What really got to me was when Maureen pointed out that if she were happy she wouldn't be throwing up, and all her mom could think to say was "you watch your weight, there's nothing wrong with that." No. That's not watching your weight. Dieting and exercising is watching your weight, not yakking up every meal.
@dosentmeanforever17 - I don't think it was so much that she "let her daughter go" as it was that she had no choice. Dancing was mom's dream and never once did she stop to ask what it was her daughter wanted. I think the mother was just too shocked there at the end to go chasing after her. I don't imagine that would be the end of things though. I'm sure mom would try to talk her daughter back into dancing a few more times before giving up completely.
I don't think the mom is all that bad. I think she truly wanted what she thought was best for Maureen. She should've seen the signs of her being unhappy, but at least she let her go in the end.
Maybe I'm stupid, but... If Eva was rehearsing one of the secondary parts and in the end she took Maureen's part - who didn't go on stage... Who took Eva's and and her partner's part?
@VeraDonna They probably had understudies just in case someone fell ill or was injured. I'm sure an understudy was mentioned for Cooper's ballet but Cooper didn't think he was good enough,
I still can't believe Ilya Kulik (Sergei) is in this film, for those that don't know, he's a figure skater that won the Gold medal at the 1998 Olympic games.
it's pieces of the second and third movement of "piano concerto no. 2" by Sergi Rachamninoff. the first part is the second movement, after it cuts back from the conversation with the mom scene, it's the finale of the whole piece, at the end of the third movement. it is literally my favorite song. when i saw this movie for the first time a year ago, i freaked when they started dancing to this. i loooove this song!
@frostdiamond1 No, Ilia didn't do his own dance sequences - because he didn't have any dance training! It's rarer and rarer these days for figure skaters to have a background in ballet. The only current skater I can think of with ballet history is Plushenko. Ilia had a double for the dance sequences - look at the hair, you can tell it's not him ;)
I can't believe Maureen's mom. She's forcing her daughter to live out her dream and trying to live through her. And when Maureen says she is bulimic the mom says oh you watch your weight! OMG she's telling you she has a dangerous eating disorder and you're brushing it off!! If anyone is selfish it's the mom not Maureen...
This scene is my favorite out of the whole movie..
Its so beautiful.. Yet heartbreaking to see a mother living her dreams through her daughter. I feel bad for maureen and I Also feel bad for maureens mother. Great movie! :)
"u dont have the feet, I dont have the heart" Wow could Maureen be anymore STUCK UP!! Actually felt sorry for the mom! Love to slap a bullimic bitch like her!
@summerbaybelle What? She was telling the truth. Her mom pushed her to dance, probably living out her own fantasy life through her, while Maureen didn't want to dance from the start.
My mum was also like that....except that she thought the other way aroung from maureen's mum.....Also, what kind of mum teaches her child by saying, "Why is that TRASH out there dancing for you?!" kind of makes me feel sorry for the mum....
living your life through your children is so..wrong..if you have dreams you should nurture and achieve them yourself..but dont bestow the burden onto your children..to live up to the ideal expectations..of what you would have wished for yourself..in terms of career choices..everyone has a right to live for themselves..and do the things that truly make that happy in life..her daughter is ill..and she does not show the slightest bit of interest or concern..
lol..i love charlie..he's so funny & cute..the way he walks over. ''listen forget him'' ^_^...
for the mum..it is such parents like that..that cause a repetive cycle sometimes later on..for those children who have experienced such parental guidance..and without having been able to find..the path in life that they truly want to take..
5:08...the moment where maureen's mom should have hugged and reassured her daughter, but instead turned away like it was HER life that was falling apart.
