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Talk, I'm my father's son.

Dancing is my life too.

Michael.

What?

I just fell in love.

He probably isn't going to come back.

You are not doing what you are supposed to be doing.

And what is that?

I'm going to live forever.

Baby, remember my love.

You got big dreams.

You want fame.

We're paying costs.

And right here is where you start paying.

I'm sweating.

I'm going to live forever.

Baby, remember my love.

I'm going to live forever.

I'm going to live forever.

Wow, I'm sorry.

Watch where you go.

Henry Lee.

Yeah.

I'm sorry, man.

I didn't see you coming.

What are you doing here?

I told you I'd be back, didn't I?

Yeah, you did.

Look, man, I am a dancer.

No, I didn't make it once, but there's nothing that says I can't try again.

You're right.

Nothing says.

Hey.

Now, you're not going to try and stop me again, are you?

That's it, balance, very good Henry the Dog.

Bye, Mike!

You already wrote what you think.

I think they look great.

Oh, don't you play games with me?

You know exactly what I'm talking about.

Pull up, Jason.

Pull up.

Well, Ms.

Grant, since when do we give special favors around here?

Since Henry Lee started studying dance with my first teacher, Madame Roget.

Look at that boy.

She said he's the hardest working kid she's ever seen.

I know.

I know he tried to influence you last year.

Influence me?

Ms.

Grant, he tried everything, including reminding me that his mother used to babysit.

I know all of that, Leroy, but look at that boy.

He's burning the dance.

Babe, you can't see that nobody can.

I don't see what harm is going to do for us.

Let him come in here and work out with us, do you?

I guess not.

Well, I think he's got a really good chance to pass the auditions next season.

Why shouldn't we help him?

He's still gotta earn it.

So long as he understands that part.

He understands that part, and you understand that you and my assistant should get out there and assist.

Thanks for watching!

Ouch.

I like what I see.

Everything looks good.

Surgery went well.

There's...

So I can do everything I did before?

Everything.

Are you sure?

Leroy, will you listen to Dr.

Clay?

He says you're gonna be just fine.

Right.

Right.

So, when can I start dancing again?

Depends on how well you heal.

I get a lot of football players in here with torn-up knees.

They're usually back on the field in six weeks.

Well, considering I don't have the refrigerator coming at me, I bet I can be back in four.

Now, Leroy, you don't want to rush this too much, honey.

Well, in a way, he does.

Depending on how your therapy goes, it'll determine...

Therapy?

Well, yeah, we gotta get that knee back in shape.

How fast you're back dancing will depend on how much you can take.

Oh, I can take a lot, Doc.

Bring it on.

We can make time stand still, catch the golden moments Victory is sweet,

but the challenge is the prize The journey hasn't it, and I may be coming to it But my spirit will survive,

the spirit is alive If you're gonna change your life,

change your way to begin A warrior without anger has the power to survive Answer the calling,

answer with your heart Win or lose,

the spirit will survive Win or lose, the spirit is alive Sweet dream,

I have followed you Since the will to win was born Sweet dream,

you're the power and the drive And my spirit is alive My spirit is alive Nice bet.

Belly button.

What are you looking at?

What?

I just fell in love.

This lucky guy.

Okay, don't look.

He's doing push-ups right behind us and I want him.

I said not to look.

He's cute, but he's not a god.

And besides, you can't be in love with him, because you just saw him for the first time.

I tremble at the thought of his touch.

His very presence makes me weak in the knees.

I want to barf my guts out.

It's love.

Leroy!

Hi!

Hey, you missed him, huh?

There you go!

Welcome back.

Welcome home, stranger.

I'm a scrap.

Feels good to be back.

It's great to have you back.

We missed you.

Now go to work.

Come on, baby, take over.

Come on, class is not over yet.

Let's do the buzzer combinations.

You remember it.

Drill them.

Come on, honey.

Come on, it's yours.

Take off.

Just a bit.

Nothing, really.

I've just been away for six weeks.

You people need to show me where you are.

Jazz combinations, man.

Same thing we were doing last time.

I still need to be refreshed.

Alright, alright, legal needs to be refreshed.

Come on, honey.

Go refresh me.

Hey, Leroy.

What's your name, man?

Good.

Speak to you on your back, bro.

Hey, Leroy.

Speak to you on your back.

Wow.

Sorry, man.

This is getting to be a habit.

Yeah.

How's the leg?

Leg's fine.

How's your dancing coming?

Hey, you saw?

Yeah, I did see.

Henry, you're gonna have to do better.

