All language subtitles for I.Dream.of.Dance.2017

[SERENE MUSIC PLAYING]

DENISE WALL: Okay, this is it.

This is what
we've been working for.

Some of you've been working
for this day for years.

Some of you,
this might be your first year.
It doesn't matter.

Are you all excited
over there, you little ones?

-ALL: Yes!
-DENISE: Say yeah!

ALL: Yeah!

Parents, thank you
for getting your kids here

for extra rehearsals,

so that we can have a show
and not a recital.

I think we're gonna
blow the roof off.
What do you think?

-Yeah?
-ALL: Yeah!

Go on. That's it!
I feel it coming!

[ALL CHEERING]

[ALL EXCLAIMING]

DENISE: Lights and music, go.

[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

I live to dance.

I breathe dance. I eat dance.

Yeah. I fell in love
with teaching right away.

Just, uh, changing kids' lives
and helping them, you know.

'Cause a lot of times,
that's all these kids have.

My mom is crazy. [CHUCKLES]

My mom is obsessive
and she is passionate.

And it's all for the education
of somebody else.

It's all for giving
somebody the gift

that she was meant to give.

Denise Wall, who is,
in my eyes, a dance legend.

Being with Denise
as a teacher and a mentor

has really just
changed my life,

because I feel like
I'm at my best

because she allows me to,

because she believes enough
inside of me to be my best.

She's one of the best
dance teachers in the world.

We beat it, I beat it.

We'll start asking her questions
about, like, the body.
Like, da-da-da.

DENISE: No, he has
actually got a foot.

He's got an arch.
Look at this.

Look at that.

Like a living,
breathing encyclopedia.

My confidence really built up
because of Denise.

And so when I saw
Travis audition for
So You Think You Can Dance,

and we were
really, really close,

it inspired me
to audition for the show.

It was all the things
that Denise taught me

about respect,

how to present myself,

and how to kind of
stay grounded
in those situations

that made me
more successful
on the show.

TRAVIS WALL:
It's incredible
what she's done.

It's incredible, the reputation

that she's built for herself.
in the dance floor.

I mean, everyone knows her
for the training

and what she's done with kids.

And, you know,
people move here
from across the country

to come train with her.

It wasn't like this growing up.

Because I always said,
"Oh, I never wanna own
my own studio.

"It's too much work, you know.

"Everybody else gets paid,
you don't get paid."

So I'm always worried
about that

because, you know,
at a certain point I did
become a single mom.

At the point that
I opened up my studio,

I had three kids at this point.

Yeah, we didn't have
a lot of money, you know.

Um, I worked all the time.

I made sure my kids ate.

Sometimes I didn't, you know.

But that's what you do.
You do whatever you do
for your kids.

TRAVIS:
Nothing was ever given to her.

Whatever taught her
these things,

she literally had to go
and find them
and put them all together

into this huge beautiful pot,

and mix it up
and serve it to everybody.

There's so many people
that look at me, and they go,

"You're just like your mother."
I'm like, "Stop it." [CHUCKLES]

Mom, I love you so much.
Everything is always for you.

I'm like, "I tried to sleep."

They're like,
"Yeah, you're not sleeping.
You're just like your mother."

"You're not eating.
You're just like your mother."

"You're putting
everybody else first."

"You're working so hard.
You're just like your mother."

I'm like, "Shut up!"

She taught me
how to work hard.

What's really important about,
um, you know,
the importance about life.

She was a mommy and a daddy.

You know, we would move
from this house to this house,

and, you know, she would go
from this marriage
to this marriage,

and I would go
from this job to this...

I mean, we were just kind of...

Everything was always
a complete, utter chaos.

And the only thing
that was always the same
was this studio.

Well, she's...
You know her.

She's working like...
She doesn't sleep
for the studio.

She... she... It's like one
or two hours of sleep, so...

DENISE:
If I didn't teach dance,

my kids wouldn't
be able to dance.

I think that's why
God gave me the gift.

I think, you know,
he knows what
our journey's supposed to be.

[BALLET MUSIC PLAYING]

The company that I have now,
I can call today
and for a while.

And they're one
of my favorites.

I have more kids that really
want to do this for a living.

If I say,"Jump to the roof,"
they're gonna do it.

They'll do whatever I say.

Because they know I love them,

I love them not only
as their dance teacher

but, I mean, I truly love them.

They're in my soul.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

They work...
They work hard.
They work hard.

When I come up with new things, they'll try it.

It's first step
to the Dance Awards!

[CHEERING AND CLAPPING]

All right. What'd I tell y'all
last year when you got home
from Nationals?

When do you start
working on Nationals?

STUDENTS: Now.

No.

DENISE: The day
you get home from Nationals
from the year before.

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

Here at the Dance Awards,
this is the combination
of a year's worth of work.

JAIMIE GOODWIN: The kids go
to Nationals having put
all this hard work into it.

Knowing that they could really
take away with them a career.

RAY LEEPER: We tend to attract
some of the best talents
in the country

because of the faculty
we offer.

for instance, someone
like Travis Wall,
who is an Emmy winner.

And we have certain
other faculty members
who've also won Emmys

and are doing
really great things
in the industry

and really moving
dance forward.

JAIMIE:
Every moment that you're
in front of these people,

putting your name
and your face out there,

really showing
that you want this.

Because there's thousands
and thousands of kids

at the Nationals
where they're going to.

And it's the biggest event
of the summer.

RAY: Any studios
who have qualified
throughout the season,

they have the chance to compete
against all the other dancers

who attended
from around the country
or around North America,

and it's some of the best
competition

you'll ever see anywhere ever.

DENISE: Every ballet class, every ballet class, and every ballet class again.

Every contemporary class,
every jazz class,
every hip-hop class,

every class you walk into

it's your goal
to get to Nationals.

DENISE: Okay.

Pull back your hair
a little bit.

You look a little wretched!

[LAUGHS]

Did you work hard today?

DENISE: That kid, you know,
she does it every class,

she's given 200 percent,
every class.

I don't care
if she's feeling sick,

you know, it maybe
her body won't push it,

but her passion to get it done
is still 200 percent.

Just don't let
the drummin' hit you.

-Okay, alrighty. Thank you.
-Thank yo, Denise.

DENISE:
Just keep on going through
those corrections.

I live in Texas, which is...

It takes 23 hours
to drive here,

which is crazy.

My dad, he works
for Homeland Security.

So he lives in Houston
with my sister and my grandma
and my great grandma.

And, uh...

He does a lot
for me and my mom.

He pays all the bills,
obviously.

And, um, he's our rock.

He loves me and my mom dearly.

I mean, I think she's so brave.

I don't know that at 12,

I would have been willing

to move across the country
from my family.

This is a very
emotional situation
with her living here

and us there

because we have
an older daughter, Hannah,

and that has been
our anchor there

with all of her activities
in school.

I can't leave her,
so we've had to split.

We call ourselves
a bi-coastal family.

So it's a struggle
on our marriage

and it's a struggle
with our kids
and the relationships.

But, um, through it all
we've continued
to push forward in it.

Here's the deal.

I'm not gonna be
at Hallie's house
for Thanksgiving

when she's 40 years old.

And we're not gonna talk
about what might
have happened.

If we had made that sacrifice
and I had gone there,
would something have happened?

We're not gonna do that.

I'm enrolled in K12.
It's a public school in Texas.

So everything's online.

I associate with kids
and teachers.

It's just like a normal life,
but except it's online.

I miss school in Texas, but...

it's like, sometimes
I just think about, like,

like, why, like, be like
a normal kid, you know.

I have this great life
right now, so...

I train probably
36 hours a week.

Seven days a week.

Monday through Sunday.
[CHUCKLES]

And then start
all over again.
[CHUCKLES]

DJ: I call her
in her sophomore year
at Denise Wall University.

You can mention her name
and everyone knows
who Denise Wall is.

Yeah. Engage it. Spread that.

Like, engage that, okay?

You have to think
that's your face right now.

Dance means absolutely
the world to me.

I mean,
that's all I do every day.

That's all I think about.

-Oh, no.
-[CHUCKLES]

TRINITY: I wouldn't say
it's second nature.

It's like first nature.
It's like breathing.

Denise is my second mom.

I mean, she's... she's there
when you need her.

And even when you
don't need her, she's there.

If something's not working,
she'll make it happen.

God-like, I would say.

ERICA: We're gonna
call it a dream,
but this is a job.

[LAUGHS]

This is what she,
you know, does.

Really, I don't see her.

She's home
for an hour each day.

I mean, sometimes
I have to remind her
that she is 15.

Hey, do some kid's stuff,
like, go to the movies,

maybe your homecoming.

Um, normal children do this.

ERICA: Mom, don't you remember
when I went to prom?

Barely. That's been years ago.

[ALL LAUGHING]

-Really?
-Yes.

[LAUGHING]

ERICA: I'm done for that now.

-Gotta go. [CHUCKLES]
-TRINITY: So weird.

The worse part
about doing a great number
for your mom is...

"Okay. Well, then,
what are you doing this year?"

[CHUCKLES]

It's been like that
since I was 16.

And, you know,
now that we have
a good group again,

like, there were times
when I was like,

"Good. Now we went Nationals,
we went Nationals."

And she's like, "All right, what you're doing?"