Its simple really. The mom of Maureen is living vicariously through her daughter. She could not be the dancer so she is going to in essence..pretend to be through her daughter. Many parents do it. Pageant mothers are the worst. Taking a little little girl and saying..now go on stage and make mommy's life mean something or I don't love you hehe. Exaggeration I know but you get my point.
same here...ever since I quit my dance academy (not because it didn't make me happy, but of the annoying students and teachers I had who always made me feel useless) my mom keeps bugging me about saying things like "you know you could be there dancing instead of here at home.
what poor house conduct! leaving the theater in the middle of a dance! shame on maureens mom. ahaha. she's really mean too. she doesn't care about her daughter at all. i think maureen was only mean in the rest of the movie because she was unhappy.
i really dont like the whole maureen throwing away her dancing career...i understand if she was unhappy doing it but she just wouldnt give up and quit dancing, full stop...all the money that has probally been spent and its not as if she is a terrible dancer, she was one of the best and she has obviously been dancing for a long time because part of her wanted 2, even if it was also her mother that wanted her to do it, so i think that that part of the story line is ridiculous and annoying
well when u do something simply and purely to make someone happy for many many years, u kinda stop living for u and u resent that person and the thing that u feel obligated to do. shes resented it for a long time. shes just ready to live her OWN life. and ballet has played a big part in it, yes, but she just doesnt love it. if u were in her shoes u'd probably do the same thing.
i have been in her shoes...and i really wanted 2 give up but i didnt cuz ballet is all i had known and it is a huge part of mi life...i started wen i was 3, so i never did quit cuz i knew that i would regret giving it all up, to not do something that you have been doing all your life it hard.
Hey, Colourful, you know, I used to be a pretty good ballerina when I was younger too but just like Maureen I decided this kind of life was not for me. And it wasn't even my family, they're absolutely fantastic and supportive in everything but I got to a point when it wasn't making me happy and I gave it up. There are a million other great things in life. I'm a scientist and a writer now. So I really think you're wrong. If you are really in HER shoes... do yourself a favor and quit.
how can you say that 2 some1...i get really annoyed at time about dancing but i rememeber who i want to be like or why i started in the first place or the times that i really did enjoy it and i persevere...and i think that being gd at something makes me happy...and that it was maureen should be like
Well, dear, that's why I said if you were in HER shoes. If you DO enjoy it, then you're obviously NOT. Nobody's saying everything we do should be easy. But there are certain sacrifices that aren't worth it for certain people and the right choice is to stop before you ruin your physical and mental health. She thought it wasn't worth it, being unhappy. We can't judge people because they don't feel the same way we do. :)
n0 maureen was good at it because her charcater shows how her mom made her go to school since a little girl she tun into her mom's little project shes good because in a way her mom made her so but she wasnt happy.
To answer the question of "How would Eva know Maureen's part?" well, if you don't remember, there was a scene where Eva was practicing Maureen's part and Juliet came in to help her. So I guess they want us to assume that she'd been learining it.
Kathleen (Julie Kent) is a dancer in the ABT and i got to dance with her niece and meet julie kent and cooper(ethan Stieffel) and the girl he came out of the theatre with in a scene that was deleted it his real girlfriend
I wonder if Ilia Kulik (Sergei) did his own dance sequences for this movie--as an Olympic Gold Medalist in Men's Figure Skating, I'm sure he had extensive ballet training.
Center Stage-- Final Dance CENTER STAGE WHAT STYLE OF DANCE WOULD YOU CONSIDER COOPER DANCE TO BE AND WHY? please please help for school i have to write an essay and i need help any one???
go to yahoo answers and put this at the end of the URL /question/index?qid=2009031916 4905AAcyhe
Does anybody have advice to be as skinny as they are.. cause i'm probably the equivalent of an elephant next to them...And I don't particulairely ike that complexed feeling..
uhm...... eat less. People tend to eat too much, whether its healthy or junk food, but especially junk food. keep in mind what you eat, and every time before you eat something, think, "Will this help me with my dancing?" If its a couple pieces of fruit, then "Yes!"... If its a couple pieces of cake or pie.... "NO!!!" Drink tones of water and stretch and do ab work.
Work out, eat healthy and slowly. Often people don't get when they are full because they eat to quickly. So eat much more slowly, and you will feel full. Then, naturally, you will eat less. Don't size up your portions. That drives the body mad.
the best advice i can give u: ask ur parents and go c a nutitionist she/he'll make u a speciall diet for your type of person, just dont do stupid diets.
"LadyJ", I think with that dialogue you refer to, it was supposed to convey a difference between illness as her mother defined it - being too under the weather to perform vs. another type of illness - mental illness/es that Maureen exhibits as well as her general unhappiness and dissatisfaction with how her life has been going.
