02x19 - The Naturals

Episode transcripts for the TV Show "Dance Academy". Aired: 31 May 2010 –; 30 September 2013.*
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Drama series that follows small-town teenager Tara as she pursues her dream of becoming a ballet dancer at the National Academy of Dance.
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02x19 - The Naturals

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When you're a dancer,

you spend a whole lot of time
fighting nature.

Relax, Abigail. Grim determination
is not a good look on Cupid.

Trying to be perfect.

Which means
there's this part of you...

Nice, Tara. Beautiful lines.

This self-critical part,
that no matter what,

always thinks you can do better.

Well, at least most of us
are like that.

Grace!

There's also the one in a billion
who don't need to try.

The naturals -
very hard not to hate them.

Alright, guys, game over.

See you back in the trenches
tomorrow.

Zach, your positive feedback
is inspirational.

Abigail.

Finn. You made cutting comments
at my auditions?

I won you round
with my undeniable charm.

I remember. But I'd describe
your charm as deniable.

Well, look, my low budget but
nevertheless excellent musical

is in need of a new leading lady.

So? I don't sing.

No, our mutual friend Ethan has sent
me countless emails to the opposite.

I didn't say I couldn't sing.
I said I don't.

Read it.

A headache?
No.

Backache?
Uh-uh.

And I'm developing
a severe case of invisibility.

Pardon?
Exactly.

Sorry, I just...

I don't know what's wrong with me.
Dancing's fine, my back is fine.

Even this sandwich is fine.

Have you checked your star sign?

Cosmic Carla doesn't lie. Taurus?

Oh, no, she's a Libran.

Star signs only work if
you're in love or got a crush.

Ah, Mercury's in retrograde.
It's disrupting your Libran balance.

Of course.

I feel scratchy and unfulfilled.
That's what's missing.

A stable Mercury?
A crush.

A crush.

What about Marcus? He asked
to borrow my pen that time.

He tagged your leotard.

Shane's not too bad if
you look at him from the left.

He exfoliates his face
with a toothbrush.

Mouth breather.

Gay. Clammy. Mute.

Grace, you find the good
in everyone.

Boys are a waste of time.

Alright, less talk, people.
Next group please.

Five, six, seven, eight.

Silent Luke isn't mute.
He just chooses his words carefully.

Yeah, he's an untapped well
of profound thoughts. Watch.

Hey, Silent Luke.

I was thinking,
we've been classmates for a year

and I don't know
a single thing about you.

Is that lavender?

Interesting choice.
Not that I'm surprised.

You wear tights here
like no-one else.

Grace, are you done?

Because if you're not interested in
my class, why don't you just leave?

Guys, that was wrestling,
not pas de deux.

Five, six, seven, eight.

Grace, look.
Oh, my goodness, it's a monkey.

Oh, your new sister's adorable.

She'd want to be with a name like
Angel. I got kicked out of class.

All this domestic change,
I must be acting out.

Have you spoken to your father?

I got that group email.

Oh, he really should...
What?

Lucy, you have an opinion?

I think your father's
a brilliant man.

I also think he doesn't give you
enough of this time...

You don't know him.

My Dad is the only person who
has ever been there for me. Ever.

Who are you? Some lonely old woman
who thinks she knows me

because a million years ago
you were friends with my mum?

Grace! Grace!

When it's that quick, it really
needs to be technically perfect.

I know.
And light.

Do I need to take out
a restraining order?

Oh, we lost the theatre
for our rehearsals.

I paid a booking fee
but I don't mind sharing.

I do.
You can come on in, Mistii.

I recast.

Mistii. Cute name.

Thanks. I spell it with two I's.

Do we need to talk, Zach?

Are we not friends anymore?

You don't need to bother reporting
me to Miss Raine. I did it myself.

Grace, you might want to get off
the car before I drive away.

A fundamental part of Mia,
your character, is her insecurity.

She feels ugly
except when she dances.

But she's pretty, right? I'm pretty.

Yeah, you're gorgeous.
But Mia doesn't realise it.

I don't get it.

There's nothing to get.

Not everyone looks in the mirror
and likes what they see.

Maybe we should just move on.
Oh, the big show stopper.

Ethan sent this from Barcelona.

Is that, like, a neck move?

Or is it more a one-two sort of...

A subtle...
No, no.

Let me see.

Notation.
Ethan's so old school.

He just means this.

One two, three four, five six,
seven eight, drag that arm.

I can do that.

You have to start on your left.

Your other left.

L is for 'Left'.

Am I single?

Eternally.

You'd be surprised. Online dating
has a lot to answer for.

OK. Am I hot?

Ah, maybe if you took off
that formal jacket,

put on something floaty.

Let your hair down
in the middle of class...

- I'm Miss Raine.
- Yay!

It's a spinster omen.
What is wrong with me?

I used to turn around and - bam! -
crush central. Now, nothing.

There are officially no crush-worthy
guys at the Academy.

Ben's hot.
Ben?

Nice.
Exactly! You're too nice.

You're all goofy and harmless.

Harmless?

Um, must be my turn.

Do I have, uh, insured body parts?

Turn, step, kick.
Turn, shoulder, shoulder and...

Good! Yes. Finally.

seconds down.
minutes and seconds to go.

Oh, my God, I can't believe
I have to sing and dance,

like, at the same time.

Thank you.
Thank you.

Rigorous casting process?
I'm secretly very shallow.

She tries hard.

And my first choice turned me down.

But she seems to respond
to your approach.

The least you could do
is help me train her.

No, the least I can do
is absolutely nothing.

I need you. Mistii needs you.

Ballet needs me.

Oh, Captain, my Captain.

I've already had breakfast,
thanks, Grace.

Who wants to go first?

Abigail? Here we go.

