[music playing]
Hey, Gia, are we able to get started on something?
Yeah.
You guys are contemporary.
And it's called-- I believe it's called "The Picnic."
And so you guys are sitting on this,
basically, a picnic blanket, a red and white checkered
blanket that starts out normal size.
And then it gradually gets bigger.
By the end of the routine, it takes up the entire stage.
So Brynn, you're under it right now.
And then whenever it comes up, you need a big thing.
Six, seven, eight.
[laughter]
This week is our first week without JoJo.
And we kind of needed more bodies for this prop,
because our prop is literally eating us alive.
I mean, we haven't done it right once.
And Abby's not here, which makes it even harder.
I don't know.
I don't see the vision yet, so--
We won't have our pyramid to know why
she picked the picnic theme.
She may have told us if we had had our pyramid.
At least we have someone in there teaching a dance.
It's like a tea party.
It's, like, quirky.
Like, first-- fifth, jump on it.
Jump off of it.
This will challenge the kids.
It will help them grow.
But it might not be competition worthy.
Yeah.
So you see how, like, we're over here,
and then we get this way?
How we doing?
Hi.
All right, we have lots of work to do today.
A little more smiley, fun.
Five, six, seven, and right, left, right, left.
Five, six, seven, eight.
Drop it down.
Go to your pose.
And here we go.
The Junior Elite competition routine is the tough one.
Beautiful girls, pretty dresses.
They go to the park, and they spread out a blanket.
The blanket unfolds and covers the entire stage.
The girls pull it.
It contracts back into the middle.
They all go flying.
And it should be visually spectacular.
Should be.
Let's see if it will be.
Jump, coup , assembl , sissone, that's what it is.
Five, six, seven, and--
out, out, fifth, pli , coup .
Up, down, up.
Again.
Come on, let's go, people, please.
[music playing]
Save it.
Try to save it.
Don't look down at the floor, Kendall.
They're second guessing themselves.
They're all thinking too much about the choreography.
Thinking too much about the timing.
They need to relax, listen to the music,
and remember it's to have fun for a change.
After we're done, I'm never doing this dance again.
It makes me so stressed out.
OK, we need to run this dance.
Let's do it.
You know what's so strange is that normally
our girls are not stressed.
They are stressed this week.
We're fine.
It's two minutes.
All right.
Ladies, this week, in the park.
Not a care in the world.
It should be that frolicking feeling.
It should be happy.
Remember, if anything happens, don't show it on your face.
Just go with it.
I know.
I'd be nervous, too.
All for that stupid prop.
We're gonna move on to the teen group contemporary.
Good luck.
This is number 110, "Picnic in the Park."
[applause, cheering]
They don't have a back-up plan, do they?
No.
[music playing]
[applause]
Even though Abby did absolutely nothing
to prepare these girls for the stage,
they did the best they could with what they were given.
I don't know if this is good enough to win,
but I really hope so.
All right, here we go.
Teen group.
Second place-- entry number 110, "Picnic in the Park."
What was that?
Second?
I thought second place for that number in
the teen division is amazing.
But I know the girls are disappointed.
They worked so hard.
They knew Abby didn't pay attention to them.
It's not fair.
But I could not be more proud of these girls.