I don't think it was an error - the juxtaposition was meant to emphasize that dual meaning.
probably aisha or zoe's stand in since there is no full facial shot. Anything where you can't directly see Eva's face is going to be Aisha or her stand-in
i remember when i took beginner ballet last semester. i HATED it as first cuz it was so technical, but then i ended up loving it because it does so much to ur technique. i would refer ballet to everyone. super hard but worth it
maureen's mum is a bitch. her daughter tells her she throws up her food and she says, "there's nothing wrong with that. you're watching what you eat. "
When Maureen is telling her mom that she throws up and stuff and her mom is like, "So what you watch your weight." I was like SHE HAS AN EATING DISORDER B*TCH! LOL amazing movie though
phemyda94, i know exactly what u mean, living in a world of mothers that resemble dicttors and tha only thing they want is for u to live out their dream, same here ive been dancing since i was 3 , but i like it ok
Eva looks sooo beautiful in Jonathan's ballet. I think Maureen did the right thing. And WHY did her mom call Eva "trash"?? That is SO racist. She was BEAUTIFUL in that role.
yet it had nothing to do with racist, just with a stupid woman who wanted to live her dream through her daughter and saw that all come apart, to which she responded not very well, as you can imagine :P
Wasn't the mom sitting in the isle seat? I f so why did she push her way past all those people? Couldn't she just have left through the isle? It would have been more polite and not to mention easier, or is that just me?
I come from a driven school where mothers are like maureen's mom; pressuring their daughters and then stubbornly looking the other way while they starve themselves and work themselves to exhaution and illness, simply because they are so determined that their daughters will live out their dreams
love this part of the movie. You didn't have the feet i don't have the heart.
valentinalimassol 3 weeks ago
i think shes living threw her daughter,its sick! i know its just a film but still it annoys me because it sometimes it really does happen!
scenekitty66 1 month ago
Do they say break a leg in the dance community?
Dangereuse80 2 months ago
@Dangereuse80 Yeah, they really do.
aabruderick 2 months ago
What I love about this movie is the amount of dancing we get to watch.
kdaroff12 3 months ago 3
What really got to me was when Maureen pointed out that if she were happy she wouldn't be throwing up, and all her mom could think to say was "you watch your weight, there's nothing wrong with that." No. That's not watching your weight. Dieting and exercising is watching your weight, not yakking up every meal.
chichirismuse 3 months ago
tht was such a shock for me XD
nina12345678917 5 months ago
@dosentmeanforever17 - I don't think it was so much that she "let her daughter go" as it was that she had no choice. Dancing was mom's dream and never once did she stop to ask what it was her daughter wanted. I think the mother was just too shocked there at the end to go chasing after her. I don't imagine that would be the end of things though. I'm sure mom would try to talk her daughter back into dancing a few more times before giving up completely.
MissSai99 6 months ago
I don't think the mom is all that bad. I think she truly wanted what she thought was best for Maureen. She should've seen the signs of her being unhappy, but at least she let her go in the end.
dosentmeanforever17 6 months ago 2
i love Eva in that dress!
redrock54100 6 months ago
she is the worst mum ever!
minnie2623 7 months ago
luv this movie
minnie2623 7 months ago
8:18 So adorable...
GotThaFunk227 7 months ago
Wo takes Eva's part over?
It's very unlikely that no one sees Eva has Maurin's dress on from the dressing room to the stage, especially because of the different skin colour.
At least they should tell Zergei (?) that they switch their role.
lettersgirl 8 months ago
i hate it when parents live their dreams through their children. stupid stage moms!
aegsc32194 8 months ago 4
Zoe Saldana should have been in Black Swan.
cdwadams 10 months ago 7
Does anyone know the song title of the piece with Zoe Saldana.
coystorm 10 months ago
@coystorm Rachmaninov - piano concerto No.2 (Adagio sostenuto)
SusiinWonderland 10 months ago
@CrispNightmareCrew I used to
TKO418 1 year ago
Maybe I'm stupid, but... If Eva was rehearsing one of the secondary parts and in the end she took Maureen's part - who didn't go on stage... Who took Eva's and and her partner's part?
