Center Stage: On Pointe
- PG
- Year:
- 2016
- 92 min
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Ladies and gentlemen...
here on this special day
a once-in-a-generation talent.
Please help me welcome
my dear friend, Cooper Nielsen!
Good to see you.
On behalf of all of us here,
thank you for all you've
done for dance.
And thank you for all you've
done for the American Ballet
Company.
Thank you.
Thank you to you all.
Thank you, Jonathan.
that extraordinary performance.
-So?
-That went well.
You think?
The company looked
great tonight.
Well, thanks for all
your good work.
Gentlemen.
Beverly.
Excuse me.
Great show, Jonathan.
Thank you.
Listen, I'll get right to it.
is out of money.
Well, we're a ballet company.
We're always strapped for cash.
There's a reason why the ballet
company has been
in the red for the
last three quarters.
I understand.
I don't think you do.
It was a beautiful show today,
Cooper's shows fill them.
Audiences, they want to see
People who come to the ballet
want to see the ballet.
Do you know how many hits one Misty
Copeland or Kate Parker video
No.
About the same amount
that ballet companies
booked in tickets all last year.
You need to evolve at long last,
or the ABC will be left behind.
Look, Jonathan...
yours is the only company yet to
incorporate contemporary ballet.
Because we are
And you need to change that,
and you need to figure out
Give me a reason to invest
in your company again.
Before it's too late.
Jonathan.
Hey, we're all looking for you.
What's going on?
We're broke.
our fourth quarter in the red.
If we don't do
something different,
there won't be the
American Ballet Company.
Fourth quarter?
The good news is,
we've been thrown a lifeline.
What's the bad news?
It's time for a change.
Are you quitting?
No. But it may be time
for the ABC
to open its doors
Modern. More contemporary.
This is the only strictly
classical company in the country.
And the only strictly classical
companies in London,
in Moscow, even in Paris
integrated modern dance
into their repertoires ages ago.
I've been a purist...
but apparently that's a luxury
we can no longer afford.
-I think that that's awesome.
-Good.
The training camp program
is coming up.
It's the perfect opportunity to
introduce modern to the company.
Modern?
Jonathan, you don't know the
first thing about modern dance.
And for good reason.
It's beneath us.
The ABC doesn't need
that less sophisticated genre.
Well, that's going to change.
This could be an exciting
opportunity for us.
new blood to the Studio Company.
Tommy, you're best qualified
for that.
Can you find us some
new talent with potential?
Well, if it isn't Kate Parker.
How is it going? How's Sydney?
Busier than anyone
has the right to be.
I got your text.
I know, isn't that amazing?
I mean, ABC should've
Of course you'd say that.
Listen, Tommy, I've got one
word for you.
What's that?
Bella.
#...her before #
# One pretty little trick tryna to
run out through the back door #
# So I step to the left
puffed out the chest #
# Kid so fly had to show
'em that ass #
# That action, distraction #
# Make this a chain reaction #
# She was more than a ten
her and her friends #
# Made their own money
and had their own ends #
# Yow yip-yip yow#
# Come here lemme show you
# It's more than now,
dip-dip dow #
# You stay here
and let you girl go #
# I don't mean, mean no harm #
# And I want to show you
the rude boy charm and #
# Yep, give me the signal
and I'm on it #
# That there body need warning,
warning #
# You know that chick,
she's fine #
# You know she's as bad
as she looks, she's mine #
# She's all I want and I need,
no lie #
# I ain't wastin' no time #
# You see her going around
'cause she's a... #
# Hold up! Wait a minute!
Minute, minute #
# That chick, that chick right there,
that chick, that chick right there #
# That girl # # That chick,
# That chick, that chick
right there # # That girl #
# That chick, that chick right
there, that chick, that chick... #
It's been a while.
I know.
You grew up.
When did you get so good?
I practice every now and then.
Not "now and then." Give yourself
some credit. That was fantastic.
It's fun. It's not ballet,
but I realized a while ago that
"The Glass Slipper" wasn't for me.
How did you know I was here?
Your sister.
So, every year at the ABC,
there's this boot camp.
It's part of the Academy,
it's how
Jonathan feeds new dancers
into the program.
This year, they're doing
something different.
Jonathan's looking
for modern dancers,
creative ones, who are
willing to move in any way.
Yeah, the company would
think about me?
Yeah.
-I don't think so.
-Why not?
Kate didn't get in, and she's
a way better dancer than I am.
Well, like I said, Jonathan's not just
looking for classical ballet dancers.
He wants modern. All right?
A new vibe, a whole new thing.
I think that
you'd be great for it.
I don't think so.
Yeah, Wednesday, 3:00.
Here's the address.
All you need to do is just come
up with a little modern routine.
Just show off what you can do.
I don't think I'd be comfortable
there. In that environment.
In what environment?
Well, it's a world-class
ballet company.
It's full of all these gorgeous,
beautiful, skinny ballerinas, and...
No. No, none of that matters.
When they see you dance?
It's fantastic.
You're gonna be fine, trust me.
Even if I went, I would have to
change my name on that application.
I don't want people to know
that I'm Kate Parker's sister.
That's fine. You can
call yourself whatever you want.
Is that a yes?
That's a maybe.
No. Wednesday, 3:00?
I'll see you there?
What's with the moves?
I'm auditioning to be part of
A ballerina?
So dancing runs in the family?
You're not the ballet type.
I'm not auditioning to
be a ballerina.
I'm auditioning
to be a modern dancer.
Auditioning? Well, just tell
them who you are.
I can't tell them I'm
Kate Parker's sister, because
then they'll expect me to dance like
her, and I already know I can't.
Anyways, I want to get
in on my own.
You'd be a good paralegal.
I don't want to be a paralegal.
I want to be a dancer.
Yeah, well, so did that one.
I had the same conversation with her
20 years ago, right in this chair.
I'm still here.
So is she.
Eat your pie, Myron.
I'm just trying to give
you a little dose of reality.
Following your dreams is
one thing
but it's good to have a
backup plan.
I don't want to be talking
to you here in 20 years.
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