiced?

Needs to be…

[Archer] I have always been
just, like, a shy person.

As a child,
as a little kid,

I was, like, apologetic
of the way I looked,

and I didn't have bleach-blond hair.

I was this version of me

but all internally, and I didn't know
how to, like… show it.

[Cassie] All I can see
in your face is "fuck".

[no audible dialog]

So, I thought by changing
the people around me,

it would, like, push me and give me,
like, a good opportunity to, like,

slay. [laughs]

[Cassie] Go! Head!

Ha, ha!

Push up!

Not too much, Marcus!

Ha, ha!

And shake it!

Ha, ha!

Boom!

Much better.

Calm energy with the hat is
gonna be your best friend.

Now, it cannot go backwards for tomorrow.

[pensive music playing]

[pensive music continues playing]

[indistinct chatter]

Do, da, do, da-do, swoosh, boom.

Dum, dum, da-dum, da-dum, dum.
Dum, dum, da-dum. Swoosh.

[Cassie] We do Grad runs

before the showcase actually happens

whether the routine is ready or not.

And they're for the purpose of just seeing
where the show is at.

Sometimes, multiple numbers get cut.

The Lucas Snip, that means you are
snipped out of the routine.

So, like, if you're dragging it down,

basically, if you're just,
like, being shit,

you are out of the routine.

- [Ryan] It's like a…
- [students gasp]

[Ryan] You all right?

I hope it doesn't happen, but then, like,

kind of, I hope it does, 'cause
it's kind of fun. [laughs]

Not fun, but it, like, it, like,
builds a fire inside you,

like, ooh, who's gonna get snipped?

[indistinct chatter]

[Tiana] And then go…

[Lucas] Okay!

Today is very, very important
for us as a team

so we can see where each routine is at.

While I know not everything's completed,

I need you to give this a red-hot go.

Know that this is the time
where, unfortunately,

things will be cut if need be,

and that is for the,
for the betterment of the show.

If things need too much work,
they have to go.

[Ryan] So, we need you guys
to come in, guns a-blazing,

and just give us everything
you got today, yeah?

[Lucas] All right, is everyone ready?

We're professional now.

It's not the start of the year where we're
gonna give you benefit of the doubt.

There's no benefit of the doubt anymore.

There's no,
"Hopefully, they'll pull it out."

It's like, if you don't
pull it out in the room,

we don't believe you're gonna
pull it out on stage,

so you've got to go.

[electronic beat playing]

[Lucas] If you don't know it,
it's your problem,

and know that if I can see that
you don't know it,

I'm just gonna cut you out.

[Paris] No one ever…

[all laughing]

I can see people laughing.
"Ha, ha, it's funny, I don't know it."

It's not funny
when you get cut from the job.

That's what it means to be a dancer.
You lose your job.

I hope this is better than yesterday.

If you do that on the night,
I'll cut your hands off.

Mate. [laughs]

[Lucas] This better be good
or it's getting the chop.

A lot of you are being out-danced.

The only person
that's giving it to me is Brooke.

- That's it. Everybody else… yeah?
- [boy] Great.

I wouldn't cheer for her because
she's gonna take your job, son.

You don't want to be on stage
with everybody looking at one girl.

You're in trouble.

Guys, why are you so slow
at getting the props on?

Wake up!

You better dance your guts out right now.

[Cassie] Careful.

[Cassie] I'm gonna be
in that audience going…

No, yeah.

- Like this.
- I'm a bit scared.

And I'm going to be backstage being
a psychopath dance teacher.

[Cassie] I love that for you.

[music continues]

[squeals]

- What's going on?
- It's gonna be good.

But it's not there yet.

Nowhere close.

[music slowly fades]

[indistinct student chatter]

Oh God. Line up.

Oh God.

There's been a horrific accident

of the fashion…

[Ryan] This is, like, disco spew.

[Lucas] Bless you guys.

[scattered laughter]

[Lucas] This is not your fault.

I just am kind of not sure where to start

with how to bring this all together.

Ryan?

[all laugh]

[Ryan] No. Maybe. Maybe.

Top, yes.

[Lucas] Pants, no.

[Ryan] That top's wrong.

Those pants are cute.

Those pants are a no.

That top is a yes.

This is cute. This…

[Lucas] I just feel like you need,
like, a big, chunky belt.

[Ryan] That top's a bit sixties,
not seventies.