VeraDonna 1 year ago
@VeraDonna They probably had understudies just in case someone fell ill or was injured. I'm sure an understudy was mentioned for Cooper's ballet but Cooper didn't think he was good enough,
celandineflower 10 months ago
@celandineflower He was mentioned, the understudy's name was Andre
mkemp2014 8 months ago
Go Aesha Ash! So under appreciated at NYCB for being a WOMAN..and she looked beautiful as Zoe's dance double
dmann3g 1 year ago
@dmann3g what was the name of the song for the piece do you know please?
coystorm 10 months ago
I still can't believe Ilya Kulik (Sergei) is in this film, for those that don't know, he's a figure skater that won the Gold medal at the 1998 Olympic games.
vi3thunny 1 year ago 8
@vi3thunny Talented and cute with a hot accent...
MiraSekelsky 1 year ago
She was ok??? Uh, pretentious bitch, much?
Funtabulosity329 1 year ago 3
what is the music at 5:40?
ballerinainatutu 1 year ago
why cant i watch part 11 or 12 anywhere... ugh
Tigerbaby88 1 year ago
wo sind die letzten teile auf deutsch???????
schmeterling1000 1 year ago
Does anybody know whats the second ballet is???
Saschamstar 1 year ago
@Saschamstar
it's pieces of the second and third movement of "piano concerto no. 2" by Sergi Rachamninoff. the first part is the second movement, after it cuts back from the conversation with the mom scene, it's the finale of the whole piece, at the end of the third movement. it is literally my favorite song. when i saw this movie for the first time a year ago, i freaked when they started dancing to this. i loooove this song!
Jfarmer28 1 year ago 3
"youre watching your weight theres nothing wrong with that" EFF OUT OF HERE! i woulda punched her in the face for saying that.
nicolayy793 1 year ago 13
2:30 - my favorite scene in the whole movie!
yippeeioh 1 year ago
someone can tell me the name of the song in minute 8:40...?
loReeBaLletera 1 year ago
@frostdiamond1 No, Ilia didn't do his own dance sequences - because he didn't have any dance training! It's rarer and rarer these days for figure skaters to have a background in ballet. The only current skater I can think of with ballet history is Plushenko. Ilia had a double for the dance sequences - look at the hair, you can tell it's not him ;)
walover165 1 year ago
I can't believe Maureen's mom. She's forcing her daughter to live out her dream and trying to live through her. And when Maureen says she is bulimic the mom says oh you watch your weight! OMG she's telling you she has a dangerous eating disorder and you're brushing it off!! If anyone is selfish it's the mom not Maureen...
LiveAndBreatheBallet 1 year ago 7
This scene is my favorite out of the whole movie..
Its so beautiful.. Yet heartbreaking to see a mother living her dreams through her daughter. I feel bad for maureen and I Also feel bad for maureens mother. Great movie! :)
haley4Luv 1 year ago 5
Ballard dancers are like angels,,,,i love how they swing...
dave007hot 1 year ago
maureen is bulemic - thats partly why- shes unhappy
am3ri3s 1 year ago
"u dont have the feet, I dont have the heart" Wow could Maureen be anymore STUCK UP!! Actually felt sorry for the mom! Love to slap a bullimic bitch like her!
summerbaybelle 1 year ago
@summerbaybelle What? She was telling the truth. Her mom pushed her to dance, probably living out her own fantasy life through her, while Maureen didn't want to dance from the start.
BlackStripe2 1 year ago
Love juliets expression at 3:00
MUSICfreak97321 1 year ago
I agree, I have parents like that.
MUSICfreak97321 1 year ago
I hate parents who live vicariously through their kids.
Eungenides 1 year ago 3
@Eungenides my grandma tried that crap with me, that totally suck my heart goes out to Maureen.
0184AC 1 year ago
i love how maureen goes "i wouldnt throw up half the things i eat" and her mom's like "you watch your weight theres nothing wrong with that" wtf?
Chiomalynn 1 year ago
My mum was also like that....except that she thought the other way aroung from maureen's mum.....Also, what kind of mum teaches her child by saying, "Why is that TRASH out there dancing for you?!" kind of makes me feel sorry for the mum....
