- Every once in a while, you see a talented child
who you just know is gonna become a superstar.
From Fresno, California, please welcome
ten-year-old Gavin Morales.
[cheers and applause]
[Sleeping At Last's "Light" playing]
- [singing] May these words be the first
To find your ears
Though your eyes
will need some time to adjust
To the overwhelming light
surrounding us
I'll give you everything I have
I'll teach you everything I know
I promise I'll do better
I will always hold you close
But I will learn to let you go
I promise I'll do better
I will soften every edge
I'll hold the world to its best
And I'll do better
With every heartbeat I have left
I will defend your every breath
And I'll do better
'Cause you are loved
You are loved more than you know
I hereby pledge
All of my days
To prove it so
The unimaginable light
You hold inside
I'll give you everything I have
I'll teach you everything I know
I promise I'll do better
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
First of all, you gotta be out of breath,
so I don't want to ask you a question yet.
I want you to breath, but you're really amazing.
I mean, your body to move like that so fluid
and so effortlessly, you're amazing.
- Thank you. - So you're ten years old.
How old were you when you started?
- I started dancing when I was six years old.
- Six years old? And you were just drawn to it?
How did you start?
- I started dancing because I was watching my sister dance.
- Uh-huh. - And I was, like,
"That's so easy. I can do that."
- Right. - And I was in the lobby
of the dance studio, and I-- teaching myself all these moves.
- Right. - And now I'm at a dance studio
training, and now I'm on "The Ellen Show".
- Yes, now you are. [cheers and applause]
So...and is your sister still dancing?
- Yes. - Yeah, she's still dancing too.
Do your parents--did they-- were they dancers?
- No.
- No? So you don't know where you got this from?
'Cause this is like-- this is raw talent.
And you practice-- I heard you practice six hours a day.
- Mm-hmm. - Wow.
That's--that's a lot of time to practice every single day.
You must just love it.
- I love it. - Yeah.
And there's a certain move that you--
what are your favorite moves to do?
- My favorite moves are pirouettes and fouettes.
- Oh, a fouette with a little powdered sugar.
I love it.
What's a fouette?
- A fouette is where you turn
and your leg goes out.
- Can I see what you're talking about?
- Yes.
[applause]
- Wow.
That's amazing.
And then what's the other one?
- Pirouette. - What's that one?
- It's where you just turn like this.
- Oh, I see. And you have to spot, right?
Is that-- I've never taken dance,
but before you get dizzy,
if you don't see something
and then come back to that one point, right?
- Yeah. - And how do you do that?
How do you find it again once you've spun around?
- You just whip your head and just...
- Yeah.
Now I know. Now I can do the fouettes.
Oh.
You're adorable. You're adorable.
And there's a certain celebrity
that you'd like to dance for one day.
You want to be a dancer, obviously.
Who do you want to dance for?
- I would like to dance for Britney Spears.
- Britney Spears? - Yes.
- Well, you know, Britney is--
we know Britney around here. She's a friend of ours.
We called her and we said, "What if we could send
someone there to see your show and then maybe meet backstage?"
And she said, "Sure."
So you're gonna go see Britney,
and you're going to meet her backstage.
[cheers and applause]
- Yay!
- You are so adorable. We'll be right back.