I like this, but I feel like you may need,
like, a glove or something.

Do you know, like,
if you were going to Coachella,

would you wear those pants?

No, I thought it was disco.

It is disco, but…

It's disco-chella.

- [girl] Yeah.
- Yeah.

You can make it a bit more current,

like, a bit more commercial current,

rather than just…

"I've just come out of a time machine."

[steady beat playing]

[Emily] I think everyone's, um, I guess
shocked by how fast time's flown.

Especially me.

We're already up to, like, doing Grad.

[Cassie] Emily, you're going to
use your face today, right?

Six, seven and eight

and one and two, three, four,

hip, hip, hip, up, down, down!

I think at the start of Brent Street,
I was very… shy.

Didn't talk to anyone much.

Kind of stood in the back corner.

But then Cassie has
brought me out of my shell.

- [phone ringing]
- [Emily laughing]

[both] Hey, Cassie.

Guys.

What are you doing?

We're trying on her outfits.

- For her photoshoot.
- Outfits.

We want your opinion.

Look at those legs. Boom.

Keep moving. Keep trying crazy things
even if you can't think of it.

Sometimes, like, you actually go, like,
and get, like, the best shot.

[sing-songs] Exciting stuff.

- Thank you. See ya.
- Bye.

- Bye.
- Bye, Cassie B.

[Emily] And I feel like people
only see Cassie as, you know,

"Ooh, strict," like, very intimidating.

The same with Lucas.

Like, if youse don't know,
he does care so much.

- [Olivia] Yeah.
- About everyone.

He just can't show it

because he's the boss man.

[Olivia] Yeah.

And then kind of just like,
be really, like, "I don't give a shit."

[photographer] Good.

- [camera beeps, clicking]
- Nice, that's it.

This way.

[Emily] Oh.

We could get our prom photo.

- [Lucas] Oh, yeah, we could. Like this?
- [photographer] Do it, do it, do it.

No, you're in front.

- What do you mean?
- I'll hold you.

- What do you mean? What do you mean?
- Face that way.

Oh.

[photographer] And, smile.

[onlookers laughing]

Or school. School is this.

- [Emily] Aw!
- [Lucas] Side-saddle.

Like a lady.

[Arabella] Shit.

[Arabella and Tiana laughing]

[Tiana] Okay, go back.

[Tiana] Do you know how many
of these kids I teach?

I'm supposed to be returning
to dancing in a week.

Yeah, I'm beaming overall.

I didn't quit, didn't give in.

I'm still here.

[distant roadway noise]

[Max S] Jesus Christ.

I feel like the photo's
not doing it justice in some way.

- Like, I feel like…
- [Tiana] No, it was worse.

- [Max S] … it would have been bigger.
- Look at the colour.

- Like, her whole foot is…
- [Max S] No, I can tell how bad it is.

But I can just imagine it that
the photo is taking away

- how swollen it would have actually been.
- Yeah.

That's like not even that bad.

- It was worse.
- Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

It's giving Shrek.

- [Kim] Yeah, you go.
- [Tiana] Okay.

I might take this off the sheet.

[Kim] Whoa!

I'm scared.

- It's not bad.
- [Kim] What if your…

- [Tom] You got a sock underneath.
- Yeah.

[Kim] … foot falls apart?

It won't. It's fine.

- Yay.
- Oh my God.

- It's not even swollen.
- Oh, dude.

- No, look, it's, like normal.
- Look at it.

- It looks so good.
- Oh!

Ready, Max?

That's my pointe.

- [all exclaiming]
- [Max S] Oh, it looks normal.

[Max S] Does that hurt?

Yeah, it hurts there.

- Okay, stop doing it, then.
- Oh, sorry.

Stop doing it. Stop doing it.

Oh, guys, have you seen my eye?

- It's not that bad today.
- Not now.

But it was really bad in the morning.

Ooh, I'm scared.

- [Eva] Should I try it on?
- No, it's fine.

- It's just like a little…
- Yes!

- [Tom] Yeah.
- Yes.

Yeah!

[all clapping]

[Cassie] Back.
One, two, three, four, five…

[Tiana] After having so much time off,

I'm obviously a bit nervous
to get back into it,

but very excited for Cassie's piece.

We're constantly being told, like,

"Perform, perform, perform, perform,"

but, like, it's hard to perform

if you don't relate
to the story-slash-the emotion.