Look, I'm trying, man.

Well, you should try harder.

Leroy, I know I was out of line at midterms, alright?

You know, trying to cash in on the fact that...

Well, you know, man...

Henry.

I don't want to hear this.

The bottom line is, if you're good enough, you're in.

If you're not, you're out.

Yeah.

You see him?

No, it's all clear.

Okay, great.

Come on.

Let's eat.

Starving.

Reggie, you can't expect to hide from Max the rest of your high school life.

Why not?

Because he's right behind you.

Hi.

Hi.

You want to let this guy up?

I suggest you do it now.

Now?

Listen, Reggie, I was thinking.

You were thinking.

Yeah, you want to go to a movie tonight?

Movie?

Maybe dinner later.

Dinner?

Dinner later.

Chicken?

Yeah, what do you say?

What do I say?

Yes.

She says yes.

Great.

Great.

Great.

Then will you, uh, meet in front of the school around eight?

Eight'd be fine.

All right, then.

I'll see you there.

Reggie, I've never seen you like this.

You're usually so...

So vivacious.

When I'm turned on to a guy, when I'm turned on to a guy, I totally lose it.

Hey, Eve, go with us.

I can't go with you.

He asked you out, not me.

I can't talk to him alone.

You'll be fine.

You'll go to a nice movie.

You'll have dinner for two, three, four, we'll double.

How do you expect me to find a date on such short notice?

OK, come on.

There's still some things a girl has to do for herself.

Flip the hats.

Forward, up, down.

Come on, keep it tight, people.

Keep it tight.

Up, and out, up, out, back, sink, hips, off the side, and sink, hips, strike.

Touch, touch, and reach, two, three.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, OK.

Let's reach with the right on one, right?

No, let's reach with the left on three.

Thank you, concentrate.

Let's reach with the left on three, thank you.

All right, take it from the dovetail, please.

Five, six, seven, eight, one, two, four, five, six, seven, eight, dovetail.

Down, and one, two, the left, and.

Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it.

And really, why is it so hard for you to do this step?

Hey, man, I was just following the call.

No, no, no, no, no.

Don't blame it on Nicole.

It's not her fault.

That kind of stuff doesn't work here.

No, I'm not blaming her.

See, she went left, so I went left.

Come on, Leroy.

Nicole, please.

Look, Henry, this is a professional school.

Would you mind using your brain for once?

Hey, man, everybody is screwing this thing up, not just me.

Look, you're the last person in this room that should say anything.

You don't even attend this school.

Leroy, what's going on here?

Nothing's going on.

I have to keep Henry Lee in line.

He gets on my nerves.

Are you sure that's all?

I'm positive.

Ms.

Grant, what's the problem?

No problem.

I was just a little surprised to see that my assistant had an assistant.

Look, I just needed Nicole to demonstrate for me.

That's all.

Don't you think you're favoring that leg a little bit too much?

Ms.

Grant, I just had surgery.

Or are you forgetting?

I'm not forgetting.

Then you should know what I'm going through.

Yeah, I do know what you're going through.

I know exactly what you're going through, and that's what's got me worried.

Look, Ms.

Grant, you're a dancer, but you don't have to dance around me.

That's right.

I'm a dancer, Leroy, and so are you.

And that's what I'd like to see you do, is dance.

Sometimes soon.

Yeah, I'm just gonna have some sashimi.

Hey.

What about you, Reggie?

Oh, gosh, I don't know what's sashimi.

Basically, just raw fish.

Well, I have the sashimi, too, and I want mine cooked.

Hey.

I'll just have some miso soup.

Hey.

Hey.

Yeah, I was just wondering where your date was.

Shouldn't you be getting your sashimi?

Uh, I didn't want to bring you guys down, so, you know, knowing Biffy probably won't show up,

I'll just eat my food and then I'll go home.

No!

You don't want me honing in on your date, Dave.

Yes.

Well, what I mean is, Max, we can't send her home.

We can?

This is silly.

Look, I'm gonna go home.

No!

Come on, Max, tell her.

Tell her what?

That she can't go.

You can't go.

Unless, of course, you really want to.

That settles it.

Could I just get that to go, please?

No, hold on.

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

Max, look, there's something that you should know about Kate's date.

What?

He didn't stand her up.

Um...

He died.

Oh, wow.

I'm sorry.

Was it sudden?

Yeah.

Could I have some chopsticks, please?

Hey.

She's so pretty.

So, Beethoven says, I don't know, sounds good to me.

Get it?

Sounds...

Beethoven?

