03x02 - 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.