[Cassie] All right, here we go.

[Tiana] It's definitely
a vulnerable place to be

when you are using an experience
or an emotion

that you've been in before

because, like, when you're in that place,

like, no one wants
to go back to that place.

[Cassie] Can you go that way, Max?

So, it's like…

there.

It's really important to be able
to grab that emotion,

grab that experience,

and to be able to express that
through the movement

that we're doing.

[Cassie] Shoom.

This is nice.

But can it be, like, hands, not…

Not monkey grip.

Not monkey grip. We're lovely.

Oh, 'cause you want…

It might have to be monkey grip.

I don't know, I've just started looking,
like, differently at things.

Do you want, like, what…
is this… what am I?

- Love.
- [Max O] Love.

What if I…? Pull in.

Six, seven, eight.

[gasps] Yep.

[laughing]

That. See?

Collaboration. I love it.

Awesome.

[up-tempo, tense beat playing]

[Matt] Hope you feel like
getting thrown in the air today.

Oh, yes, totally.

Five, six, seven, eight.

One, two, three, four.

Four.

[laughs]

[Matt] It is about Arabella.

She's our lead vocalist for this.

That doesn't mean that
you don't get to shine within that.

["Cinema Italiano"]
♪ I love the black and white ♪

♪ I love the play of light ♪

♪ The way Contini puts his image
through a prism ♪

♪ I feel my body chill ♪

♪ Gives me a special thrill ♪

♪ Each time I see that Guido neo-realism ♪

♪ I love the dark handsome guys ♪

♪ With their skinny little ties
dressing mod-looking out of sight ♪

♪ I love to watch them as they cruise ♪

♪ With their pointy leather shoes wearing
shades in the middle of the night ♪

♪ Whatever Guido does, it makes me smile ♪

♪ He is the essence of Italian style ♪

♪ I love the glamorously Latin world
that only Guido can portray ♪♪

[music ends]

[solitary clapping]

[Lucas] Please don't make me walk
like a better model than you.

Like a lady model.

I'm not doing it in front of you.

Please, just do it better.

- [Lucas] Yep? Do it a lot better.
- [Arabella] Yes.

You're gonna be out-danced
by people around you

and nobody's going to watch you.

Yeah? There was a girl my graduation year.

Nobody saw her in any of the Grad,

and then at one point,

all she did was walk from
the back to the front.

Booked an agent.

From a walk.

From a walk! That's it.

He never noticed her dance
throughout the whole show.

She walked from the back
to the front? Agent.

Get and do it again.

["Cinema Italiano" starts again]

[Lucas] Pick it up!

[Lucas] At the moment, it looks…

no good.

You need to come in up here.

This is it. This is the turning point now.

I don't want to see it go back from here.

'Cause otherwise, I'm going
to have a heart attack.

Yeah? I'm not here
to put on a show for you.

You need to come in
and put on a show for us.

Now, sort it out.

- Oof. That was a day.
- [Erin] Thank you.

[steady beat playing]

[Will] So, last little piece
of the worksheet.

Those six boxes are
the pillars of wellbeing.

I want you to have a think about
two or three things that you can do

in each of those
to improve your wellbeing.

I wrote "friends".

[Erin] I'm eating all my lunch
as soon as I get…

I said, "Going out
and seeing friends, and…"

Going out for breakfast.

Mm! Brunch.

Brunch.

[classical music
playing]

[Mel] Maxxie as
a younger dancer

was pretty gifted,
I have to say.

In the later years,

competition
was around,

he had to try,
he had to…

actually do the work.

And I think in the last few years,
he's done that.

But I'm prouder that he's
stepped up to that.

'Cause I actually felt for a long time

that Max wasn't able
to do anything but dance.

Max is not known for his, um,
domestic chores or abilities.

He's not known for his ability to drive.

He's not known for his ability
to really do much.

So, when I'm saying
over the last two years

I've become more proud,

I've become more proud that Max
can safely look after himself.

Because I was really worried
about the safety.

[student] We're taking
his car or Asta's car.

[Max S] No, I don't have a car.

I would not be able to lane change.

I still don't get the road rules, like…

Indicate and use your mirror.

Is there indicators
at the front of the car as well?

- [Tenaya] Yes!
- That's what I learnt yesterday.

[classmates laughing]

Like, people can indicate
from the front light.

