01x02 - Angelina's New Ballet Teacher/Angelina's Dance Partner

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- ♪ She's a dancing star

♪ She loves to twirl all day

♪ She's gonna go far

♪ That's the angelina way

♪ Follow your dreams wherever they take you ♪

♪ You can succeed

♪ Don't let anything shake you ♪

♪ Angelina

♪ Ballerina

♪ The little star with big dreams ♪

♪ Angelina

♪ Ballerina

♪ La, la, la-la

♪ La, la, la-la

♪ La, la, la-la

- I'm angelina ballerina,

And today is one of the biggest days in my entire life.

- Angelina!

Polly!

Breakfast!

Oh!

You sure got down here fast.

- Today is the day I'm meeting ms. Mimi.

- [Yawns]

Meeting ms. Who?

- Ms. Mimi,

The dance teacher at my new school.

Miss lilly says she's wonderful.

Now, chew faster, polly, so we can go.

- Angelina, please don't rush your sister.

You'll get to school on time, and everything will be--

- Wonderful.

I just know it.

I'll be ms. Mimi's best dancer,

Just like I was with miss lilly.

[Cheerful classical music]

♪

- Oh, angelina.

What a beautiful and talented young dancer you are.

- Oh, thank you, ms. Mimi.

- You're going to star in my fall show

And my winter show

And my spring show.

From now on, the star of every show will be...

Angelina.

[Applauds]

- Angelina.

Angelina.

- Oops.

I was just practicing my pirouettes for ms. Mimi.

- Me too!

[Hums]

- [Laughs]

Mum, do you think ms. Mimi will teach me

To do a grand jete?

That's what I was working on with miss lilly,

And I was getting really, really close.

Ooh! Oh!

Oof!

[Nervous laughter]

Well, maybe not that close.

- With a lot of practice and ms. Mimi's help,

I'm sure you'll get it soon.

- Thanks, mum.

[Bell rings]

- Hey, angelina.

Wait up!

- Hi, vici.

Hurry.

- Why are you in such a rush?

- I can't wait to finally meet ms. Mimi.

- She's so amazing.

- I hope she'll be as amazing as my old teacher, miss lilly.

[Gasps] look!

A picture of miss lilly.

- Wow, she must be the greatest dancer

In chipping cheddar!

- And the greatest teacher.

- Well, I think ms. Mimi is the greatest teacher

In all of mouseland.

- Ah, second greatest, maybe.

I want to show her my grand jete.

Whoa!

Ooh!

Oops.

- You okay?

- Uh-huh.

Maybe I just need some more room.

- You can try it again in the studio.

You can do all the grand jetes you want in here.

- [Sighs deeply]

Ooh!

- Oh!

- Oops.

Excuse me.

I'm so sorry.

- You must be angelina.

I'm ms. Mimi.

- Uh-oh.

- I've heard so much about you from miss lilly.

- Um, did miss lilly tell you I can do an arabesque?

Because I can.

And a saute.

And a pas de chat.

She was just about to teach me a grand jete,

So we can work on that right now if you want and...

- Whoa.

Not so fast, angelina.

What did miss lilly do at the beginning of class?

- Oh, right.

Warm-up.

Of course.

- All right, class.

Warm-up time.

[Bouncy piano music]

♪

And now for some music.

How about a little jazz?

[Upbeat jazz music playing]

- Jazz?

In a ballet class?

Uh, ms. Mimi?

Miss lilly always played classical music,

Like mozart, during warm-up.

- Really?

But I just love jazz.

The smooth, mellow sounds

Just make me want to stretch.

- Mmm!

- Ah!

- Not first position.

Stretch.

- Sorry!

We always started with first position.

- Now the cool jazz sounds are inspiring me

To bend way back like a noodle.

Can you be a noodle, angelina?

- Sure.

I guess.

- Hmm.

Let's all touch our toes.

- [Sighs]

- And wiggle our nose.

- Uh-oh...