I'm like, "Well, your group
isn't as good as it was
two years ago.

"It's not on my shoulders
to hit Nationals."

But she always just
wants that piece.

All right.
We're gonna try to run this
all the way through once.

I'll sit on my hands
and not cut the music off.

But I wanna see where we're at,

and then I'll know
which section to go to.

-Yes?
-STUDENTS: Yes.

All right, let's go. Full up.
All right, let's go.

I kinda wanted to move
into a little bit more of like
a twisted musical feeder.

I just wanted it to be
so different than, like,
the beautiful contemporary

and then really artistic
thought out, um...

typography that was
in the last piece.

The piece is called... It's a version of Bob Fosse's
Bye Bye Life,

and again put in a different
perspective ofBye Bye Life,

saying, "Hello Loneliness"

It's saying that,
she's saying, "Bye-bye life,"

but he's saying,
"Hello to the rest
of my life alone,"

and whatever this piece is
that we're going through
afterwards, so...

-STUDENTS: Give it to me!
-DENISE: Oh.

[LAUGHING]

All right.

[LAUGHING]

All right. Stop, stop, stop.

You know,
it's a lot of emotion.

It's like,
"Oh, you're sad, he dies.

"The angels come,
you can tell they come."

And then,
Who is he? Who are you?

FEMALE STUDENT:
He's the gatekeeper.

-You are the gatekeeper.
-Yeah, that's me.

DENISE: Anthony,
the gatekeeper.

No, I mean, you're funny.

Yeah.

ANTHONY:
My family is really
involved in dance.

My aunt was actually
a professional ballet dancer
for Atlanta Ballet.

When I was about six,

my grandmother,
after school one day was like,
"We're going on a trip.

And we ended up here.
I wasn't too happy about it
on the way,

because sports
is what I wanted to do.

And I came in, and I had
a little interview class.

I was six.

And it went pretty well.
I was really excited.

I saw a bunch
of pretty little girls.

And I immediately
fell in love with it.

Yeah, that's...
I want you to really work...

When you work on that...
When you work on that...

Yeah, make sure that resistance
in the back stays engaged.

Anthony's been in Montessori
since he was born

because we kept him
in the office
when he was an infant.

Montessori has,
what I said before

that I think Denise
and the studio have,

the ability to inspire,
and the children there.

As long as you inspire them
to do something they love,

they're going to be successful,
and that's been his experience.

My favorite thing
about Miss Denise
is how personable she is.

Because a lot
of other studios
that I talk to,

people that I meet,

they aren't personable
with their teachers all.

Their relationships are so distant from each other,

and I find that so weird,

because at our studio,
we're so, like, connected

in a way that we're not aware
that we're so connected,

to the point that
we're all family.

She has the ability
to see every kid

and believe in each child

for what they have
and what's inside them.

And especially
this group right now,

because they've been dancing
together so long,

there's this interconnectedness that's really powerful.

ERICA: All these
are usually nerve-racking.

Like, she said, they're...

it's their first time
putting on

pretty much the majority
of their pieces
that they're gonna do

for the remaining part
of the year.

And so parents get stressed
because there's costumes,

and we're gonna make sure,
you know, make sure
they're right.

It's two.

-That we could cut.
-That we could cut up, yeah.

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

DENISE: Yeah.
But they think
there's something else too.

So they haven't pin that...
point that down yet.

Or maybe not.

But, um... But I think
it's because he's lost
so much weight.

I bought him, oh, my God,
at Doumar's, barbecue,

and he ate
almost all of that.

But he didn't eat
any of his breakfast,
he didn't eat any of his lunch.

But that's why
I bought him the Doumar.

So I'm hoping
he ate this at dinner.

Anyway, but I'm struggling
with this because...

-Oh.
-You know, it's like
i'm a bad mom.

No, you're not.

DENISE: I've done this before.
It's like, it's a no-brainer.

Like, I'm trying to do both.

I know, you're trying to be
a mommy to both.

Cami and Aimee
are leaving tonight.

I will not be in their van.

Um...

So I bought a flight
to leave tomorrow.

I have to meet, uh,
with Shannon's doctors
in the morning, okay?

So, um...

Hopefully I'm gonna make it
there by Teen Solos.

Um, I got permission that
if I do get on that flight,

that I can move them back
just so you know this, okay?

If not, then I'm not gonna
make it for solos.

And I'm sorry
to disappoint you,

and I've been toying
with this all day,

and I cried a bunch of times,

but I gotta be a mom.

I'm always your mom,
but I gotta be a mom
to Shannon first, okay?

So hopefully, though,

I'll arrive
tomorrow night, okay?

-Yes?
-STUDENTS: Yes.

-Yes?
-STUDENTS: Yes!

DENISE: All right.
We got this!

TRINITY: We didn't want
Denise to know

that we're really scared
for her not coming,

and scared for Shannon
being sick.

So we kinda like
kept it to ourselves,
but we prayed a lot.

Just for Shannon to get better

and for her to be able
to make it.

Oh, we're going!

[ALL CHEERING]

DENISE:
What time is it now?
It's 11:30 at night.

So they have to leave.

Some of them are leaving,

I guess at 4:00
in the morning,

5:00 in the morning,
6:00 in the morning,

to get up to DC area.

RAY: So the dancers arrive.

Um, the very first thing
they do is have an audition.

This is gonna be count two.

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

RAY: The very first thing
within that audition
is the ballet.

So they are scored
on ballet technique.

They're taught
a very short ballet combination

by one of our instructors.

They're adjudicated and scored.

And then after
the ballet is finished,
we're going to jazz.

INSTRUCTOR: One, two, three,
and four, plus five, plus six,
and a seven. Release. Good.

RAY: And we do a very, very classic jazz style

to be able to see
the dancer's techniques.

TRINITY: The more
you get noticed in Regionals,

I feel like the more
they'll remember you
at Nationals.

HALLIE:
To qualify for Nationals,

I have to get a Runner-up
or a Winner scholarship

to compete at Nationals.

ANESSA: Of course,
I push myself for it,

like, personal goals
and reasons,

but also my parents,
they sacrificed a lot for me.

And since my brother
lives in Florida, too,

um, just money...

EDWARD: We don't go
on family vacations.

We... Our vacations
are the dance

the company conventions.

Weekends?
There's no weekends.
It's all dance.

ANESSA: Dance means
so much to me.

I've loved it since
I was a little girl.

I've always loved performing.

I have a hard time

putting into words what I feel
or what I have to say.

So dance is just a great way
to express

how I feel through movement.

It's just something
I need in my life,

and if I didn't have it,
I don't know what I would do,

because it's what I'm best at.

RAY: The all-age divisions
do their auditions.

They're adjudicated by a panel.

And then
there's a percentage of it

that's added
to the next thing they do,

which is their
solo performance.

ANESSA: I always get nervous before I go on stage, I don't know why.

ANNOUNCER:
Up next number is 166,

with the Teen
Contemporary Solo,

this is Anessa
with Infiltrate.

[AUDIENCE CHEERING]

I gotta go. I gotta go.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

ANESSA: On stage, when I start
my beginning pose, I'm like,

"Oh, gosh, here we go."

And then during,
it kinda just, like,
fades away,

and I try not to think
about anything.

I just try to live
my moment on stage.

[SLOW MUSIC PLAYING]

So I've always
been competitive,

since I did cheer
in gymnastics,

and danced
my whole life, just...

And my parents
are competitive too.

It's just something
that's always in me.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

ANNOUNCER:
And that was
number 166, Infiltrate.

ANESSA: Thank you.

[DENISE LAUGHING]

DENISE: I thought
you looked more matured.

[CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]

-You felt good?
-Yeah.

How do you feel?

Um, Shannon is...
They let him
out of the hospital.

-Amazing.
-Like a miracle happened.

I told you.
Because I wasn't coming.

And when I walked in
on Friday morning,

-from Thursday night,
Friday morning,
-Yeah.

it's like, "Wait a minute,
you have come?"

Your face was, like,
"What's going on?"

Amazing.

DENISE: Phew. Better.

And also, what are you looking?
You're looking at your hand?

My name is Jordan,
and I'm a senior
at Westside High School.

Dance and music
are freedom of expression

and just an escape into, like, an alternate world.

And I just...
every time I go to that place,

it's just really
calm and serene,

and that's where
I love to be.

ANNOUNCER:
Our next contestant, 256,
with a Senior Contemporary Solo,

this is Jordan with Escape.

[SLOW MUSIC PLAYING]

JORDAN: Miss Cami
choreographed my solo
which is calledEscape,

and it was originally
for college.

At that time,
I was really overwhelmed

by college stuff,
auditions,
getting my resumes,

and I told her I don't know
what to do with myself.

So she told me
we're just gonna create
movement off of two sentences.

The first sentence is,
"I feel overwhelmed."

And the second sentence
is, "I create stillness."

There's no outside stress,
there's no dance stress.

There's just calm.

At the end of the solo,
when I throw my hand out,

the stress around me,

I put it down and finally
just walk away from it,

and it's just me
and the stillness.

ANNOUNCER:
That was number 256, Escape.

Your leg got up so high.

DENISE: And pause.

And pause.

DENISE: Loved it.
It's okay. Hey.

Say you didn't know it.

Ah!

Hey. No.