[Tenaya] Because people
need to be able to…

[Max S] Yeah, I didn't get that
until yesterday,

and my driving instructor didn't tell me.

[Mel] Within the
dance industry

and the creative
industry,

he's very much accepted,

loved, liked,

understood.

Outside of that,
and it's only just outside of that,

they're not accepting at all.

[Mel] Everyone spends their entire life

trying to find out who they are.

You came out and you knew who you were,

who you were meant to be,

and you didn't apologise for it,

and you didn't pretend
to be something else.

- Your favourite child.
- You inspire me even though you annoy me.

- [Max S] Yes.
- That's it.

[tender music playing]

When's Grad?

[Max S] November 24th.

And then you're no longer
at Brent Street ever.

- Nah.
- That's it.

Oh, that scares me.

[Max S] I know, it scares me too.

- [Mel] No, that's very scary.
- [Craig] Wow.

[Mel] You've been going
to Brent Street for, like,

your entire life.

[pensive music playing]

[Cassie] One, two, three and four

and five, six, go seven, eight,

one and two and three, four.

- [Max O] Ooh.
- [Cassie laughs]

Two and a three

and a four and a five

and a six and a seven

and a eight, one and a two,

three, four, five and a six,

seven, and eight and

one and a two, three

and four, go, ta-ta-ta-ta,

and uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-up.

Have we practiced this?

[Conor] Like, a little bit of it, but…

Guys, it's never gonna happen
unless you do it every day.

- Like, I'm completely serious.
- Yep.

[Cassie] Like, I'm stressed about it.

Yeah?

It's just annoying when you all say you're
gonna practise and you don't practise.

Don't lie to me. Yes?

Actually practice, please.

Yes?

Um, because it could be
very, very, very good.

Yup.

Yeah? And they'll cut it if it's not.

[steady, sombre beat playing]

[indistinct chatter]

[Archer] Did I look really sad
when you came up to me before?

Yes, and, like, was,
is there actually something…?

No, I'm just…

Is there, like, something that happened?

[Archer] I think it's just exhaustion.

And then, on the train, there were
just some, like, eshays

being… mean.

Just someone said "faggot".

Which usually I'm, like…

[Arabella] That's…

True.

[snorts, laughing]

Like, "Okay, girlie."

'Cause I did look like one. I was serving.

Well, that's a "they" problem,

- not a "them".
- Yeah.

- Period.
- Yeah. Did you see what I did there?

- I do.
- Bam.

- That was really clever.
- Thank you.

- But it was just that.
- Like…

Um, but because I was, like, tired,

and, like, afraid,

I was, like, bawling, yeah.

But just channel all of that right now.

You've got to use it in your power.

And, like, there's…

you can either use what you've got

to dig yourself a deep hole
and jump in it,

- or you can…
- Just, like, yeah.

Or you can, like…

put some dirt in the hole
and just use it to climb out.

'Cause, like, those are the only two
options, and what am I going to do?

Just be, like, miserable?

- Yeah.
- That's a bit…

Like, I can be miserable and still slay.

Yeah.

I mean, we've been doing it for…

- We've been doing it for a while.
- How old are we?

You know how to romanticise any moment.

Yeah, I really do.

See? Romanticise your…

- It gets you through everything.
- Yes!

[upbeat music playing]

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

and one, two, three, uh, bah, bah, boo!

Ba-da-da da, da!

Ha, ha! Oh, oh, hiss!

Doom, doom, ah!

Doom, doom, cha!

And a goom, goom, bah!

Da, da, da, da, da, da! Ah!

And that should feel like I've gotten
a can of coke on a hot summer day

and gone shhhh.

And you just feel that
effervescence and… [hisses]

It's nice. Yeah?

I want us all to feel like
Archer in heels.

I want you to dance as tall as that.

Yes?

[no audible dialog]

[Amelia] Which one are you on?

[Archer] Back there. With the girls.

[Amelia] The girls.

I don't know what makeup to do.

- I want to, like, go full, like, slay.
- [Amelia] Yeah. Do it. Do it.

Um, I'm gonna go full woman for sure,
and a lot of blush.

I have to buy chorus heels.

[Erin] Oh, he's right there.

Yeah.

Um, yeah, the full costume.

Wait, what's this for?

This. I'm wearing the same
costume as you guys.

- Slay.
- Yeah.

- I'm just a bit worried about the…
- What?