- Angelina, I do things a little differently in my class.

Won't you give my way a try?

- Yes, of course.

- And now let's all do a jazzy pirouette.

- That looked like a ballet pirouette.

- With ms. Lilly, we always did plain pirouettes

Without all that jazz.

[Bell rings]

- Lunchtime!

After we eat, we'll meet in the lunchtime theater.

- Are you okay, angelina?

- I'm just not used to ballet with jazz...

Or noodles.

If I can't even be a noodle with ms. Mimi,

I'll probably never learn to do a grand jete.

Oh, miss lilly.

My new class is so different, and I keep messing up.

Ms. Mimi does so many things I don't understand.

I'm afraid I might never learn how to do a grand jete.

[Sighs]

[Twinkling]

- Places, everybody.

You too, angelina.

Today we are going to do the most difficult dance

We ever created.

- Oh?

- It's called the moon dance,

And only my very best students are good enough to do this.

So let's put on our imaginary space helmets.

Angelina, you too.

All right, everybody, let's walk on the moon.

Come on, everybody. Follow me!

Come on, angelina. You're lagging behind!

- Oh!

Oof!

[Gasps]

Ugh!

- Hurry, angelina!

Hurry!

Hurry!

- Wait!

Wait for me!

Wait!

Please!

Wait!

I can't let that happen.

I have to make this afternoon's dance class

Go much, much better.

But how?

I know!

You always said to try my hardest

And put my best toe forward.

Thanks for the great advice, miss lilly.

Sorry I'm late, everybody,

But I'm ready to go.

Jazzy pirouettes or noodles or whatever ms. Mimi wants.

I'm all set, ms. Mimi.

What should we do first?

- Let's try flying.

- Oh, yeah! - Cool!

- Um...

- Let's all float through the air like little butterflies.

- Miss lilly never did this.

- Are you a ladybug, vici?

Excellent.

And what are you, angelina?

- Um...uh...

Ah, a bumblebee!

- Good.

Now swoop around and buzz.

- No, there's actually a bumblebee,

And it's coming right at me!

Shoo!

Leave me alone!

Whoa!

Ooh!

- Angelina, are you okay?

- Not really.

I can't seem to do anything right.

- [Gasps]

- I'm just a failure.

[Cries]

- You know, angelina, my first day at dance class

Was a disaster too.

- Really? You?

- Goodness, I couldn't do anything right.

I thought miss lilly didn't like me.

- What-- what did you do?

- I started to listen.

I gave up the idea that my way was the only way,

And suddenly I began to learn.

So when I asked you to be a noodle...

- You were telling me to be more open to new ideas,

Like being a bug or a bumblebee.

But that bee, the way it hops from flower to flower,

It's--it's almost like dancing.

Ms. Mimi, I know how to do it now.

Watch.

Watch.

- Brava, angelina.

A flawless grand jete.

- I listened to you, ms. Mimi.

I pretended I was a bumblebee, and I flew!

Oh, ms. Mimi, I promise I'll listen from now on.

I'll be a really, really good student.

- My dear angelina, you already are.

- ♪ Change can be a little hard to swallow ♪

♪ You never know where you will be tomorrow ♪

♪ The future's fresh and bright, so why not take a giant bite? ♪

♪ You'll amaze them when you put your best toe forward ♪

♪ When you're reaching for the stars ♪

♪ And step by step

♪ You'll find the way

♪ So put your best toe forward

♪ Every day

- How's your new teacher, angelina?

- Wonderful.

- As wonderful as miss lilly?

- Well, she's different than miss lilly.

But, mum, in her own way, she's every bit as wonderful.

Now it's time to meet camembert's shining stars.

- Hi, I'm anthony.

- My name is pascal.

- My name is giovanna.

- I'm juliet,

And we are the american ballroom theater youth dance company.

[Lively swing music]

♪

One of the dances I love to do is the swing.

- It's a swing;

You're swinging around, having fun.

[Together] whoo!

Whoo!