Balletdancer980 1 year ago 7
wtf
her daughter whros up everythin she eats, the mum doesnt care?! WTF
HattyWatty11 1 year ago 8
Don't tell me they used horrible effects for the curtain
bubblymonkeyphat 1 year ago
@parisgala it is never too late to start :)
gracexscene 1 year ago
@gracexscene so true :)
misssunshine63 1 year ago
wow ! really lot of skips . lol but thank you for saving the nice things
wintoyanan 1 year ago
is it too late to start ballet if ur like 20?? just wonderin if nyone knows
parisgala 1 year ago
I hate how the people tell maureens MOM goodluck!its not like she is dancing!
DANCEnmakeup 1 year ago
living your life through your children is so..wrong..if you have dreams you should nurture and achieve them yourself..but dont bestow the burden onto your children..to live up to the ideal expectations..of what you would have wished for yourself..in terms of career choices..everyone has a right to live for themselves..and do the things that truly make that happy in life..her daughter is ill..and she does not show the slightest bit of interest or concern..
Thank you ^_^
kawaiiaix 1 year ago 6
lol..i love charlie..he's so funny & cute..the way he walks over. ''listen forget him'' ^_^...
for the mum..it is such parents like that..that cause a repetive cycle sometimes later on..for those children who have experienced such parental guidance..and without having been able to find..the path in life that they truly want to take..
kawaiiaix 1 year ago 3
maureen.... *touched*
Theemmawatsonfan13 1 year ago
Eva sort of looks like Tyra banks at 2:40 :)
23Ballerina 2 years ago 3
5:08...the moment where maureen's mom should have hugged and reassured her daughter, but instead turned away like it was HER life that was falling apart.
xxtwilightgurlxx 2 years ago 5
Ugh, Maureen's mom is so UGH. I couldn't even enjoy Eva's beautiful dancing because of how she just stormed out.
TifaJia 2 years ago 22
Its simple really. The mom of Maureen is living vicariously through her daughter. She could not be the dancer so she is going to in essence..pretend to be through her daughter. Many parents do it. Pageant mothers are the worst. Taking a little little girl and saying..now go on stage and make mommy's life mean something or I don't love you hehe. Exaggeration I know but you get my point.
DrakkonTiger 2 years ago 12
My favorite Scene of this movie.
FreeMusicify 2 years ago
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iisuuisme 2 years ago 5
she was fantastic! she was ok. Bitch
luckypatrice2 2 years ago 11
Was Julie meant to be the comic relief of the movie? everything she says she cracks me up.
aquino46 2 years ago 5
that mum is such as selfish bitch
AriellaSmooshie 2 years ago 190
I really like Eva's transformation from being an uncaring smart aleck to tending to what she wants.
darwintrr 2 years ago 24
ug! i could slap that mom!!! get a clue!!!! dancing is not making her happy anymore!!! she reminds me of my mom
aabruderick 2 years ago 144
same here...ever since I quit my dance academy (not because it didn't make me happy, but of the annoying students and teachers I had who always made me feel useless) my mom keeps bugging me about saying things like "you know you could be there dancing instead of here at home.
KATROSE92 2 years ago 5
@aabruderick me too..
princessserenity1994 1 year ago
@aabruderick Do you dance?
CrispNightmareCrew 1 year ago
hi!! what's the name of this ballet??? thanks!!
alilovesangel 2 years ago
I LOVE YOU Zoe Saldana....
lumobachster 2 years ago 8
what poor house conduct! leaving the theater in the middle of a dance! shame on maureens mom. ahaha. she's really mean too. she doesn't care about her daughter at all. i think maureen was only mean in the rest of the movie because she was unhappy.
bina123321 2 years ago 19
and calling Eva trash... that is disgusting.
bcrocker33 2 years ago 20
lol, i luv how they're fighting for her.
wild4music101 2 years ago 3
i really dont like the whole maureen throwing away her dancing career...i understand if she was unhappy doing it but she just wouldnt give up and quit dancing, full stop...all the money that has probally been spent and its not as if she is a terrible dancer, she was one of the best and she has obviously been dancing for a long time because part of her wanted 2, even if it was also her mother that wanted her to do it, so i think that that part of the story line is ridiculous and annoying
ColourfulWellies904 2 years ago
well when u do something simply and purely to make someone happy for many many years, u kinda stop living for u and u resent that person and the thing that u feel obligated to do. shes resented it for a long time. shes just ready to live her OWN life. and ballet has played a big part in it, yes, but she just doesnt love it. if u were in her shoes u'd probably do the same thing.
wild4music101 2 years ago 3
i have been in her shoes...and i really wanted 2 give up but i didnt cuz ballet is all i had known and it is a huge part of mi life...i started wen i was 3, so i never did quit cuz i knew that i would regret giving it all up, to not do something that you have been doing all your life it hard.
