00:00We need a choreographer.
00:01This guy, Jake Taylor,
00:02captain of the winning team
00:03three years in a row.
00:05We'd love to have you choreographed.
00:06What do you think?
00:07I think you can dance.
00:08You've worked with Netflix before
00:10on To All the Boys 2.
00:11What made you want to be
00:12a part of this movie?
00:13I love dance
00:14and I've been dancing
00:15for a very long time.
00:17And to be part of a new
00:19kind of culturally defining
00:20dance film
00:21that's super, super diverse,
00:23that is very character-driven
00:25in the way that
00:26the arcs of the story
00:28and how they all shape
00:30are shaped and take place
00:31is that it's really about people.
00:33It's not necessarily about dance,
00:35even though that's kind of
00:36the vehicle that you are riding in
00:38that takes you from point A to point Z.
00:40I didn't think that I would get to
00:42do such a fun dance film,
00:45especially not right now.
00:46Like when it happened,
00:47like it even felt like
00:49from the table read,
00:49like I didn't really know
00:51what I was getting myself into
00:52until we were on set
00:55and we were filming
00:55and we were doing these numbers
00:56and everything just looked so great
00:57and it was so fun and effortless.
00:59And obviously there's a lot of effort
01:00put into it,
01:01but I love dance my entire life.
01:03So I think getting to do this,
01:04like it hasn't really hit me yet.
01:06I don't think it's hit me
01:06that I'm a part of
01:08something so special.
01:10Senior year,
01:11I needed to join the dance team
01:12because the more
01:13extracurricular activities you do,
01:15the higher your chances are
01:16of getting into a top tier college.
01:17What type of dance experience
01:19did you have
01:19before signing on to this movie?
01:21Had ballet, tap,
01:23jazz,
01:25hands.
01:26And then I actually stopped
01:28doing ballet for a little bit.
01:29I went into middle school,
01:31real hormonal.
01:32I was just like,
01:33I'm not slipping that
01:33into a sausage casing leotard.
01:37Fine.
01:38I got told that at one point
01:40it built my personality.
01:40It was great.
01:42But it's a thing.
01:44So then I went into high school
01:45and I got into dance and drill team,
01:47which is such a Texas thing.
01:49So I lived my Friday Night Lights experience
01:51and doing all those kicks
01:52I didn't realize
01:53increased my flexibility
01:55to be able to do the splits
01:56about four times
01:58during the course of this film.
01:59So I'm a raised dancer
02:01and now I guess
02:02I'm a professional,
02:03a professional one.
02:04My mom was a dancer
02:05and my older sisters were.
02:07So it was all the sames,
02:09the taps,
02:09the jazzes,
02:10the ballets,
02:11the hip hop,
02:12believe it or not.
02:13And yeah,
02:13it was a huge part of my life
02:15and kind of what shaped me
02:17into the performer
02:19that I love being.
02:20You can't think your way through this.
02:22You gotta let your body drive you.
02:24I sure know what to do.
02:26Both you and Sabrina Carpenter
02:27were on Broadway.
02:28You and Darren Hanson
02:29and Sabrina and Mean Girls
02:30when Broadway shut down.
02:32What was it like
02:33saying goodbye to Broadway
02:34and when Broadway comes back,
02:35will you return to the stage?
02:37We didn't know
02:37that we were saying goodbye.
02:38You know,
02:39that's kind of the thing.
02:39We did,
02:40Sabrina was doing her second show.
02:42She did her second show.
02:43She did two shows
02:44of, you know,
02:45in her run
02:46and it's obviously,
02:47you know,
02:48super unfortunate.
02:49I at least got
02:50a little under halfway
02:52through my run
02:53so I was pretty set
02:54in, you know,
02:55kind of my routine
02:56and very, very close
02:57to my cast,
02:58et cetera, et cetera.
02:59But the initial shutdown
03:00was very temporary.
03:01It was only supposed to be
03:02like three weeks
03:03and so,
03:04obviously things have changed
03:05and we're waiting to hear
03:08when it's actually
03:09going to be able
03:09to come back up.
03:10Obviously,
03:10all of our fingers are crossed
03:11for January.
03:12We'll see.
03:12We'll take it all step by step.
03:14We've all stayed
03:15very connected.
03:16We have like Zoom hangouts
03:17and we'll have drinks
03:18on Sundays
03:18and that kind of thing
03:19which is really nice
03:20and, yeah,
03:22hopefully timing works
03:24itself out
03:25where, you know,
03:26when Broadway reopens
03:27I can be back
03:28on that stage
03:29wearing that polo
03:30and waving through
03:30windows again.
03:31Yeah,
03:31really crazy timing
03:32that we were both on it
03:34at the same time
03:35and had to experience
03:36the shutdown together.
03:38I mean,
03:38I learned so much
03:39in my two months
03:40of rehearsal
03:41leading up to
03:42the first few shows
03:43that I was so lucky
03:44to do
03:44that, yeah,
03:45hopefully when it returns
03:46I can play Katie Herron again
03:47because she's a fun one.
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