- At first it was like, "ew, I'm dancing with a boy."

- I like dancing with a partner,

Because you really have to trust your partner,

And you can't just rely on yourself.

- When anthony dances, he's very crazy.

- When pascal dances, it's, like, so clean,

And it's just like, "wow, who's that guy?"

- When I'm dancing, it's just like

I could float on water; I could fly.

[Upbeat latin music]

- The merengue is a really fun dance.

- I'm dominican, so merengue, it just--

That defines dominican.

- I feel like a star

When I'm dancing and performing onstage.

- The choreography just comes naturally.

I just practice it a couple of times,

And then afterwards, you just do it.

- It's not only, like, brain memory;

It's, like, muscle memory,

'Cause you have to not think about the steps.

That way you don't get nervous.

- Dancing's just the best thing in the world.

- I'm angelina ballerina,

And there's nothing I love more

Than dancing with my very best friend.

[Whimsical classical music]

♪

Ooh!

Stupendous, alice.

You can do all the steps I make up,

Even the really hard ones.

Both: alice and angelina, friends forever.

- ♪ Na na, na, na na, na, na na ♪

♪ A friend will be there if you stumble ♪

♪ Or stick around to keep you humble ♪

♪ Good friends make the world a better place ♪

♪ It's so, so much fun

♪ The good times you know have just begun ♪

♪ If you wanna be cool let friendship through ♪

♪ Friendship is forever

♪ Together you and me, whoa ♪

♪ Friendship is forever

[Giggling]

- I can't wait for you to be my partner

In the showcase tomorrow.

- It will be our first time dancing together

At your new school.

We have to be extra good.

I have an idea.

What if we end our dance with a twirl?

Or a leap?

Or a cartwheel?

- Actually, I've made up all the steps for our dance,

And a cartwheel is not in it.

- Oh.

Okay.

- Hi, girls.

I came up to have a peek at your new dance.

- Here's a few of the steps I made up.

- Nice choreography, angelina.

- Choreography?

- A choreographer creates a dance,

Like an author creates a story.

- Wow!

I love being a choreographer.

- And I know dancing makes little girls very hungry.

- Yes, I'm starving.

- I've brought you some lovely sandwiches.

Now I'm off to check on polly.

- Thanks, mum. - Thank you.

- Poor polly's in bed.

She has the sniffles.

- My dad says almost everybody in chipping cheddar

Has the sniffles.

But we don't.

- So...

Both: we can dance and dance!

Yay!

- Bye, alice!

- See you tomorrow.

- This will be the best

Dance-with-a-partner showcase ever,

'Cause I have the best partner ever.

[School bell rings]

- Attention, dancers!

Marco will be my helper today.

- Don't forget,

All dancers in the dance-with-a-partner showcase

Must have a partner.

- Vici's going to be my partner.

- Gracie and I are going to do a hip-hop dance, ms. Mimi.

- I'm dancing ballet with alice,

My absolutely, positively best friend

From my old neighborhood.

- Wow. Alice is coming to the showcase?

- Uh-huh.

- Have you and alice been practicing?

- Yes. A lot.

I did some really fancy choreography for our dance.

- Well, we didn't plan ours.

We make up new moves as we go along.

[Giggles]

- [Gasps]

- Hey, it's fun.

[Percussive hip-hop music]

♪

- [Gasps]

Stupendous!

- We just dance with the music.

- It's called improvising.

- We use steps we know, but we don't plan the order.

- So our dance is a little bit new and different each time.

[Giggles]

Don't you want to improvise, too, angelina?

- I don't think so.

[Twinkling]

[Applause]

- You and your partner did a wonderful job in the showcase,

Angelina.

Congratulations.

- Thank you, ms. Mimi.

- Your choreography was brilliant.

- And thank you, angelina.

We did all the steps, just like you said to,

And we didn't make any mistakes.

Hooray!

[Crowd chanting] angelina!

Angelina!

Angelina!

Angelina!

Angelina!