Wow, I've never noticed before but
your knees are perfectly symmetrical.

Thanks.

You were probably born like that.

When were you born, by the way?

Um...

Abigail, we talked about this.

If you keep smashing your head up
against a wall,

the wall is going to win.

OK, can I just try it
one more time, please?

One more time.

He's an Aries, of course. I have a
special connection with fire signs.

Ooh.

% compatible!

Well, if Love Signs R Us says so.

Why am I hearing talking?

You guys should be keeping warm.

Great job, Abs. You nearly got it.

Abigail, that solo makes you look
heavy and earthbound,

which you're not.

You're clinging to something
that shows up what you can't do.

I don't know how much more clear
I can be.

I'll see you after class.

But I was only keeping warm
like you said.

You knew what you were doing
to Abigail and it was destructive.

I out-dance everyone and you ignore
me. What kind of teacher are you?

The others are trying

and you rub their nose
in how easy it is for you.

How little you care. You're right,
you have enormous natural ability.

But, Grace, these games you play,
I don't find them interesting.

Hi, you've called Ethan.

Deja su mensaje despues del tono.

Hola, or whatever. You're probably
off fighting with bulls or something.

You'd probably be
really good at that.

Nothing to report, just getting ready
for the Nationals. OK, see ya.

Ben! The way we keep running into
each other, we must be in sync.


Or we were just in class together
and now it's time to eat.

Cool toothpick.

You do know that kiss wasn't a kiss?
It was a point, just a point.

That's it.
Absolutely.

So, what are you doing
this afternoon?

Not as a date. It's just that, um...

Kat... Kat... Kat and Christian.

They asked me to go out with them
and I don't want to go on my own

and I feel kind of...
Awkward?

Yeah, exactly.
You'd be helping me out big-time.

Yeah, alright. Sure.

Amazeballs.

Later, then.

Kat, please tell me
you guys don't have plans.

And I'll tell you, like, if you do
too much, I'll just tell you.

And if you kind of get a...

Abigail. We were just workshopping
some costume ideas

and learning some lines.

I'm only helping with the dancing.
Be eternally grateful.

Oh, have you, like,
read the whole script?

Can we start?

It was a million years ago.

Your mother and I.

You were Goths?

We were New Romantics, thank you.

That was taken at
an Adam And The Ants concert.

There was no-one like your mum.

I can't tell you some of the things
she'd get me to do.

Dad said she was depressed.
I remember her lying in bed.

Yeah, that came later.

And I blamed your father for taking
her away and I shouldn't have.

I thought she was better off
dancing in the Company.

But thinking back,
she always put on this big act

but you never knew
what was going on inside.

Maybe she thought
nobody would be interested.

She might have felt less lonely

if she'd given people
the chance to decide.

Zach!

You don't know me. Dancing,
I find it easy and I get bored.

Well, then, you should probably do
something else.

It's the only thing I'm good at.
And I do care about it.

Really?

I think so.

Grace, I have no idea what's real
or what's fake with you.

A lot of the time, neither do I.

Alright, so maybe you need to be
challenged more.

You want my attention?
Then don't waste it.

Challenging enough for you?

Travel. Good.

Ben never kisses anybody
unless it means something.

He told me so himself.

OK, but if you were going
to fall for him,

don't you think
it would have happened already?

Look, after everything, I'm back.
The old me, the hopeful me is back.

Ah, you always did need a project.

Tandems?

Who's not a fan of tandems?

We could find somewhere picturesque,
sit down together.

Um, we are sitting down.

I made sandwiches.
You said this wasn't a date.

It's not. We're just hanging out.
Tara, eyes front. Eyes front!

It's a romantic setting...
Tara!

Ahh!
Stop!

You said this wasn't about the kiss
and it is.

Well, you should be pleased you have
very impactful kissing skills.

Oh, so yesterday I was too harmless
to even be a crush contender

and now I'm suddenly the one.
Are you seriously that fickle?

I am not fickle!

So if I was to ask you to be my
girlfriend, right here, right now,

a full-on relationship,
you'd say yes?

All I want is just
a nice simple crush.

Is it that hard to just be a crush?

I'm waist deep in river scum
because of you, alright?

It's pretty hard, OK?
So please, just... just stop.

Well, you know what, I'm going
to like you if I want to like you

and there's nothing
you can do about it.

Fine. Like me, then.
Fine, I will.

You've got a bit of stuff
stuck to your elbow.

Down into the barrel.

This is looking a little forced.
We're going to have to simplify.

I'm getting all the steps.

I know, but it's out of your range.
It's meant to look like this.

Can you...?

£ Let me have a voice
Let me speak and be heard

£ Let my spirit be stirred
with each perfect word

£ It's my choice, my one magic spell

£ Inside every cell

£ This is the story I'll tell
with my voice. £

Sorry, doll face. You're fired.

What? No, I don't want the part.

You can't fire Mistii
just because she's not talented.

Yeah, I'm not really playing Mia.

Oh, it's nice to see again.

I'm actually playing the director
of the review.

More acting,
less singing and dancing.

Ethan thought a bit of competition
might win you around.

He said you'd be perfect
and you are.

You're amazing.

You played me? How much free time
do you people have?

We're out of work actors.
It's all free time.

It's good to see you working.

So, was that whole ignoring me thing
just an act?

Is that Teacher Psychology ?

No psychology. I give my attention
when it's deserved.

You're a complicated person, Grace.

Not everyone's like that.

I'll see you tomorrow.

I should stop envying
the naturals

because when something happens
too easily,

it must be hard to tell
if you really want it.

Even if, whatever it is,
fits you better than anything else.

For me, dancing is a lot like love.

I might be in for a whole lot of
heartache but the chase is worth it.
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