I guess it's a classical joke, Mr.

Sharofsky.

Good morning, everybody.

Hi.

Hi.

Good morning.

Gotta get to class.

Is it me, or is Leroy's leg getting worse?

Looks like it.

But I don't know if his leg is the real problem.

Don't you think you're pushing him a little too hard?

Oh, Elizabeth, I have to push him right now.

You know, when I was a kid, I used to go to see the Nutcracker every year.

And there was this beautiful little ballerina named Cynthia that danced the Sugar Plum Fairy.

This girl was magical.

I'd never seen anybody that could dance the way she could.

And then one day, she hurt her leg.

And she had to have an operation and go through therapy, much like what Leroy just went through.

When she went back to the ballet, mama got us front row tickets to go see her.

I was so excited that I was going to get to see Cynthia again.

But when we got there, we didn't see Cynthia.

We saw her understudy.

You see what I'm trying to get to?

You mean her leg never healed?

Oh, her leg healed, fine, everything.

But her fears, she was afraid.

It ended her career.

I can't just sit and watch that happen to Leroy.

Got to push him.

Got to.

It was such a great day last night.

Reggie, it was horrible.

Oh, no, I thought it was fantastic.

Max is such a good conversationalist.

How would you know?

You hardly opened your mouth.

Well, I have you.

Not anymore.

OK, come on.

I've got another date with him.

Tonight he's picking us up at seven.

No, he's picking you up at seven.

Enough is enough, Reggie.

How long do you expect this to go on?

Not much longer.

Besides, we're all getting along so well.

Yeah, but it's sick.

OK, please.

It's just until I get more comfortable with him.

Is it too much to ask?

Well, tonight.

But I think I can find myself a date, so I don't feel so stupid.

But then who's going to talk to Max?

Right.

What was I thinking?

You see, I'd keep the conversation on a more intellectual level tonight.

Intellectual?

Yeah.

Dostoyevsky, are you up on Dostoyevsky?

Isn't everyone?

Come on, people.

Come on, people.

Let's move it.

Class stops in five minutes, with or without you.

Thank you.

Henry Lee, you want to light a fire under it?

Coming already.

Be cool, man.

All right.

What are you looking at?

Nothing, man.

Just forgot my towel.

So that's it, isn't it?

What's...

Your knee, man.

See, it's bugging you, so you're taking it out on me.

You don't know nothing, man.

I'm trying to make a dance out of you.

No, I don't buy it.

Leroy, I know what you think of me, okay?

Now, why can't we just stay out of each other's way?

Excuse me?

I don't think I heard that right.

I mean, after you push and scrum and wiggle your way in here, now you're gonna tell me to stay out of your way?

Got more gall than I thought.

Look, man, I don't care how much you hate me, all right?

I'm not backing off.

I'm gonna get into this school.

Let me tell you something, Henry Lee.

Even if I did hate you, I wouldn't stop you if you were good enough.

Oh, but you better be good enough.

See, I have a vote here.

And you gotta get past me.

I don't know about that, man.

The way things are going, you might not be around here to have to get past.

Arms.

And attitude.

Our best.

And punché.

Come on, we can pull it together.

Put a bra.

Run, tall, tall.

Now we're gonna go.

Full position, double turn.

Tendu grand jeté.

And...

Hold it, people, hold it, people, hold it.

Look, the motion is supposed to be fluid, easy.

You guys got too much backbone in this.

I mean, I've seen you dance, but like this, like this.

And...

Thank you.

Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.

All right.

All my life been trying to break through Pushing back against the odds I paid my dues All my life been reaching for a

dream Feeling so unbeatable, going to extremes But the man in the mirror says, slow down, look back,

turn around You can lose it all so easily The man in the mirror knows your fears, feels your pain,

cries your tears How can I ignore him?

How can I get free?

When the man in the mirror is me Underneath this cloud I'm lying low Maybe I'll be fighting back by letting go Rise

high above this empty place Never thinking of the obstacles I've made But the man in the mirror says, slow down,

look back, turn around You can lose it all so easily The man in the mirror knows your fears, feels your pain,

cries your tears How can I ignore him?

How can I get free?

When the man in the mirror is me Underneath this cloud I'm lying low When the man in the mirror gives me I think I know

him But the man in the mirror says Slow down, look back,

turn around You can lose it all so easily The man in the mirror knows Your fear fills your pain,

cries your tears How can I ignore him?

How can I get free?

When the man in the mirror gives me I think I know him Oh yeah I said I know him I know him That's me You're in good

voice, mr.