… modesty issue, but we'll see.

[Conor] And you probably feel
more comfortable doing this.

Exactly.

[Conor] It's good though.

- Yeah, I'm excited.
- [Tiana] It's so exciting.

Yeah.

Slay Brent Street. Progressive.

[Cassie shrieks]

Ready?

[Lily] I'll get it.

In you go. [laughs]

[Max S] Oh, this is scary.

[Lily] I think we might need
some height there.

Go, Max! Go, Max, Go, Max! Hey!

[Max S] Oh my God.

[Max O] At the beginning of the year,

I didn't really fit in
or click with everyone.

[indistinct chatter]

[Conor] Ooh, mate.

[Cassie laughing] See? He's fine.

[Max O] So, like,

as we approach the end of the year,

I think it makes me feel really happy

that, like, I've gotten close
with a bunch of people

that I didn't necessarily see myself
getting close with.

Everyone works their arses off,

and, like,

it's so inspiring to be surrounded
by those people.

[pensive music playing]

[inhales]

[producer] What's up?

[producer] Can you talk to us a little bit
about what's making you feel emotional?

I'm not emotional.

Um…

Nah, I don't know. I'm just, like…

I don't know, I feel like
it's not really, like, sad emotions,

it's just joy emotions.

'Cause, like,
I feel like I feel really happy,

and just really grateful

that, like,

I've developed connections
with these people

and that, I don't know,

I just feel…

start to feel more accepted,

which makes me happy.

Or we could Ratatouille,
a little rat and a machine.

[indistinct chatter]

[pensive music playing]

[Max O] There's a whole lot more
that goes into this Full Time year

than just the dancing and the training.

It's the way that you interact
with your teachers,

the way you interact with your peers,

and… I'm very grateful for the year,

and I'm glad that it's happened

because it's one of
the best years of my life.

Even with all the highs and lows.

[pensive music continues]

[music fades]

[birds twittering]

[Arabella] Have you guys
heard about solos yet?

[Conor] Yes.

[Arabella] How did you go?
Did you get one?

- Ah, I have one.
- [Conor] No, he did.

[Arabella] Wait. [laughs]

Are you being sarcastic?

No.

- [Arabella] Wait, so you do have one?
- No, I have one.

- [Arabella] You actually got one?
- No, yeah, I do.

[laughing]

[cheering]

- Well done, Max.
- Thanks.

I just had, like, a big sigh of relief.
I was like…

[inhales, exhales]

I swear, I blinked

- and a little tear came out.
- [Conor] No, literally.

- [Arabella] A little tear? Max.
- [Conor] They had…

'Cause I was, like, so happy, but, like,
I didn't show it, I was just like…

[Conor] No, they had a meeting,
and I was sitting on the hill,

and he comes running out
and he's like, "I got a solo, Conor!"

And he screamed it out
in front of everyone.

- And it was actually cute.
- Oh, yeah, I did.

I think that was the first time I…

[Conor] Yeah, you're like,
"I got a solo, Conor."

[Arabella] Oh, God bless you.

- This is a good way to end this.
- People give you praise.

- This is a good way to end it, Maxxie.
- You know, I get…

- Yeah, it is.
- Bang with a solo.

You've worked hard for it.

I mean, lowkey, we all knew
you were gonna get one.

[pensive music playing]

On the surface, I'm so excited
to get the heck out of here,

and just like, "Whoo-hoo!"

Independence and, like, I'm done.

But, like, this place is like home.

It's where we've all grown up.

It's the last week of Full Time.

Emotions I'm feeling

is probably, like,
the biggest one I would feel

is sad.

Because although…
I don't know why you're laughing at me

because I'm being vulnerable.

[laughing] Give me a minute.

[peaceful music playing]

[Erin, Kim, other students
squealing, laughing]

[Erin] I feel like
the saddest thing for me also

is, like, we're not gonna be seeing
each other every single day

and getting on with our lives and, like…

Our phone calls will go from
an hour to four. [laughs]

Like, it's just going to be so different.
I don't know.

And, like, I don't know.
I just love it here.

Even though I hate it here,

like, right now because of Grad,

I love it here,
and it's going to be really sad.

[muted happy screaming]

Like, our worlds are just this,

so I think it might be a bit of a shock

saying goodbye.