That's when you're an artist.

Yeah. I'm like, "Wait a minute.
What is she doing? What?"

-The stage is so slippery.
-No. But that's what you do.

You don't let is affect you.

I know. I'm like two turns
and was suspended,
and I was like...

-She felt slippery,
and so she just...
-Never, never knew.

No, she just went in,
and that's what you do, though.

-You let it go,
and you let it go.
-Yeah.

Beautiful.

Yeah, that was so good.

Oh!

MAN: What's wrong?

The lights aren't working.

Which one is it?

I don't know.

-Are they...
-All of these are working.

What about...
What's happening up here?

Huh?

MAN: I don't know
which set it is.

DENISE: Unplug real quick.

Because...

What am I gonna do?

Like, take two minutes
and try to figure it out.

MAN: That's what
I've been doing, Denise.

DENISE:
Did he check this one too?

[CHUCKLES]

All right, so we just gotta
do them without.

All right. God, come on, man.

Come on, God.

WOMAN: Nothing's working.
They're not responding at all.

Try it one more time,
and then I'll just tell them
to gather.

WOMAN: Is it...
All of them are off?

DENISE: Are they all off?

All off.

DENISE: That came on.

Oh, my God.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

[SLOW MUSIC PLAYING]

[HEART THUMPING]

[BEEP]

[BEEP]

[BEEPING]

[BEEPING RAPIDLY]

[BYE BYE LIFEPLAYING]

♪ Bye-bye, life

♪ Bye-bye, happiness

♪ Hello, loneliness

♪ I think I'm gonna die

♪ Bye-bye your life goodbye

♪ Bye-bye my life goodbye

♪ Bye-bye your life goodbye

♪ Bye-bye my life goodbye

♪ Bye-bye your life goodbye

♪ Bye-bye my life goodbye

♪ Come on!
Give it to me

♪ Come on!
Give it to me

♪ Come on!
Give it to me

♪ Bye-bye, life

♪ Bye-bye, happiness

♪ Hello! Hello!

♪ He's gonna die
He's gonna die

♪ Bye-bye, life

♪ Bye-bye, happiness

♪ Hello, loneliness

♪ He thinks he's gonna die

♪ La-la-la-la-la-la

♪ He thinks he's gonna die

♪ La-la-la-la-la-la

♪ He thinks he's gonna die

♪ La-la-la-la-la-la

♪ La-la-la-la-la-la

♪ Bye-bye

♪ My life

♪ Oh, yeah

♪ Goodbye

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

[DENISE LAUGHING]

Yes! Yes! Yes!

I said I'm playing that thing,
it started again.

I'm saying a prayer
and God's the only one
who's gonna help us right now.

And it came on.

MAN: That was awesome.

WOMAN: That was
a lighting miracle.

What happened?

DENISE:
Because I said a prayer.

I made her unplug it
and I said, "Go take it..."

WOMAN: That was
a last second...

DENISE:
He kept unplugging them,
it didn't work.

And I told her,
I said, "Do that. Unplug..."

I start that computer,
and I'm saying a prayer,

and then take it,
and it started again.

-God did it. God did it.
-By the grace of God.

No. I did know.
Because I said
I'm saying a prayer.

I said, "Unplug and start it.
I'm saying a prayer right now."

And it started again,
and it came on.

God was with us.

♪ I'm alive

♪ I'm me

♪ On the verge
of living my dreams... ♪

Once again,
before I announce our top 10

in the Teen Solo division,

give it up for all of our
teen dancers.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

Doing beautiful work
this afternoon.

In sixth place high point
is Hallie dancing I Tired

from Denise Wall Dance Energy.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

We have two dancers
in third place high point,

and the award for third,

first goes to Trinity
dancing to Mon Dieu,

from Denise Wall Dance Energy.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

Second place high point,
we also have two dancers.

And our first dancer
in second...

So going to Anthony,
dancing to At The Seas,

from Denise Wall Dance Energy.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

And we have one dancer
standing alone in first place,

put your hands
together, everybody.

First place overall
Teen Solo is...

is Anessa
dancing to Infiltrate

from Denise Wall Dance Energy.

We'll wait for Anessa
to come over here,
so we can see her.

Ladies and gentlemen,
those are your
top 10 Teen Soloists.

So starting with our
Senior Female Division.

The audition this morning
was really, really tough.

Our second winner represents
Denise Wall Dance Energy,

it's Jordan Gaskin
number 885.

Yeah. Two winners
for Senior Male.

And finally,
there's Wyeth Walker,
number 865.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

Take a bow, guys.

Wonderful work.

And the highest scoring Teen
Extended Line in first place

goes to Hello Loneliness
from Denise Wall Dance Energy.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

I didn't think
I was gonna win at all,

or do as good as I did,
but it paid off. Yeah.

Ring spot.
Oh, wait a minute,

I did take
the top three spots. Oops!

I know. Cameras!

[LAUGHTER]

Thank you for all
your grace and mercy
and bestowing her talents...

JORDAN: I applied
for Pace University
almost in the summer.

I was really into it.
Denise told me about it

Yay!

Yay!

Oh, my God.

Hello. This is Jordan.

Jordan, hi.
This is Rhonda Miller calling

from Pace University,
New York City.

I'm calling you
on my cell phone.

Hi.

RHONDA: And I'm calling
to congratulate you.

You've been accepted into
my program at Pace University.

Oh, thank you.
Thank you so much.

-Wow.
-Oh, my God.

The director of the program
is calling to congratulate you.

That's crazy.

To tell you how much
she wants you there.

-Oh, man.
-That's crazy.

You feel special, right?

-I really do.
-I know.

Again, with this scholarship,
I'm, like, halfway there.

But if, um, I'm not able
to pay just a little bit more,

then I might not be able to go

and I will really
be heart broken.

Financially, it's...
it's a burden.

It's a lot. We try to manage...

Well, I try to manage.
I'm a single parent.

So it's one income

to try to handle the tuition,

and also the company fees.

And, of course,
I work here
at Old Dominion University.

But I've had to pick up
a second job on the weekends.
I clean houses.

May, all the way through...
really October,

I would work
seven days a week.

If, you know,
for not traveling
for a competition or so.

NYCDA has college
audition scholarships,

and if I go to NYCDA,

then that means I'm able to go
for a $10,000 scholarship

that would really,
really help right now.

Because I'm almost
out of money.

But, um,
that would really help.

That means
I have to go to NYCDA,
like, the first week of July,

and then come back here,
back to the studio,

and then go to Dance Awards,
which is a lot.

But if I have to do it
for money reasons,

then I would, I would do it
in a heart beat.

Up here, like,
'cause you're
looking up here.

-Just open your chest
a little bit more.
-Okay.

DEBBIE:
There's not enough words
to really tell you

what Denise has meant to us.

Um, she took Morgan to where
she is right now as a dancer.

But she's also taken Morgan
where she is as a person.

I have a small stutter.

For me, dance has, like,
helped me through that,

and it's like
my way of speaking,

because it's my way

of expressing
and showing who I am

without, like, uh...

physically saying it.

Most kids don't get
that experience
of having a team,

and they're all,
like, your age.

So it's like having
a bunch of sisters

or, like, twins.

Um, last summer,
I competed for
Teen Best Dancer,

and I won.

I'm still so surprised by it,
but I somehow did it.

Um, so this year,

I haven't been
competing my solo
at regionals.

I've been performing it
on Sunday,

during the closing show.

Denise, to me, is definitely
like my second mother.

She's helped me
through so much.

In June of 2014,
I was diagnosed
with breast cancer,

right before the first year
that she was going
to Nationals.

Um, so as you can imagine
with that kind of diagnosis,

our whole word just
sort of came apart
and just really shattered.

MORGAN: I... I remember
I was in a solo private

with Denise in, like, June,

before my first Nationals.

Um, and then...

I had, like,
not talked about it much,

and then I did one step
and I broke down.

And her and Cami were there
to, like, comfort me,

and really, like,
help me through that.

I'm a breast cancer survivor,

and I would say probably
one of the greatest gifts

that Travis ever gave me,
'cause I, um... I've...

Just since then,
I've had, you know,
10 surgeries to do with that.

I went through chemo,
I went through radiation.

But in the middle of all
of my surgeries,

Travis was doing So You Think.

I expressed...
I created that from,
um, personal issues.

It's a way for me to get
through things in my life.

Um, I don't...
not the best with words,

and not the best with
confrontations sometimes,

but what I do is,
if something's pent-up,

or if there's a way for me
to release something,

um, I will create
a piece for it.

And, this is what
I was choreographing
for the show every week,

and it was...

it was crazy
to think that, um...

uh, I got to that place,

'cause it's all I ever wanted.

So I have my career
over here that's quite amazing,

but my mom is like...
It's just very hard.

Um, and so I...

Jeff called me, and he says,

"I have something for you."
I said, "What is it?"

"I have Allison
and Robert for you this week."

And I just like...
I just fell on my knees.

I remember I was outside
of my friend's house,
and I fell on my knees.

And I just go,
"This is the perfect couple."

And I get to do
this piece for my her.

I get to give her something
that's gonna be worth seeing,
it's gonna be worth watching.

Allison, she's known Allison
since she was 10 years old.

She's known Robert
since he was 10 years old.

She knows both of these people.