Johnson, thank you mr.

Sharofsky, that's high praise coming from you This has been a rough couple of months for you, isn't it?

Well, I guess you could say that Mr.

Sharofsky, can I ask you something?

You ever thought what it would be like if you were never able to play the piano again?

No, I haven't.

I see no reason to develop on the inevitable The inevitable?

of course For me, I assume my arthritis will someday make it just too painful to play the piano.

I didn't know about that.

I'm sorry, mr.

Sharofsky nothing unusual Everybody reaches the point in their life where they have to decide if they will give up the

thing they love What if the thing you love is the thing that can ruin you My leg for instance, suppose I hurt it again.

It may not heal as well.

I Might never dance again.

Who knows?

Forgive me, mr.

Johnson,

but there's something I must point out to you You're not dancing He moved into the apartment next door two weeks ago at

first I thought he was married but then it turns out she's just the secretary Doing what?

taking dictation He's starting on a new book Actually, I was one of the few people to read his first book.

I picked it up one night and I just couldn't put it down I was almost like school the next day.

What's this?

Oh, I got us two tickets to see Baryshina Cough at Lincoln Center.

I see.

I see.

Boy, I stood in line for two hours to get those tickets.

And you talk about I see.

Boy, you didn't ask me.

That's because I wanted to surprise you.

It's not very subtle.

Leroy, what's so unusual about two dancers going to the ballet?

Mrs.

Grant, I know what you're trying to do.

I thought you might want to go.

I guess you thought wrong.

Oh, Leroy, come on.

Look, he's terrific.

It'll be fun.

I don't want to go.

Why don't you take Miss Sherwood?

That's tired.

I don't want to take Miss Sherwood.

I want to take you.

Mrs.

Grant, for the last time, I do not want to go to the ballet.

Thank you, but no.

Watch out for this.

Secretary You didn't do it just to soften the blow It's a nice little face.

I'll be on our promise to be whatever you like.

You're my redhead.

Are you all set?

Best man honored CK.

Well, come on, let's get in there best man cut the rings down away We're dressed look like a couple of starways.

See you soon red You How can you say that that story is realistic I mean to believe that one woman could have three

different men at her beck and call and then end up with Cary Grant I don't know I could see that happening in real life

What do you mean?

Well, sometimes you just have more than one person in your life You warm it up red.

Yeah,

it's freezing now you better button up Well as usual ladies I had a wonderful time this evening night Reggie Thank you

Three oh one east 71st Street and 243 Central Park West So what about Thursday night there's gonna be great here with

you can actually fat is better That's gonna make it Friday Yeah, yeah sure You know,

I I never thought I'd say this but I think this thing is really working out Seven and eight and one two and three four

one two and three This class just thought it you heard what I said,

I said class What makes you think you have the right to put Henry Lee out of this school?

Henry Lee wasn't even a student here.

He was observing and he was messing up my class.

Your class?

Don't you mean my class, Leroy?

You are my assistant.

That means you assist me when and how I ask you.

Nothing more, nothing less.

Well, being just so unhappy with the way I'm doing my job, maybe I should quit.

Did you see?

You don't even understand what's happening here.

You are building up some anger and frustration because you are not doing what you are supposed to be doing.

And what is that?

You make time stand still, catch the golden moments Victory is sweet,

but the challenge is the prize The journey hasn't it, and I may be coming to it But my spirit will survive,

the spirit is alive If you're gonna change your life,

change your way to begin A warrior without anger has a power to survive Answer the calling,

answer with your heart When you lose, the spirit will survive When you lose,

the spirit is alive Sweet dreams, I have followed you Since the will the wind was born Sweet dreams,

you're the power and the drive And my spirit is alive My spirit is alive We hear about the song that you choose to sing

And you're born and you're born Are you satisfied?

And the right to choose And born and born and you're told So what am I looking at?

A perfect knee Then why does it still hurt?

You tell me.

A lot of athletes never bounce back from an injury even after it's completely healed So you're telling me it's all in

my head?

Come on, Doc, I'm not going to do it No, that's not what I'm saying.

It's a question of putting the accident behind you, Leroy.

Leroy, just how much does dancing mean to you?

Well, my father's a dancer.

I mean, he plays every flubidin' dive in every state.

He was on the road ten months last year, even though he only worked a third at the time.

I mean, when your gig ends in Omaha, you don't pack up your bags and fly home.

You sit in your hotel room, wait for your road manager to call you with your next job.

He has no money he can speak of.

His wife left him.