ColourfulWellies904 2 years ago
Hey, Colourful, you know, I used to be a pretty good ballerina when I was younger too but just like Maureen I decided this kind of life was not for me. And it wasn't even my family, they're absolutely fantastic and supportive in everything but I got to a point when it wasn't making me happy and I gave it up. There are a million other great things in life. I'm a scientist and a writer now. So I really think you're wrong. If you are really in HER shoes... do yourself a favor and quit.
selfxmadexstar 2 years ago 5
how can you say that 2 some1...i get really annoyed at time about dancing but i rememeber who i want to be like or why i started in the first place or the times that i really did enjoy it and i persevere...and i think that being gd at something makes me happy...and that it was maureen should be like
ColourfulWellies904 2 years ago
Well, dear, that's why I said if you were in HER shoes. If you DO enjoy it, then you're obviously NOT. Nobody's saying everything we do should be easy. But there are certain sacrifices that aren't worth it for certain people and the right choice is to stop before you ruin your physical and mental health. She thought it wasn't worth it, being unhappy. We can't judge people because they don't feel the same way we do. :)
selfxmadexstar 2 years ago 6
n0 maureen was good at it because her charcater shows how her mom made her go to school since a little girl she tun into her mom's little project shes good because in a way her mom made her so but she wasnt happy.
xXPekealejandritaXx 2 years ago
yes, I know i would kill to be the dancer she is
shadesofgrey1947 2 years ago 5
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Mononokefan1 2 years ago
To answer the question of "How would Eva know Maureen's part?" well, if you don't remember, there was a scene where Eva was practicing Maureen's part and Juliet came in to help her. So I guess they want us to assume that she'd been learining it.
juicy594 2 years ago 5
eva might have been an understudy
WickedlyDifferent 2 years ago 2
I think Charlie looks like Drew Seeley.
dancer3888courtneyXX 2 years ago
so how would eva know the dance?
queen1414 2 years ago 3
"It's your dream" so typical! lol
EAAY111 2 years ago 2
tough question^^
DebbyWillTanzen 2 years ago
Soooo if Maureen backed out and Eva is dancing the principal role, who's dancing Eva's? Is some guy lifting an imaginary girl?
randomMysh 2 years ago 5
eva wasnt selected in de 1st place rite??
vestajaisy 2 years ago 2
Most likely someone who, like Emily, wasn't supposed to dance in the workshop
starfishyinthesky 2 years ago
yes, good question
tracyDoo 2 years ago
im pretty sure a big scale ballet like that ould have understudies even for smaller parts, in case someone gets sick/ injured.
bebright11 2 years ago
Kathleen (Julie Kent) is a dancer in the ABT and i got to dance with her niece and meet julie kent and cooper(ethan Stieffel) and the girl he came out of the theatre with in a scene that was deleted it his real girlfriend
hollaratyou6 2 years ago
I wonder if Ilia Kulik (Sergei) did his own dance sequences for this movie--as an Olympic Gold Medalist in Men's Figure Skating, I'm sure he had extensive ballet training.
frostdiamond1 2 years ago 3
I knew he looked familiar!
stewierocks83 2 years ago
Haha, yeah. I actually first watched this movie out of curiosity 'cause I knew he was in it!
frostdiamond1 2 years ago
cooper is a total yuck!!!!
Careiz14 2 years ago 4
I really like that teacher who was nice to Eva
FayeChan01 2 years ago 10
WOW!!!!! that dance was amazing!!
lorriesgobeep 2 years ago 3
Beautiful :)
Loved the music
jadorebabyjane 2 years ago 2
what ballet are they doing here? I feel like I should know, but I forget... Does anyone know? Much appreciated.
97sweeney10 2 years ago
the ballet they are doing is swan lake
examinernet 2 years ago
i know how she feels i don't like ballet but forced to do it very depressing :(
savethewhales27 2 years ago 4
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Alordcrylo 3 years ago
Story Ballet. Ballet=Acting.