They're not random people
dancing on a television show.

We've been putting up
my piece of art and work,
and heart for her

And so I walked up
onto that stage nervous.

Here with All-Star Allison,
ladies and gentlemen,
it's Robert.

I was so excited
and so honored.

[FIX YOUPLAYING]

♪ When you try your best
But you don't succeed

♪ Stuck in reverse...

ALLISON HOLKER:
Dancing for someone

that I love
and cherish so much.

I was being her,
I was channeling her.

I was being who she is to me
on that dance floor.

So I had to be bigger,
and I had to be better

than I've ever been
in my entire life

for myself, for her.

It was about, um,
Travis wanting
to help me and fix me,

you know,
during my trying to survive.

You know, because I did
become, um, septic
at one point,

and almost bit the dust.

So this is how it started.

I saw her walking
really slowly.

I came in
right before she fell.

And then, uh,
the whole point
of the piece

was to, uh, have this path
that we're going down

and say that we're
gonna get from here,

and there's a light
at the end of the tunnel,

we're gonna get there to...

And we started at the corner,
we ended over there.

And at that point, I was,

"I'll do anything
for me to get you there.

"I'll do anything
for me to get you on your feet.

"I'll do anything
for this cancer to go away.

"Please just let me help you
take it away."

I just remember telling her
I was doing it for her,

and said, "Just watch it.
Just have a lot of tissues."

[CHUCKLES]

And, Travis, much love and luck
with your crisis at the moment.

And much love and support
for Denise,

and everything
she's attempting to do.

[SOBS]

I guess this is, to me,
a cry of the season.

Um, yeah, it brings me back
to the last week

before my mom passed,
and, um, and how much
I wanted to fix her.

It was just awesome,
and, Denise Wall,
I'm praying for you.

ALLISON: The feeling
I have on the stage,

it's seriously, to this day,
one of the strongest
and best ones I've ever had.

That piece earned me
my first Emmy nomination.

And my mom was almost
slightly better,

and I was like, "I don't care
if you're not good enough.

"You're walking on
the red carpet with me."

When I first went
in the hospital,

the doctor told me,
he said, you know,

"You're gonna be in here
for, like, 10 days.

"At least 10 days."

And I said, "Okay."

I said, "Well,
I have to go teach

"at the Dance Teacher Summit
in New York City."

I said,
"So I can only stay in here
for maybe one to two days."

And he said, um,

"No, you're not getting
out of the hospital,"
you know.

"You're in intensive care."

And he said,
"You're very sick."

And I said, "Okay, all right.

"Well, maybe I'll stay
for two days,
maybe three days.

"And then I'll miss
the first day of teaching.

"But I've gotta go
to New York.
I've gotta teach."

He looks at my mother, he goes,
"What is wrong with her?"

My mom goes,
"It's called dance."

[LAUGHS]

I love giving somebody
a chance that actually
has the passion.

And if they've got that gut
and they wanna do it,

and I want for them to say
that they want it.

It's not that they wanna do it, it's that they have to do it.

I told my parents
when I was like five or six,
"I wanna dance."

And my dad said, "No,
put him in gymnastics."

So we did gymnastics
for a couple of years,

and then that didn't
work out so well.

This is what I have to do.
I love...

Like, dance is in my brain
all the time, like music.

I can't...
I can't just sit there
and listen to music.

There has to be...
There's always something

that gets in my head,
and it's just...

Dance is a way to expand
physically and mentally,

like, it's great.

It's a personal research
and personal, like, exploring.

"We drive, we pay, we clap"
is our joke.

Wyeth is so happy dancing,
and it just...

He doesn't walk,
he dances everywhere.

And his mind is always
singing and rhythmic,

and he's always moving.

And so that's his soul.

Today, my son,
Travis Wall, flew in.

Um, we flew here for two days
before he goes to LA.

He's gong to try to cram in
as many solos as he can,
for the Dance Awards.

He's stressed out,
I'm stressed out.

It's a crazy situation
'cause he's...

It's a lot of pressure for him
because he's got to pick...

He's got to come up
with new music.

Something that's
going to fit them,
make them look really good,

but also something
that's gonna make them grow,
you know, for the next year,

because they'll present those
and then they keep those
for the year.

[TRAVIS BLOWING RASPBERRIES]

-Travis.
-This is literally my life.

Did you see the song list
she has up here?

I looked at it briefly.

[THUMPING]

Ah.

[ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING]

DENISE: Like it?

[SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]

Whoo!

HALLIE: Last night,
we found, um...
we picked out a song.

It's like 10:45.

We were all,
like, really tired,

but, um, we kinda just like...

He played this song,
and Miss Denise and I and him,

we all just like...

like our eyes lit up,
and it was really awesome.

TRAVIS: You were a lot
easier than Wyeth.

I still don't have
a song for him.

[DENISE LAUGHS]

TRAVIS: And can you
lower your body further? Uh-huh.

So it's like you almost
like fold in half.

Go, go. Shoot.

Like that, and then...

Yes, just like... Yeah.

HALLIE: I just finished
my solo with Travis,

and it's really hard.

But once I get it
and, like, rehearsed a lot,

it's gonna... I think
it's gonna be really good.

Working on the outside.

I can't walk,
but it's all good,

'cause this is what I do.

And let's say you're walking
in a circle at the section.

This is definitely
my most challenging solo
I've had so far.

The process was kind of long

because trying to figure out
moves that match perfectly

to the intricate music
was hard,

but we did it somehow.

I don't know
how he did it, but he did.
[CHUCKLES]

DENISE: She was
all over the floor,

um, just trying
to remember it quick,

and understand, uh,
it's very mature for her

to add all this cha-cha,

which is exactly...
like, he's so smart.

He's so smart.

It's exactly what she needs
to really take her as a dancer
to the next level.

I'm very sore.

I don't think
I've ever been this sore.

I made a chiropractor
appointment for tomorrow.
[LAUGHS]

DENISE: Well, he's trying
to get eight of them done.

Eight solos done in two days.
And that's a lot of pressure.

You know, it took him,
you know,
a while to fill it up.

It was almost how much time
he was taking to create

what the music was doing.

He probably could have done
maybe two solos.

Maybe three. [LAUGHING]

TRINITY: So I just learned
my solo for Dance Awards.

It was different.

It was like a good different,

like, it's gonna
challenge me more,

it's gonna, like,
push me a lot.

Like, I love his choreography,
I love how he teaches.

He can be intimidating
at times,

but, like, he's also family.

It's actually an honor,
and amazing.

To me, it was stressful,
but I'm excited.

I don't wanna give you,
like, a character-driven thing.

I kinda want you to...

I don't know,
manipulate your body.

My body is shutting down,
like...

I haven't learned my solo yet,
and there are six weeks
left till Nationals.

I'm learning it
this weekend,
Sunday, Monday.

Jason Parsons
is coming back to do it.

I'm really excited,
but I'm really nervous,

'cause not that much
time, but...

Jason's movement
is very different
from other people's,

but because now,
I've worked with him
last year by myself,

and with the group this year,

I'm more comfortable with it.

But, like any solo,
it just takes repetition.

Privates with Denise
are really hard to do.

There's a lot of this,
a lot of solos.

And everybody
kinda gets them,
not last minute,

but really close
to Nationals, so...

A lot of it has to do
with just how I manage
my time.

DENISE: He wants you
to do it from there.

Oh, that boy's crazy.

All right.
Well, that's something...

Well, let's fix everything else
and we'll go back to that.

Well, I'm a little bit sad
that this year is coming
to an end,

but I'm excited to dance
one last time

as the Teen Best Dancer.

[SLOW MUSIC PLAYING]

I shouldn't have to say
things 20 times, okay?

You, you're not
like normal kids, okay?

And if you're gonna act
like normal kids,

Nationals is gonna
go down the drain.

-Everybody understand that?
-Yes.

Okay, I told you this
the other day.

When it comes to Nationals,
I don't play.

How many of you wanna do,
uh, good at Nationals?

All right, put your hands down.

I was hoping that
you wouldn't raise your hand,

'cause being good
is not good enough.

'Cause you're not just good.

And it's not that
I'm all about winning,
it's not that.

It's you want to...
You wanna be exceptional.

And that's just not for dance,
that's just in life.

You wanna be exceptional
at anything that you do.

-TRAVIS: That's some
nice splits there.
-[LAUGHTER]

DENISE: All right.
Get back up, do it again.

Do it again.
Quick, quick, quick!

JORDAN: Let's see.
Well, at least
we have ballet first.

I can get that
out of the way.

AMDI LYONS: And then you have
a little more of a break.

JORDAN: Right.

And then contemporary
with everybody.

-AMDI: Yeah.
-JORDAN: And then, um...

JORDAN: I get to ask around
some more questions.

Tomorrow, I really hope
I can get a scholarship

that will help me to go here,

and it'll be better for my mom.

I'm super nervous,
but I'm ready for it.

And I'm doing ballet,
and then I have a break,

and then I do contemporary
with the juniors

and the seniors
who've committed.

And then we get to do
a Q&A with all the faculty,

and college people
that will be there.

JOE LANTERI: The class that
we just observed,

those dancers
have all found a college.

They all know where
they're going to college,
and they're hoping for it,

and they've already received
the financial aid package

from the college
of their choice.

