- Welcome, Christie.
Thank you.
Sarah.
Thank you for having us.
Kalani isn't here this week.
Perfect opportunity for Sarah to step in.
This weekend we'll be at New York
Dance Experience in Long Beach.
Now, local competition-- so you need
to be so good, and so amazing that every one of those people
say, you know what?
Maybe it's time for our child to come
and train here at the ALDC LA.
This week you're doing a baseball dance.
So the group routine--
the batter and the catcher are in corner one.
The pitcher is center stage.
Let's go.
The stakes are high for this routine.
I'm trying to get new customers, so it's really important
that my girls go out there and be
the ALDC that this competition knows and loves.
And that's going to be a challenge, because Sarah
is here as a guest.
She needs to stay in line with the other girls,
and it's a lot of pressure to handle.
Oh-- is that a fan kick, or no?
It's-- they can't do it.
All right, girls?
So, New York Dance Experience, Long Beach, California.
People in the neighborhood will be there.
You know those judges.
They know you.
I know you want to impress them.
You want to do your best.
You're dismissed.
Hit your poses.
Can you be taller, a little bit?
No.
You can go here, but I want you to go like-- like--
your body line is going across the front of me,
because I'm gonna change her.
OK?
Girls, you need to look like a team.
We're competing in Long Beach, an hour up the street.
We have kids that far to dance cross here.
Understand?
Sarah's delightful.
Nice girl, great potential, but Sarah's a guest.
These girls have been dancing together for a long time,
and adding new people--
it's to make a difference with the group gelling.
It just changes the dynamics, and I
think that might be the piece that will
make it the most challenging.
Come on, girls.
Let's go.
The stakes are high for these routines
because we're here in Long Beach, California.
This is my own backyard, and we're
going to have kids of all different ages coming
to attend this competition.
These are my potential students.
But Sarah has a tough job today.
She is not used to dancing with this group.
This win is way too important for this kid
to not be at her best.
This is a huge week for Sarah.
We have been trying to transition to LA, trying
to get a spot on this team.
Sarah needs to prove that she can dance with the team,
and she can bring the win.
Girls, get up here.
Get up here.
All those kids out there look up to you.
We're going to walk down that hallway,
and every kid in that hallway wishes that they could be you.
I want to see the choreography done like a team--
a winning team.
There is going to be a lot of stiff competition.
We are Abby Lee!
Woo!
Let's do it.
But there's also going to be a lot of potential customers.
Nothing brings in students like a winning team.
Up next, taking the stage is club 42.
[applause]
[music playing]
SINGER: We do it all for the win.
Till there's nothing left.
No regrets.
Playing till the game has ended.
Only one team at the top.
[applause]
Wow.
Judges, what do you have to say?
I loved it.
I loved the concept.
You look pretty, yet you're tough.
Sarah, I felt you lost a little bit at the beginning
on the turn there.
Just drew my focus, because you're on the end.
You have a lot to live up to, right?
We all have to work to the highest level of our group.
Thank you.
Great job.
I loved this idea, and the aerial-- like,
there's no aerial in baseball, but you did it.
I love it, I love it.
Brilliant performance.
Brilliant.
Thank you.
I thought the judges' critiques
were both good and bad.
It could go either way.
But more importantly, at this competition,
they just have one overall award.
We have one chance to win.
Your top junior group today--
[inaudible]
[cheering]
Top junior group.
Take a bow!
They blew it.
I want champions on this team, not losers.