Even though we're like, we…
we, like, we dread coming in,

like, "ugh", like, "class", like,

whenever there was, like,
an issue going on outside of…

in my normal life,

I'd always go into Brent Street
and, like, I'd forget it,

and I would just dance.

It's been a pretty good year.

- It's been a pretty lucky year.
- It has.

- It's been a pretty…
- Yeah.

- It has been a pretty good year.
- … amazing year.

And, like, the things are, like, bad,

like, don't compare to anything,
like, I've experienced in my life

'cause it's been so minimally bad

- that this year has been so good…
- Yeah.

- … and rewarding and just amazing…
- True.

… and full of friendships
and love and fun.

- Like, it's been hard.
- Well…

Like, don't get me wrong,
Full Time is so fucking hard,

and, like, you literally just never
feel like coming in some days

and you just want to, like, fuckin'…

- Oh God.
- Us today.

Literally the last two classes, like,
I'm literally gonna run out.

- Just like, it's like…
- I'm gonna run away.

Like, that's hard, but, like,
it's still, like, it doesn't…

Like, the rewards are better.

- Yeah.
- That's what I mean.

I was gonna say, probably, like,
the hardest thing this year

was probably…

coming out to, like, my family.

- [Kim] Yeah.
- [Conor] And my parents kind of like

were in Port Macquarie,

and I was just here in Sydney, like,
fucking becoming a new person.

And they, yeah.

[Conor] And then every time I saw them,
like, it almost was hard to talk to them

because I was like

so different and, like, it was hard
for me to show the new me…

- Yeah. And you were like…
- [Conor] … in a way.

All their memory of you is someone
that they don't really know anymore.

[Conor] Yeah.

Yeah.

'Cause I know if I didn't have you,
like, or a boyfriend,

- I wouldn't have told them for, like…
- [Kim] Yeah.

- I don't know how long. It was like…
- [Kim] However long it would have taken.

That's why, like,
I'm so glad we're together

because it, like, made me, like, finally
be able to be open with my family

and, like,

you know, like, them to, like, really
know who I am and stuff like that.

[indistinct chatter]

[Stephen] All right. Everyone,
sit down for a second.

Tiana? Tiana.

Can you just do that last bit for me?

Let's go, T! Give it up for T, guys!

[students clapping, cheering]

Sell it. Come on, sell it to me.

- Okay.
- Five, six, seven and eight

and one, two, sting, sting,

squeeze, six,

seven, eight, go one,

two, three, four, and five.

See you later.

- Boom.
- [students squealing, cheering]

[indistinct student chatter]

[Stephen]
That hurt your feelings, didn't it?

- Yeah.
- [Stephen laughing]

The fact that
I'm even in the Grad right now

is kind of big for me.

I didn't really think I was…

Like, I always knew I was gonna dance,

but, of course, there was
a bit of doubt on the way.

We have to celebrate what we've done.

Like, we've been here the whole year
training, heads down,

like, like, this is the end.

[Archer] I am nervous. I'm always nervous.

I just have to not let it…

affect my performance

like it has been.

Because we're going into Grad, you know,
and I can't afford to be off my game.

I need to be stronger than I have been.

Yeah.

[Max O] My hopes for Grad

is just to give
the best performance I can.

No. I actually take that back.

I think my hopes for Grad:

really and truly,

I want to be perceived as an adult.

[AJR: "The Good Part" playing]

[no audible dialog]

[laughing]

[chanting] Clap, clap, clap, clap!

So, I want to see performance, I want
to see you having a good time, yeah?

Any big dramas, don't worry.

I don't want you to give up.

[AJR: "The Good Part" continues playing]

We'll even have fun backstage.

Yeah, we will.

[Cassie] It looked so much
better today. Yeah?

Honestly.

It just needs to keep stepping up
every single time you do it now.

But, like, compared to yesterday,
totally different show.

Here we go, guys! You ready?
Last… this is the last one.

[students cheering]

[Stephen] Five, six, seven and eight, go!

One-y and a two-y
and a three-y and a four-y

and a five, a six-y and a seven, a eight-y

and a one, two-y and three
and a four-y and a voom,

brrrr-da, sha-doom,
siggie, siggie, ee, ee, ee!

Thanks for coming!
See you later. Get out of my face.

[students cheering]

[Stephen] Love you guys.

Amazing.

Let's put on a show, guys. Let's do it.

[cheering, indistinct student chatter]

[electronic music playing]

[music ends]