They're hoping for extra money
from the foundation,

which they can take
to the college of their choice

to help offset some
of their tuition.

JOE: Enjoy it and have fun,
and I hope you learned a lot.

And I hope
to see you again soon,

and see you on the stage soon.

DENISE: This is my second...

Actually, this is actually
my third night

of doing my Midnight Madness,
why I stay up all night.

And I do solos
for my best dancers.

So we do privates
on their solos.

So it's what,
12:38 at night.

I have so many kids
that want scholarships

to go for Best Dancer.

So we have all these solos,

and so instead of saying,
"Oh, only four people
can have it."

I did this a couple
of years ago.

I said, "Look,
if I offered for everybody,

"then they can't
get mad at me,

"'cause it's probably
the middle of the night.

"No one's gonna wanna come
in the middle of the night."

And I put up sign up sheets.

And what happened?
'Cause I went 11:30, 12:30.

I mean, I've got 4:30.
Come in at 4:30.

They filled up every space.

So now, this has been
the thing happening
for the last three years.

ANESSA: I hope
to make top three

in the Best Dance competition.

It's not that top 10,

but my goal is top three.

[DENISE GRUNTS]

So take them
on that roller coaster ride,

because that... that just
makes it like, you know...
Yeah, yeah.

[SLOW MUSIC PLAYING]

Take out those hands more.

Do it again.

[DENISE WHOOSHING]

I feel like you need...
You're...

This supporting leg's
too rigid.

I don't even know
if I can get it...

I don't even know if
I can go to sleep tonight.

I may not be able
to go to sleep.

HALLIE: Well, obviously,
my dream would be to win
Best Dancer.

DENISE: Oh, that's even better.

HALLIE:
Or get in the top three.

Those are like...
That's, like, my main goal
in life right now.

But I'm happy with just
getting top 20
as a first year Teen,

'cause I'm at the lowest
of the age categories.

[DENISE GRUNTS]

So good, so good.

Don't freak yourself out.

WYETH: This year is...

I really wanna at least
make top 20.

I know it's a new thing,
like, Senior Division,

but I've done pretty well
this year,

at the competitions
we've gone to
in my division

against the other guys
that we've seen.

So I hope to make top 20.

I don't know about top 10,
it's just what happens,

'cause you can't predict how your solo will go on stage,

who's judging,
what response you'll get.

Like, it's hard
to predict those things.

You can just
work your best and hope.

Try as soon as we leave
to sleep

until we need to stop
for breakfast,

and then fall back to sleep
after that when I can.

Try and store up enough energy
as we stay up
with Denise next week.

Right now, we're in the RV
and we're gonna drive
down to Florida today,

and we're gonna, like,
stop at somewhere,

but it's gonna be really fun.

I'm excited and nervous

because it's such like,
a big, like, competition,

and it's,
obviously, it's Nationals,

so, like, this is what
I've been waiting for
all year, you know.

But I'm, like,
really excited.

I just wanna go out there
and just kill it.

I got back from New York,
at one o'clock.

We were supposed to get
into Virginia at 9:00,

but we got delayed
at LaGuardia Airport.

Um, I went to rehearsal,
did a whole bunch
of run-throughs,

and then now I'm here.

So it's probably
less than 24 hours.

[CROWD CHEERING]

Denise is here. [CHUCKLES]

[JORDAN SPEAKING]

Yeah.

I was really disappointed
that I didn't get a scholarship
for NYCDA.

I really just wanted
to help my mom out.

I did get some.

I got a regional
scholarship to NYCDA.

So next time, if I wanna go,
I don't have to pay anything.

I'm very tired,
but it's gonna be okay.

I'm gonna push
through this week,

and I think it's gonna be
a really good Nationals.

ANESSA: I got here
around, like twelve o'clock,

and we're about
to have a rehearsal.

We're not here as individuals.

Even the best dancers,
you're not here as individuals.

You're here as DWDE.
That's what we're here for.

-We're here as a team, yes?
-Yes.

Okay, why are you here?

That's what I want all of you
to think about tonight.

Why are you here?

Okay?

Is someone making you
be here? Hopefully not.

I'm hoping that you are the one
that wants to be here.

-Does that make sense?
-STUDENT: Yes.

DENISE: And I'm gonna say this.

If we come
and we don't win the thing,

as long as our journey
was good...

No. [STUTTERING]
I'm being honest.

This is gonna be
your hardest National ever.

ANESSA: Coming into Nationals,
just from, like,
auditions so far,

there's so many good teams.
Like, so many good dancers.

It's like... It's crazy.

This morning,
we had 8:00 a.m. auditions
for Best Dancer.

Um, we had ballet first,
and then jazz.

And, um, my last name
starts with a Z,

so I went first for ballet.

And that went pretty good.

I felt a little shaky
since it was in the morning.

ANTHONY: So far, it seems
kinda like an equal
playing field for me,

'cause the audition was, like,
kinda shaky for everybody.

All right.
Thank you guys so much.
Exit to the right.

JAIMIE: You have to find a way
to stand out in the room.

They're all internalizing,
"How do I become
an individual?"

"How do I take all the things
that Denise has taught me

"and actually incorporate them
into these seven days?"
you know.

"Put my best foot forward
in such a small amount
of time."

'Cause it could really
make or break the opportunities
that they get in the future.

TRAVIS: I think that
these kids, especially,

I think they downplay it.

I'm pretty sure
they're freaking out inside,

but I think they wait
for this moment all year

and they're so excited.

How's it going, buddy?
Good to see you.

I didn't make top 20 last year,

so I place, like,
behind everyone else...

which was, uh, a little bit
of a confidence blow,

but it, uh, it was
something that...

It caused a lot of thought
and personal change

throughout this whole year,
like, work ethic-wise,

and just like trying
to keep myself focused

on why I really am
doing this,

and what the results
could actually be,

'cause I'm just gonna
put my all into this and work

because this is what
the entire year's been about.

I really just wanna develop
a better me

throughout this process

because last year
was a little rough,
and I'm better than that.

RAY: Moving from the auditions
seem to be a very
nerve-wrecking experience

for the dancers
in the first place.

Now, they have to go
on stage by themselves
and do their solos,

and they only get one shot
to do the solo.

And most of the time,
the solo is only
two and a half minutes,

three minutes at most.

And it weighs the most heavily
with their scoring.

It's 50 percent of their score.

TRINITY: It was like five hours before I went on stage.

We had to change my costume.

I hated her costume.
It wasn't the costume
I wanted.

I said I wanted a big skirt.
I wanted a lot of movement.

And they found the right color, but the skirt,

like, they cut it up,
and it had slits,

and there was no fullness
to the skirt,

so I took my two-hour break
that I had today,

and I went to the outlet mall,
and I found a skirt.

Okay, don't throw it away.

But, honey,
you better let them have it.

-It's gonna be so good.
-Come on, church girl.

Go to church.
We're going to church.

Ready.

[CHANTING]

MORGAN: We get
in our head a lot, like...

I feel like we all,
being Denise's students,

have something to show,

since she does teach us
every single day.

ANNOUNCER: Up next,
we have number 46.

It's Trinity Bonilla
in Summertime.

[AUDIENCE CHEERING]

[SUMMERTIMEPLAYING]

TRAVIS: When she started out, I was, like, "Okay. She's hesitating a bit."

I was like,
"What is she doing?"

And I was so glad she did,

because she started here,
then she took it
to a whole another place.

TRINITY: My head
was spinning on stage.

But I was mostly thinking
about the corrections
that would help me,

like, stick around it,

and just having fun,
like, not holding back.

♪ Try to take

♪ Take to the sky

♪ Lord, the sky

♪ Until that morning

♪ Honey, nothing's going
to harm you now

♪ No, no, no, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no, no, no

♪ No, no, no, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no, no, no

♪ No, no, no, no, no, no, no
No, no, don't you cry

♪ Cry...

TRAVIS: Trinity
was just, um...

Trinity was so full,
and she became the music.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

-I'm so proud of you.
-It was so good.

Thank you.

ANESSA: Last week,
I hurt my hip,
and I have bursitis.

DENISE: Anessa,
for her, I was scared

'cause I didn't even know
if she would be dancing.

She, um, strained her hip,
and then she ended up
with bursitis.

DENISE: When you're doing
the transition,

you gotta keep that face.

TRAVIS: Before she went on,
I just said, you know,

"Take the nerves out of this."

I said, "You need to make sure
that you exude confidence."

I said, "Just trust yourself
that you're gonna be there."

Technically, I think
she starts to, sometimes,
gets a little nervous on,

"Oh, God,
this part's coming up,
this part's coming up."

and she's never really
present in the moment.

Okay, let's just... Okay.

See, you can do the eyebrows.

You gotta do that.

You need to look...
get in their eyes.

[CHANTING]

Fashionista!

[ANNOUNCER SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY]

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

[MY AMAZING NEW PATCHPLAYING]

♪ Beautiful

ANESSA: That was
my first time doing it.

I've never felt it
on the stage before.

And it felt really good,
like, surprisingly.

I thought I would feel
more, like, really nervous
on stage, and, like, shaking,

but I felt really grounded
and confident.

I was kinda nervous
about, like, my hair
getting in my face,

but it worked out.

And just trying to keep
my balance and control,
so I wouldn't fall over.

