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today we're going to focus on the nationals duets how do you feel about working on something to show
me Heath has to rejoin a-troupe he's a great dancer but there's been a lot of drama I need
to make sure he'll be a great fit on this team so today's gonna be his trial period and I have
a big challenge for him I'm so happy Kenzie's giving me a chance to be a part of a-troupe I
am not going to let her down yeah yeah I think I'm up for that good because I have a partner
in mind for you okay and her timing couldn't be any more impeccable hi Daisy hey this is Heath
ew respectfully I think Heath is the perfect duet partner and both of you together could
come up with an award-winning national duet a duet with Heath the traitor I'd rather dance
with a donkey obviously the whole team knows about what Heath did and Daisy's been the most
vocal about her displeasure so if Heath can win her over I have high hopes for him on this team
wait do you mean he's gonna join the team we can talk about that later but I'm actually gonna go
talk to other pairs for the Nationals duet you two can sit down get acquainted sit down and um I'll
check on you two later okay this is either gonna be a spectacular duet or a spectacular disaster
so uh nice weather outside huh no it's not yeah
I know this won't be easy but it's worth it I want
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that was so in the pocket Xander and I get along great this routine is going to
be perfect in no time I really think if we keep working like this we're going to get
the Nationals duet 100 percent when I'm in the flow like this I don't want to stop a
couple more hours of practice and this routine will be perfect Nationals here we come one sec
hello
okay yeah okay
hey um I have to go watch my brother for a couple of hours what about the duet what if
we just rehearse separately and then when I get back put it together and we're good to go this
isn't great the duet is super important I hope Jet leaving doesn't ruin our chances we don't
have that much time all right just video call or text me your ideas and moves okay perfect
okay so the first idea is lyrical so we'll start on opposite sides we'll meet in the middle we'll
do some twirl around each other Kenzie said she wants to choose a duet for Nationals and I'm so
excited for me and Izzy to be in the mix I have so many ideas in my head I can't wait to start
obviously me and Anthony's energy levels are super different but I think we can balance
it out and make a great duet contemporary I like that better we'll start in the corners
this time we'll meet in the middle we'll do some breath and hold and a breath and hold
yeah look I'm really really excited but I want to keep you included as well so what have you
got you know I think you shouldn't be so wound up Anthony needs to chill way out you know I think
we should just be patient and just let the dance come to us so let's not worry about it
so you want to start the dance by not dancing exactly is this 100 percent guaranteed to work
or there's no way to know for sure right we need to start choreographing like yesterday
if we want any chance of getting the duet kind of wishing I had a different partner right now
hey Xander what are you doing I'm working on a duet don't duets usually involve a partner
I don't see anyone here Jett said she'd text or call she hasn't done either maybe she just
doesn't get how important this is well the choreo isn't really finished jet had to bail oh that
must be super frustrating Nationals is no joke I can't believe Jett would bail on Xander like this
clearly she doesn't know how much is on the line here because if you get picked for the Nationals
duet that takes you out of the alternate equation alternate equation yeah they still don't know who
the two alternates will be for Nationals but if you're a part of a special dance you can't be one
whoa I was not even thinking about alternate stuff I think I have to do something
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