GOODBYETOME61994 2 years ago
im sorry, maureen great dancer. bad actor.
xdancerforlifex 3 years ago
part 8 and 9 has been removed! plsss....where can i find them here?
zzttzztt123 3 years ago
Does anybody have advice to be as skinny as they are.. cause i'm probably the equivalent of an elephant next to them...And I don't particulairely ike that complexed feeling..
daisyrocksmysocks 3 years ago
uhm...... eat less. People tend to eat too much, whether its healthy or junk food, but especially junk food. keep in mind what you eat, and every time before you eat something, think, "Will this help me with my dancing?" If its a couple pieces of fruit, then "Yes!"... If its a couple pieces of cake or pie.... "NO!!!" Drink tones of water and stretch and do ab work.
writer13426 3 years ago
Work out, eat healthy and slowly. Often people don't get when they are full because they eat to quickly. So eat much more slowly, and you will feel full. Then, naturally, you will eat less. Don't size up your portions. That drives the body mad.
Attie95 3 years ago
the best advice i can give u: ask ur parents and go c a nutitionist she/he'll make u a speciall diet for your type of person, just dont do stupid diets.
Good luck!
winda20 3 years ago
defintely control your eating
and excersize excerisize is key
good luck and another thing, check what your BMI is, and check how much calories you should be having each day so you dont over eat
you have to excersize!
ShAzZrUlZ 3 years ago
Heh. Look at 08:12. The girl on the right side of the front row is Anna.
powellpicc1985 3 years ago
huh?
cairalice 3 years ago
The female dancer standing to Eeva's left at the end of the ballet is Megan Pepin, the dancer who plays Anna's role.
powellpicc1985 3 years ago
What about it? Its like saying "OOOh, its COOPER guys!" big whoop.
writer13426 3 years ago
Well in the movie's storyline, Anna is already supposed to have danced the Mendelssohn, so she technically shouldn't be onstage.
I know it's a movie and they can only hire so many, but they should have placed her elsewhere so no one would notice.
powellpicc1985 3 years ago
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escapist11 2 years ago
OKAY...two things...
1.) How does Eeva dance Maureen's part perfectly, with no real rehearsal other than what she might have practiced on her own?
2.) Who is dancing Eeva's part if Eeva was supposed to be in the corps?
3.) What would the reaction be if students pulled this kind of a stunt in a real ballet school?
powellpicc1985 3 years ago
because 1. she was practicing Maureen's dance in the last part
2. probably got an understudy to fill in for her but got told to keep it quiet
3. maureeen quit so if anything they should thank Eva as she filled in the gap at the last minute
ehehnunu11 3 years ago 2
Does anyone else notice the weirdness in the lines between Maureen and her mother...?
"What's wrong? Are you sick?"
"No."
And then a few seconds later...
"I'm trying to tell you I'm unhappy and sick!"
I understand what they're trying to say, but...that's a weird dialogue right there...
LadyJynjr 3 years ago 2
"LadyJ", I think with that dialogue you refer to, it was supposed to convey a difference between illness as her mother defined it - being too under the weather to perform vs. another type of illness - mental illness/es that Maureen exhibits as well as her general unhappiness and dissatisfaction with how her life has been going.
I don't think it was an error - the juxtaposition was meant to emphasize that dual meaning.
TEKnoir 2 years ago 3
does zoe saldana do all the dancing?
janie3094 3 years ago
no Aisha Ashley is her dance double, but Zoe does have some nice line for not being an actual dancer.
annietart 3 years ago 3
who dances at 2:22? aisha ashely or zoe?
