Work It

Spoilers! Watch the movie first.

 Work It

Quin lives with her mother. Her father died when she was 12 years old. Quin wants to go to a very good university after high school. Quin is the best student in her class. She has the best grades (marks). She is very smart. However, the university wants students who have hobbies and do things outside of school. Before, she worked the lights for the dance team. The dance team is called The Thunderbirds.

Quin has a terrible accident and ruins (destroy) the lights for the stage. The top dancer of the team is called Julliard. He has pink hair. He tells Quin that she can’t be a part of the dance team because she destroyed the lights.

The woman at the university says that Quin is not passionate about anything. Quin lies to the woman at the university. She says that she is part of her school’s dance team.

Quin’s best friend is called Jas. Jas is a great dancer. Quin asks Jas to help her join the dance team. Jas laughs at Quin.

 “You don’t dance,” Jas says to Quin.

 “I don’t dance yet*,” Quin answers. “I need you to teach me how to dance.”

 Quin only has two weeks to learn how to dance.

Jas begins to teach her best friend. At first, Quin is terrible, but she works very hard. She practices everywhere: in the library, in her house, and in the park.

Finally, it’s time for the audition. Quin is the first in the audition. Julliard doesn’t think she is a good dancer. Quin decides make another dance team, and her best friend Jas is the captain.

Quin and Jas look for dancers in their school. They find some crazy kids. They need someone to be their choreographer. The boy Quin finds is very good, but he doesn’t want to help her. His name is Jake Taylor. Jake says that he will help the team if they qualify at Work It.

Work It is a dance competition. There are three judges at the qualifying competition. The team isn’t bad, but they aren’t very good. At the end of the competition, the team qualifies. Jake becomes the choreographer for the team. He lets the team practice for free at the dance studio where he works. They don’t have to pay to practice there.

When Jake’s boss learns (discovers) that Jake lets the team practice in the studio without paying, he fires Jake. Now Jake doesn’t have a job.

 Jake quits the team.

 Quin gets bad grades at school, and she quits the team, too. She doesn’t have time to dance. She doesn’t have time for a boyfriend. Jas returns to The Thunderbirds.

 Quin is working one day and she starts dancing. She understands the dancing makes her happy. The team starts practicing again. Jas returns to Quin’s team.

 At last, it is time for the final competition for Work It. Who will win the contest? The Thunderbirds are the champions, but Quin and her team have worked very hard.

Julliard and The Thunderbirds dance first. The three judges give them a score of 9.0. Quin’s team begins to dance. Quin arrives late. She goes on stage and dances with the team. When they finish, everyone shouts and claps. They were very good, but what will the judges think?

Their score is 9.3. They win the contest!

* Yo no bailo todavia