I was a little worried
about that.

TRAVIS: She was on her leg.

And the style,
Just the look of it,
it was just so different

than everything else
that we are seeing tonight,

so I think she definitely
was all right.

♪ You are

♪ My amazing new patch

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

-It's... You're amazing.
-Thank you.

-Do you feel amazing?
-Yeah, of course.

Oh, my God.

It looks like you were like
a 20-year-old supermodel
up there.

It's like, you know...

Your self-control
and the physicality
and the texture, the eyes.

Oh, my God.

Amazing.

I think you killed it
with the model, yeah.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

HALLIE: So during
the jazz audition,

we had a double turn
on the left,

and my pinky toe,
like, fell behind,

and now it's broken.

When I got backstage,
I was like...

I was like, "Oh, my God,
this is really happening."

[SMALLPLAYING]

Yeah, I danced
with a broken toe.

I was a little,
at the beginning of the dance,

I, like, slipped a little bit.

But the judges,
they couldn't see it.

But I was like,
"Oh, my God. Dang."

I felt free, like,
the songs says,
like, you know,

"I might be small, but, like,
I can dance really big,

"and, you know, be this powerful little girl on stage."

That was so great.

Huh?

[HALLIE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

I know, 'cause
you were slipping
with your socks.

Yeah, it's okay. It was good.

TRAVIS: Hallie's routine
has very sharp,
aggressive dancers.

And for me, she was fluid
when she needed to be fluid,

and she was hard-hitting
when she needed to do so.

I felt like her dynamics
finally spoke through it.

And I felt like she had
a lot of shades today.

So super proud for her.

Felt like she came offstage.
She's like,"I could've
done better," you know.

And this is the first time
in the Teen category.

She placed really well
in the Junior category
last year.

But when you step
into that Teen category,

it's a whole another ball game.

For me, the Teen category
is the hardest category
in all of the competition.

And just the way
it works out with, like,

the best of the juniors
coming up from 13,

and then these people are just
about to peak and go into
the 16-year-old category.

It's incredible what...
what talent brings
into this age group.

[ANNOUNCER SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY]

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

[ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING]

DENISE:
At least give me
a clue now.

He loves the action
from my brow.

ANTHONY: The most
challenging thing, obviously,
was the shoes not falling.

So I didn't really have
that much time
to work on it in between.

It kinda has
a clumsy feel to it.

When I first started,
it wasn't upbeat,

but the more I worked on it,
the more it became upbeat.

[DENISE LAUGHING]

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

DENISE: He is
a performer now.

It's harder
because of your solo, man.

I mean, I thought...

No. I was gonna fall.

That was... that was...
Everything's right on the beat.

-Yeah.
-That was awesome.

That was amazing.

Fold again. More.

I just... I just love that.

I don't know why.

Be yourself, be unique.

But I need the ramp,
I need the shift.

I need you stepping
out of it, and just...

I know you'll make
great choices.

Okay? Don't throw anything.

I want you to look like
you're also on your leg.

Yes? All right, let's go.

[CHANTING]

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

[SAVE ME FROM MYSELFPLAYING]

WYETH: Uh, this piece...
the piece is called
Save Me From Myself.

Um, so it's about, um...

having personal demons
or, like, personal memories
that haunt you

and, like, alter you in,
like, your decisions,

so, in actions.

So I really tried to, like,

literally show
those demons inside me,

but at the same time, like,

reveal to the audience
what I've been going through,

and how, like,
this has affected me, so...

I always, like,
way in the back of my mind,

I was thinking about, like,
technique and moves and stuff,

but I was really trying
to process, like,

being a character
and being a creature.

MAN: Oh.

I learned in,
like, in engineering
with Travis.

So it was... it was...
like, from there,

it's the constantly
shifting and evolving
in different places.

Once I finally got
to the studio,

it was great
to have Denise to help me.

DENISE: Oh.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

[ANNOUNCER SPEAKING
INDISTINCTLY]

DENISE: Alien. Alien.

So amusing.

DENISE: Just an alien.
Just an alien.

That, that last part...

[SHRIEKS]

A whole another...

WYETH: Thank you so much.

I haven't felt that good
about, uh, completing
something like that in a while,

so it's a big
confidence boost,

and, yeah.

And especially with Denise,

and having
even Travis's approval,

that means a lot.

It is gonna be tough, okay?

'Cause I can already tell you...

Elite. Teen number
from Sonya.

I'm gonna tell you something.

Every number affects
the next piece.

Okay? I'm gonna say it again.

Every number affects
the next piece.

The way psychology goes.

So I need everybody
to be very focused all day,

'cause we got our work
cut out for us.

If you wanna try
to be in the finale,

then we got our work
cut out for us.

We have to show the training.

That's gonna be
a big difference.

Because there's a lot
of tap schools that are...
the ones that are here.

[SHAMISEN MUSIC PLAYING]

I love you, guys.

-Thank you for...
-You too.

DENISE: Everything that
we've been working on
since last Nationals,

every class
these kids have taken,

every rehearsal
these kids have done,

every convention
that these kids had to be,

a master teacher I brought in.

But all boiled down to today.

[ON THE NEWSPLAYING]

♪ A billion people died
On the news tonight

♪ But not so many cried
At the terrible sight

♪ Well, mama said
It's just make-believe

♪ You can't believe
everything you see

♪ So, baby, close your eyes
to the lullabies

♪ On the news tonight

♪ Who's the one to decide
that it would be all right?

♪ To put the music
behind the news tonight

♪ Well, mama said

♪ Mmm, mmm

♪ Why don't the newscasters cry

♪ When they read about
people who die?

♪ At least they could be
decent enough

♪ To put just a tear
in their eyes

♪ Mama said
It's just make believe

♪ You can't believe
everything you see

♪ So, baby, close your eyes
to the lullabies

♪ On the news tonight

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

ANNOUNCER:
That was number 46,
On The News.

Um... 13-39. 13-40.

We're nine.

Right.

Not big, but like...

'Cause you give my...

It's about the gut.

[GRUNTS]

Like, oh, God!
Man, you're killing me here.

Put your...
Where your hands are
is really important.

Yeah, like, I feel like
you don't connect.

Like you leave
the performance to go,

"Okay.
I got to grab her hand.

"Oh, hell, there we are."

And we're losing that.
We can't lose that.
This is Nationals.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

[SAY YOU DOPLAYING]

♪ Love me, love me

♪ Say you do

♪ Let me fly away

♪ With you

♪ We are creatures of the wind

♪ Wild as the wind

♪ You touch me

♪ I hear the sound of mandolins

♪ And you kiss me

♪ With your kiss
My life begins

♪ Love me, love me

♪ Say you do

♪ Let me fly away
With you ♪

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

DENISE: So it's very emotional, but it also is very emotional

because it's the last time
we'll do the piece,

'cause then we rest it.

Let's go.

We've been going
since eight o'clock
this morning.

So... I don't even know
how many pieces that is.

That's a lot of pieces.

They're only taking
the top five.

[WHO WILL FIND MEPLAYING]

♪ Dance, dance
in the morning light

♪ Open your darkened eyes

♪ Hey, hey
it's a beautiful day

♪ It'll be okay
It'll be okay, yeah

♪ Dance, dance
in the morning light

♪ Open your darkened eyes

♪ Hey, hey
it's a beautiful day

♪ It'll be okay
It'll be okay, yeah

[EXCLAIMING]

♪ Where the roses bloom

♪ Leave your cares
Leave your fears

♪ Leave them all behind you

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah

♪ It's a beautiful day...

When you can get on stage,
and fill everybody up
with energy, that...

that's what beautiful
about a piece.

It's beautiful.

♪ It's a beautiful day
This is where I find you ♪

I already talked about this.

On the beat.

And you'll need
to make sure...

Open wide.

You cannot drop your face
at a moment.

You're playing a character,
you're not yourself.

-Everybody got that?
-STUDENTS: Yes.

Not for a split-second.

All this stuff leads up
to right now, okay?

Are you ready?

STUDENTS: Yes!

DENISE: Okay.

Don't throw it away.

Don't let anything bother you
if something happens.

They can't see
everything. Yes?

I want this to be
the best time.

-DENISE: Yes?
-STUDENTS: Yes.

-DENISE: You ready?
-STUDENTS: Yes!

[CHANTING]

ANNOUNCER: 15-16
with a Teen Extended Line,
this is Hello Loneliness.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

♪ A one, two, three, four

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

DENISE: The crowd was...

probably the most
effective thing
I've ever thought in my life.

You were so good.

-You had so much fun.
-Yeah, I did.

I think you had
more fun than ever.

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

HALLIE: He said
it was incredible.

He said that it was like
an experience.

DENISE: So good!

HALLIE: The audience was, like,
laughing and crying.

He's pretty happy with it,
so... score.

'Cause it was more than
incredible for me.

It was...

Sorry.

All the hard work,
these kids just do
their hearts out on the floor.

One thing I say all the time,
"Why are you afraid
to be good?"

Well, they weren't afraid
to be good at all today.

[TAP DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]

ANNOUNCER:
That was a number 28,
Sing, Sing, Sing.

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

-Yay!
-DENISE: Oh, my God.

DENISE: It was so good.

What's wrong?