ShAzZrUlZ 3 years ago
probably aisha or zoe's stand in since there is no full facial shot. Anything where you can't directly see Eva's face is going to be Aisha or her stand-in
annietart 3 years ago
o ok
thx soo much
ShAzZrUlZ 3 years ago
maybe, I read somewhere that she's done some ballet but I am not so sure about it
Taylee06 2 years ago
does anyone notice that maureen's mom looks she got shot after maureen talks to her? it's so freaking funny!
breakinginfinity0 3 years ago 3
haha yes I saw it, haha very funny
Ssaaaraa 3 years ago
Ballet is such a beautiful dance.
kelsycole 3 years ago 3
GOOD JOB EVA!!!
i remember when i took beginner ballet last semester. i HATED it as first cuz it was so technical, but then i ended up loving it because it does so much to ur technique. i would refer ballet to everyone. super hard but worth it
candypassion90 3 years ago 6
does cooper all of a suddenly get an accent at he beginning of the clip? lol i always noticed it.
iLoV3toDance 3 years ago 2
Eva is such a gorgeous dancer!!! love her!
jewingten 3 years ago 15
i always wondered what happened to evas partner did he dance?
jetc97 3 years ago
the partner in the workshop? he's an iceskater.
wambalus 3 years ago 3
maureen's mum is a bitch. her daughter tells her she throws up her food and she says, "there's nothing wrong with that. you're watching what you eat. "
ImKraKen 3 years ago 13
I hate the way they say good luck to Maureen's mom. Whatever, bitch, like you're doing anything! Lol.
OtherLittleMikey 3 years ago 4
i love charlie
lwbucketsosun 3 years ago 8
ZOE IS AN AMAZING ACTRESS AND DANCER
brieseptember 3 years ago 12
i am surprised by how she's also a dancer
buleiqi 3 years ago
yeah she did ballet before.
ImKraKen 3 years ago
she actually didn't do a lot of that. if you look closely you can tell it isn't her sometimes. but she is a good dancer for what she did herself
mywreckoftheday 3 years ago 2
crazy mother...imagine being under that much pressure to do what you dont even want to do..i couldnt stand it!
emsav90 3 years ago 7
coopers such a mother fucking player
aha ;)
i love you
chanel492 3 years ago 3
the cooper guy is playin her soooo much!!!
bornnraisedwidtroubl 3 years ago 2
i love the way the music perfectly matches the moment between Maureen and her mom. Genius!!
Musiq20 3 years ago 2
When Maureen is telling her mom that she throws up and stuff and her mom is like, "So what you watch your weight." I was like SHE HAS AN EATING DISORDER B*TCH! LOL amazing movie though
dancerchick1000 3 years ago 5
god I love this movie! The dancers are really great!
MileyAshley96 3 years ago 4
does anyone know what part of Swan Lake that was? the music was so beautiful!
mychemicalrelapse 3 years ago
The music is the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto #2 in C Minor
killerproductions3 3 years ago 3
thank you so so much!
mychemicalrelapse 3 years ago
lol no problem
I saw it performed by olga kern with the world youth symphony orchestra and i recognized it i wus like holy crap thats jonathens ballet!
killerproductions3 3 years ago 2
i love eric!
pineapplehome1 3 years ago
phemyda94, i know exactly what u mean, living in a world of mothers that resemble dicttors and tha only thing they want is for u to live out their dream, same here ive been dancing since i was 3 , but i like it ok
dancelover83 3 years ago
Eva looks sooo beautiful in Jonathan's ballet. I think Maureen did the right thing. And WHY did her mom call Eva "trash"?? That is SO racist. She was BEAUTIFUL in that role.
bRuNn3tt3 3 years ago
Because it wasn't her precious daughter dancing out HER dream, even though Maureen never had the passion.
dancerchick1000 3 years ago 2
yet it had nothing to do with racist, just with a stupid woman who wanted to live her dream through her daughter and saw that all come apart, to which she responded not very well, as you can imagine :P
saintconnnor 3 years ago 5
i love Zoe's dress and the dance is amazing :-)
weeeirishgal 3 years ago 3
sorry not Maureen...**Zoe**
sexytodiwerl 3 years ago 2
2:49 is just beautiful..luv it
The performance overall was lovely..well done Maureen!
sexytodiwerl 3 years ago
i love how calm maureen is when shes talking to her mom.
DCcheer08 3 years ago 3
Wasn't the mom sitting in the isle seat? I f so why did she push her way past all those people? Couldn't she just have left through the isle? It would have been more polite and not to mention easier, or is that just me?
breecheese14 3 years ago 2
This scene hits very close to home.
I come from a driven school where mothers are like maureen's mom; pressuring their daughters and then stubbornly looking the other way while they starve themselves and work themselves to exhaution and illness, simply because they are so determined that their daughters will live out their dreams
phemyda94 3 years ago 6