- Angelina!

I can't find our music player,

And we need it for our showcase dance.

- I have an extra player at my house.

I'll lend it to you.

- Oh, thank you, angelina.

Thank you.

Wow, you saved me.

You're such a good friend.

- No problem, vici.

[Phone rings]

Hello?

Angelina ballerina speaking.

- Angelina, it's alice.

I have the sniffles.

Isn't that horrible?

So I can't be your partner,

And we can't be in the showcase.

- I'm so sorry, alice.

I hope you feel better soon.

- Oh, angelina,

Our dance would have been incredible.

Achoo!

Oh, I hope you find another partner.

- Alice, I'm so sorry.

I can't believe my terrible luck.

Alice got the sniffles, and now I don't have a partner.

What am I going to do?

[Doorbell rings]

- Angelina!

Here's your music player back.

Guess what happened.

Gracie can't be in the showcase.

She has the sniffles.

- Oh, poor gracie.

Alice has them too.

- Poor alice.

Well, see you later, I guess.

- Vici, wait!

How about if you and I become partners?

- Dancing with you is going to be so amazing, angelina.

- Come on, I'll teach you all of my steps!

- Okay, and then we'll improvise.

Let's try some new stuff too.

[Lively classical music]

♪

[Hip-hop music]

- [Gasps]

♪

[Lively classical music]

[Hip-hop music]

♪

Ow!

Ow!

Hey. That's not ballet.

- No, but it's fun.

- But you have to do the steps my way,

'Cause I'm the choreographer.

- Huh?

Well, then maybe you should dance all by yourself,

Angelina ballerina.

See you later.

- [Sighs]

I could be great at the showcase.

I know I could.

[Gasps]

All I need is a partner who can learn my dance.

Hmm.

Hello.

How do you do?

Perfect.

- Oh, vici, I'm so sorry to hear gracie has the sniffles.

- Ms. Mimi said to tell you,

You and your partner are going to dance first

In the showcase.

Wow. That's your partner?

- Yes.

- But she's not real.

- Of course she is.

She's a real dancing doll.

- Hmm.

The rules don't say, "no dancing dolls."

- Good.

- But they don't say they're okay either.

I'm not sure about this, angelina.

- Oh?

Ms. Mimi, I wish I could dance in the showcase.

- You really want to be in the showcase, don't you?

- Yes, I really do.

- And are you willing to work hard?

- Mm-hmm.

- Then I'll give you some extra time

To come up with a routine,

And instead of going first,

I'll let you and your partner dance last today.

- My partner?

- I just know the two of you can work together.

- Oh, I'm sorry, vici.

- No, it was my fault.

[Hip-hop and classical music]

♪

- How come we can't make it work?

- I don't know.

- I have an idea.

Maybe instead of dancing at the same time,

You could take turns.

- Hmm.

Well, it's worth a try.

Okay, we're ready.

[Lively classical music]

- [Chuckles]

♪

[Hip-hop music]

♪

[Lively classical music]

♪

[Hip-hop music]

♪

[Two songs fuse together]

[Cheers and applause]

- That was a very original and exciting piece,

And I loved the choreography.

What hardworking and creative mouselings you are.

[Cheers and applause]

Take a bow, girls.

All three of you.

- Hello.

I'm angelina ballerina.

Today we're going to see some ballroom dancing.

That's where people dance together as partners.

This is called "swing dancing."

It started back in the s

With a kind of jazz music called "swing."

It takes a lot of practice to work well with your partner

So you know what to do next.

See how they move in time to the music?

Every step matches the tempo and each other.

They're simply stupendous.

Hello.

I'm angelina ballerina.

Today we're going to see some ballroom dancing.

Now, this is called "merengue."

It's a latin dance from the dominican republic.

It has a two-step b*at, like a march.

Right, left. Right, left.

My, what a fancy dance!

Sometimes, ballroom dancing is called social dancing.

But whatever you call it,

Ballroom is simply a ball.