-[COUGHING]
-What do you need?
What do you need?

You need water?

What do you need?
What's wrong?

-It hurts a lot.
-Your Achilles?

All right.
You need ice here.

Get in a bucket
of ice water. Let's go.

DENISE:
Trinity came off crying
fromSing, Sing, Sing.

Her Achilles was
bothering her earlier,
but her calf cramped up.

RAY: They have to be
in amazing shape.

They have to not just be ready for their own solo performance,

but they have to pull up,
literally pull up
the rest of their week

for their fellow teammates,
for their fellow dancers,

for their... for their studios.

DENISE: Guess they're all
just beat up from...

We've gone from show mode,
to doing the show,

to doing National rehearsal,

you know, to come in here,
and they're getting up.

They're staying late up night.
They have to get up
early in the morning.

RAY: You'll see a studio
rehearsing in the corner,

and they have to rework
their routine because,
you know,

one of the dancer's
have gone down,

or they've gotten hurt,
or they've gotten sick.

Yeah. So it's really, really
quite intense. [CHUCKLES]

I have 17 routines
re-competing
in our closing-in show.

In a couple of days,
seven will rise.

First off is At A Loss
from Columbia City Jazz.

Turning that, 24,
from Canadian Dance Unit.

Hello Loneliness
from Denise Wall Dance Energy.

[ALL CHEERING]

DENISE: She's never
done this before.

-Surprised, isn't it?
-Yeah.

ANNOUNCER: We are about to see
some of the most
talented dancers

from around the world,
as they compete here tonight

for the title of
Best Dancer 2017.

RAY: Tonight, we find out
who the top 20 is.

We announce the top 20
as a recognition,

because there are so many kids
that are participating.

ANNOUNCER: Top 20, here we go.

Joziah German from
Prodigy Dance
and Performing Arts Centre.

Anthony Kelly
from Denise Wall Dance Energy.

DENISE: Oh, my God!

Anessa Zivic from
Denise Wall Dance Energy.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

Trinity Bonilla from
Denise Wall Dance Energy.

Megan Caines from
Vlad's Dance Company.

Jordan Gaskin from
Denise Wall Dance Energy.

RAY: And from there,
we're now for top 10.

ANNOUNCER: Murphy Lee
from Performing Dance Arts.

Anthony Kelly from
Denise Wall Dance Energy.

DENISE: Go!

Whoa! That says a lot.

That says a lot.

Quinn Starner from
Stars Dance Studio.

Anessa Zivic from
Denise Wall Dance Energy.

DENISE: Yay!

Louise from Stars Dance Studio.

Trinity Bonilla from
Denise Wall Dance Energy.

WYETH: I was terrified
seeing the audience

watching them go through
all the seniors.

Like, okay, the top 20 is here, now the top 10.

ANNOUNCER: Wyeth Walker
from Denise Wall Dance Energy.

DENISE: Yay!

TRAVIS:
If we make it in the top 10, it's the improv.

And I've seen people choke.

And if someone I think
who has a trouble with that

is Anessa.

DENISE: You just have to...
just do it.

So you don't even know
what part of the music

you're really
gonna hit on either.

They pick somebody random,
or whoever they pick,

and they go down that order
and come back.

ERICA: I did have this feeling
that she would be nervous
'cause it was her first time.

But the German came out
and she killed it.

ANESSA:
Improv is really stressful,
like, on that big stage,

and everyone judging you.

ANNOUNCER:
Judges, please rank
these ladies 1 through 10

and pass your sheets out.

ANESSA:
The competition
is so good.

They're all, like,
really flexible.
I'm nervous.[CHUCKLES]

ANNOUNCER: All right.
Thank you so much
to our 10 ladies.

RAY: They get to the top 10.

You know, they know
they're getting
really, really close.

And now they have to do
the improv,

it becomes
more and more intense
throughout the week,

so we'll see
what they're made of.

WYETH: Senior guys are last, so we waited and hold the hand, relaxing backstage,

and answering fans,
waiting to go on stage and...

I think there were
10 or 11 of us
up on stage, improving.

So our round is really fun.

[INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING]

ANNOUNCER: That's a wrap.
Thank you, seniors.
You guys can exit to the right.

We'll have
some results shortly.

And 2016
Teen Female
Best Dancer winner,

from Denise Wall Dance Energy,
this is Morgan Higgins.

MORGAN: I will be performing my solo,Ave Maria,

during the Best Dancer
dance-off.

And I'm excited about it.

I'm a little bit nervous
just 'cause, like...

I feel like there's a lot
of pressure on me,

and it's more of me putting
the pressure on myself,

'cause I want it
to be, like, flawless
and just, like, look so good,

and be like the perfect way
to hand down my title.

[AVE MARIAPLAYING]

This solo means so much to me.

It's a tribute in a prayer
to my granddad

who was probably
one of the most
influential people in my life.

We were so close.
I miss him so much.

And it's a tribute
to all loved ones
we've lost.

DENISE: Yes!

MORGAN: Performing this on stage, it was pretty surreal for me.

Kind of a dream almost.

I was like in, like,
this alternate world,

just, like, dancing,

and it was just incredible.

I really felt
that he was there,

and that he was with me.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

[DENISE CHEERING]

ANNOUNCER:
Ladies and gentlemen,
that was our 2016

Teen Female Best Dancer winner,
Miss Morgan Higgins.

MORGAN:
I handed down my title

as Teen Best Dancer.

It's really
bittersweet, though,

because this year
has been incredible,

and I'm really sad
that it's over,

but I'm ready to work hard
for next year.

RAY: Once they finish
the improvisation,

that score is combined
with their...

re-tallied, I should say,

with their solo score
and their audition score.

Once that's tallied,
that will take us
to our top three.

Once the top three
are announced,

all the scores previous
are completely erased

and we start all over.

They re-compete
in the same evening,

and they get a brand-new score

based on their
solo performance,

and they're ranked
by the judges
one through three,

and that's how we come up
with our winners.

ANNOUNCER: Three of you
will be re-competing your solos.

First off is Joziah German,
from Prodigy Dance
and Performing Arts Centre.

Joining him will be
Findlay McConnell
from Elite Danceworx.

Last but not least,
Julian Lombardi from
Canadian Dance Unit.

All right, ladies. It is time.

I'm going to announce
four names.

I need you to step forward.

That means you will be
re-competing your solo
very shortly.

And in random order,
Quinn Starner from
Stars Dance Studio.

Kelis Robinson
from Elite Danceworx.

Vivian Ruiz from
Stars Dance Studio.

And Anessa Zivic from
Denise Wall Dance Energy.

Let's give
all these ladies on stage
a big round of applause.

Congratulations, guys.
You can all exit to the right.

And we'll see you shortly.
Nice work.

All right, gentlemen.
If I call your name,
step forward.

It means you are re-competing
your solo shortly.

First up is...

Benjamin Peralta
from Britney Boyd
Dance Company.

Michael Novitski
from Vlad's Dance Company.

Last but not least,
Wyeth Walker from
Denise Wall Dance Energy.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

DENISE: Oh, my God!

ANNOUNCER:
Gentlemen, congratulations
to all of you on stage.

Thank you so very much.

[ANNOUNCER CONTINUES
INDISTINCTLY]

Nice work.

DENISE: I just peed my pants.

-WOMAN: Oh, great.
-DENISE: I'm soaked wet.

WOMAN: You didn't pee?

DENISE: I gotta go.
I gotta change.

I mean, just...

It just went, everything.

Everything in my bladder.

Everything in my bladder
just went.

I'm sorry.

DENISE: So you already won.

I don't care where you place.

The accomplishment
of you being put there, okay?

ANESSA:
It was crazy around me.

Denise was trying to do
my makeup,

and my mom and Miss Denise
were trying to do my hair.

And everyone was like,
telling me, "Good job,"
and coming up to me.

So it's a little hectic
and chaotic.

[STAMMERING]
So it... I'm not kidding,
that confidence better be there.

Like, make them gag.

Okay?

Is somebody
taking a picture of this?

[SOBBING]

I'm so proud of you. Okay?

Glad they're finally seeing
what I see, okay?

Serve it.

Just... It should be fun.

That's all...
Now it's just fun, okay?

Just give them
Anessa realness.

Yes? Okay?

Yup? All right. Let's go, girl.

[CHANTING]

DENISE: Ready?

ANESSA: Definitely,
I got super nervous

when the number before me,
like, the music starts.

Like you can tell
when it's about to end.

ANNOUNCER: Closing on our Teen
Female Best Dancer top four,

it is Anessa Zivic.

[TECHNO MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ Beautiful

ANNOUNCER:
That was Anessa Zivic
from Denise Wall Dance Energy.

Judges,
please rank these ladies
one through four.

DENISE: No. It's...
No. I'm sorry.

I'm so...
I mean, I'm...

I'm so excited.

Like...

You didn't even make
top 20 last year.

Like, your goal...

Just go be yourself, okay?

Don't throw it. Just...

This should be fun for you.

That's what I want it to be.
I want it just to be fun.

Suspend it.

Yeah. Not that one,
but I like that one too.

Watch the other one.

[LAUGHS]

Yeah. Yeah.

But that was good too.
I will take that.

It's a show now, okay?

'Cause we've already...
Four segments and you're one.