For most of his life, his children didn't even know him, but he wouldn't even consider giving up dance.

I mean, if he was to ask my father, he'd tell you, dancing is his life.

Doc, I'm my father's son.

Dancing is my life, too.

Hey, Kate.

Hi, Max.

Listen, I don't know where Reggie is.

Well, I wasn't looking for Reggie.

I was looking for you.

Me?

Yeah, I was wondering if maybe you'd like to go to lose after school for a pizza or something.

You and me go to lose?

Just the two of us?

Yeah.

You know, primitive as it may sound.

Two people, one date, no third person.

I know it's traditional and all, but I'm a traditional kind of guy.

I mean, I happen to like one woman at a time.

And what about Reggie?

We have a responsibility.

Well, don't get me wrong, Kate.

I like Reggie and all.

It's just she's not very talkative I don't think so see I've been going through this whole period of mourning ever

since Biff died and I'm just gonna have to pass okay you sure yeah I'm sure I didn't but I didn't go yo you must have

done something to encourage it's not what I did to encourage him is what you did to discourage him oh yeah what did I

do nothing that's the point gotta let a guy know you'd like him you can't be a wallflower Reggie at least you've got to

show him that you have a personality there's no all right I'll show them a personality walking down the street a single

ray of sunlight passing by to see who it could be I hear the music in the air maybe blind but I don't care I won't you

with me it was the strangest feeling a shower of it There's no way to conceal it I'll keep on singing till you hear me

Catch me,

I'm falling fast I hear the music in the air Catch me,

I'm falling fast Love may be blind but I don't care I won't you with me everywhere Catch me,

I'm falling fast I hear the music in the air Catch me, I'm falling fast Love may be blind but I don't care Catch me,

I'm falling fast I won't you with me everywhere I didn't think I'd talk to you.

Wait, wait.

You and me.

Tonight.

No kid.

I thought you'd never ask.

Escher pay!

Escher pay, passé and balance.

Two four.

Double pirouette.

And put her all over.

Two and up and hold.

And thank you very much, people, that's getting there.

We'll start this again tomorrow.

Lord, girl, you look exhausted.

And you look terrific.

Do I detect that subtle glow?

Maybe.

My new friend loved the ballet.

Really?

Mmm.

Loved it so much he's sworn off secretaries for life.

Huh.

Way to go.

Honey, you got to get an assistant in here.

I will.

When?

I don't know.

A good assistant, sir.

Kind of hard to come by.

Lydia.

You got to face it.

He probably isn't going to come back.

I am.

I will.

I can't thank you.

Baby.

Oh, love.

Have you heard from me?

No.

I can't call this house.

I never get an answer.

It's such a terrible feeling, Elizabeth.

I don't have any idea where he could be.

I don't know.

Okay, that's enough.

Thanks.

Next.

Thirty-four.

Two.

All right, let's keep it moving, all right?

Later on.

You just can't stay away from me, can you?

Hey, man, if I'd known you were here, this is the last place I'd have come.

Don't worry, I'm not expecting any favors.

Don't worry, I couldn't do anything else for you.

Not even if I wanted to.

See you on my choreography, dude.

Assistant stage manager.

Oh, I'm sorry, I thought that...

I don't know what you thought, it's all right.

Look, Leroy, I know a lot of bad blood has passed between us.

But I just wanted to say that you were right.

I was trying to use anyone I could to help me get into the school, because, see,

I didn't think I was good enough to do it alone.

And then you kicked me out, man, and I hated you.

Look, Henry, I really don't want to hear no more of this.

Yes, you do, man, because there's more.

Now, I'm a lot better dancer than I thought I was, Leroy.

You want to know why?

Okay.

All right, thanks.

Because I learned from the best dancer I've ever seen.

Next.

That's you.

That's me.

Where are you?

Don't just stand there.

Let's show them what you got.

Hey, come on, I know you're back there.

Got a lot of people to see.

Let's get going.

My name is Henry Lee.

It's kind of scary.

I'm looking at myself five years ago.

Man.

Boy, I sure miss getting out on that stage and dancing.

Me too.

Putting a claw back.

Wicked.

Wow.

Where's his application?

He doesn't have one.

We'll get him one.

So what'd you think?

Leroy.

Was I any good, man?

You're great, Henry.

In fact, you really showed me something.

Excuse me.

What?

My name is Leroy Johnson, and I'm a dancer.

One, two, one, two, three.

This is the end of the video.

The end of the video.

But that boy is with me.

From the sea, me and her.

I'm gonna live it forever.

Maybe we'll never mind.