You already accomplished
way more than I thought
you would.

-HEIDI: Do you wanna come back?
-Yeah, really.

Yes? Yeah?

Okay. Ready?

[CHANTING]

WYETH: I've been so nervous
about this since, like,
this year started.

Like, how this year
will play out

and, like,
what's gonna happen.

I don't think any of us
expected this to happen.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

[SLOW MUSIC PLAYING]

MAN IN CROWD: Whoo!

ANNOUNCER:
That was Wyeth Walker
from Denise Wall Dance Energy.

That solo was an experience.

It was amazing night.

-Looking like a pro out there.
-DENISE: I know.

Nice work, man.

ANESSA:
This time I did my solo,
I wasn't as on my leg

as I was the first time.

But I felt like
I performed it still...

Yeah, my feet were
just, like, really sticky.

RAY: And then I find out,
you know, on the gala night.

So they have a good two days,

to kinda sit and wonder,
you know,

what their placement's
gonna be.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

So excited to be here
at the Dance Awards.

[DENISE SINGING]

I looked so much for you.

Just go out there and kill it.
That's all I got to say.
Just kill it.

Do something different. You...

You know what you...
I talked to you about that.

Yeah? You got it.

-DENISE: Yes?
-STUDENTS: Yeah!

DENISE: All right, let's go.

[ALL CHANTING]

ANNOUNCER:
Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen,

and welcome
to the closing awards show

at the 2017 Dance Awards.

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

[APPLAUDING]

ANNOUNCER:
That was your 2017 Senior
Best Dancer finalists.

WYETH: At that final,
like, performance,

especially for
a couple of seniors,

like, most of us do,

it's our last chance
to perform with this group.

It's like a big last hurrah.
We got to cast one more time

and make Travis and Denise
happy, so...

Just do our best and please
everyone, and all chorus
sing your name, amen.

-ALL: Amen.
-Let's go, girls.

[SLOW MUSIC PLAYING]

I'm gonna die
of a heart attack again.
[CHUCKLES]

-DENISE: Last round.
-Yeah.

[BYE BYE LIFEPLAYING]

Here we go.
Time for some results.

Our sixth runner-up
for Best Performance
Teen Division

is Get Me To the Church

from Prodigy Dance
and Performing Arts Centre.

Our fourth runner-up
representing our Teen Division

is At A Lossfrom
Columbia City Jazz.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

Second runner-up
for the Teen Division
is To Build A Home

from Vlad's Dance Company.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

Our first runner-up
for Best Performance
for the Teen Division

is Brother
from Elite Danceworx,

which means our winner
of the Dance Awards 2017

is Hello Loneliness
from Denise Wall Dance Energy.

DENISE: Yay!

ANNOUNCER: You guys,
congratulations one more time

to each and every one
of these routines.

Thank you so very much.

[ALL CHEERING]

You killed that.

So thank you.

Thank you, because
you're a big part of why
that score is so high.

We went out with a bang.

You know what I loved?
She was dancing behind us,

and you saw us,
and you picked up the gear.

[JORDAN SOBBING]

You know it's never over.
You know that?

I'll never leave you.

I'll always be there.

You tell me
when your shows are,

I'll come to New York
and see you.

You're never out of my life,
you know that?

Ever. Okay?

Love you.

Love you too. Thank you.

Thank your mama
for bringing her...

bringing you to me.

It's okay.

[CONTINUES SOBBING]

JORDAN: Thank you so much.

You're welcome, baby.
Thank you.

ANNOUNCER: We are here tonight

to present
the Professionalism Award.

And the Dance Award goes to...

Denise Wall.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

DENISE: What? Oh, my God!

We should all tip together.

[LAUGHTER]

DENISE: I can do that.

I just can't believe that.

-Congratulations.
-Thank you.

[EXCLAIMING]

Here.

Thank you.

ANNOUNCER:
Ladies and gentlemen,
it is time

for some of our
Best Dancer results.

Please help me welcome
to the stage

our Teen Female
Best Dancer top 10.

First off, Emily Valencia
from Dance Town.

I'm extremely proud of you.
I know that they are too.

If I call your name,
step forward.

You are the Teen Female
Best Dancer top four.

First off is Quinn Starner
from Stars Dance Studio.

Kelis Robinson
from Elite Danceworx.

Vivian Ruiz
from Stars Dance Studio.

And Anessa Zivic from
Denise Wall Dance Energy.

Our Teen Female Best Dancer
third runner-up

is Anessa Zivic from
Denise Wall Dance Energy.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

The Best Dancer
first runner-up is...

Kelis Robinson
from Elite Danceworx,

which means
our new Teen Female
Best Dancer winner

is Quinn Starner
from Stars Dance Studio.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

-Congratulations.
-Thank you.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

I know.

All right.
It is time now to read
our Senior Male Best Dancer.

Tyler Hutchings
from Elite Danceworx.

Wyeth Walker from
Denise Wall Dance Energy.

Will the Senior Male
Best Dancer top three

please take a step forward?

First off,
it's Benjamin Peralta

from Britney Boyd
Dance Company.

Michael Novitski
from Vlad's Dance Company.

And Wyeth Walker
from Denise Wall Dance Energy.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

Without further ado, guys,

Senior Male Best Dancer,
our second runner-up...

is Benjamin Peralta
from Britney Boyd
Dance Company.

DENISE: Wow. Okay.

ANNOUNCER:
All right, guys. Here it is.

Your Senior Male Best Dancer
first runner-up...

is Michael Novitski
from Vlad's Dance Company,

which means our new
Senior Male Best Dancer winner

is Mr. Wyeth Walker
for Denise Wall Dance Energy.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]

DENISE: How did that happen?
How did that happen?

DENISE:
He didn't even make
top 20 last year.

Whoo!

[HEIDI SOBBING]

My God!

Where is he? Oh, my God.

Where is he?

Where is he?

Oh, my God.
I can't believe it.

I can't believe it.

Oh, my God.
I'm so proud of you.

I can't...

[HEIDI SOBBING]

Hey, Denise,
congratulations. I'm crying.

DENISE: You know,
he didn't make
top 20 last year.

Yeah, yeah.

No. You remember
the meaning?

Because he didn't make top 20.

See, when you work on it
everyday...

HEIDI: Oh, my God. Thank you.

DENISE: You're welcome.

Thank him.
He just won the world.

I kept on pushing him every day
and he kept on working.

WYETH: It still don't feel like
I just did that.

And it's...
Yeah. It's really good.

I feel really... yeah.

I can't... Yeah.
I can't describe it.

I'm just... Yeah.
I'm really happy, and just...

I'm really excited
for next year.

The adrenalin is falling,
so I'm, like, delirious
right now.

He won Best Senior Dancer.

So we're just
so excited about that.

And he fell to his knees
when the guy called,

'cause he didn't
expect it either.

It was just a rush of emotions
once you got off-stage.

It was a moment
I'll never forget.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

TRINITY:
So I think, it's all like...

It's all, like,
joy and happiness.

It's been great.
I'm feeling good.

Hello Loneliness
got first place,

um, I got third runner-up
for Teen Best Dancer,

and Wyeth won
Senior Male Dancer.

So, yeah!

It's a crazy night
and I'm so happy
with everything.

Everyone was so emotional
withHello Loneliness

because it was, like,
our last time
dancing together

with, like, Jordan and Alexis,
and possibly Alena.

So we're so happy
and all of our hard work
paid off.

It was like
a really special moment,

especially for the seniors.

You know, a lot of them
are my friends,

like, best friends,

and, like, one of them
is my Mom's.

My two Moms,
Jordan and Alena, you know.

And they're gonna be leaving,
which is so sad.

But I'm so excited for them.

See like what's gonna happen
in the future.

I did a whole bunch
of crying today.

I'm so proud of us,

and I'm really surprised
that I got top 20.

I was not expecting
that at all.

Um, I'm so proud of Wyeth

and I'm so proud of Anessa,

and I'm proud
of everybody that...

Oh, I'm... I'm gonna
miss them so much.

When I will feel down
at the studio,

and, of course,
like, dance is my outlet,
but they...

It's just their energy
bringing into me, I just...

Oh, I love them so much.

She was crying the night
really bad enough

because I told her I'd...
They'd never leave my life.

I'd stay in touch with them.

When they have shows I shall...

She'll be in shows New York,
I'll go see her.

I'm always gonna be Mama D.

Then I'll turn into Grandma D

when they have their kids
and bring them to me.

[CHUCKLES]

Only one.

Got it.

DENISE: And they think
I'm professional,
but that's okay.

[DENISE LAUGHS]

We're done!

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

We won. I'm sorry,
I'm still, like, still in shock.

The whole process starts again.

We've got to start
getting cracking for Zen

and training the kids
to another level

and get new pieces.

It's so funny
'cause I said, after we won,

afterHello Loneliness won,

I sent Travis a text and said,

"Thank you so much
for the piece."

I said, "Now what's next?

"What are you gonna do
next year?"

And he sent me...

he sent me a face,

with the face like this,

with a knife coming
through his head.

[LAUGHING]

So now there was,
"Let him be" for tonight.
[CHUCKLES]

'Cause I'd never stop.
I'm always going,

"Okay, what's next?
All right, let's go., let's go."

WYETH:
Like, ah, the pressure.

The pressure.

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