Dance Brothers (2023) s01e01 Episode Script

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- And anything else?
- That'll do. Thank you.
Yep. Welcome. Welcome. And your name is?
Roni Luoto and my brother, Sakari.
- Luoto?
- Yeah.
Hmm
I don't see you.
Uh, were you on time
with your application?
Yeah. Check again, it's there.
It's not, sorry. Apologies.
Hi, and your name is?
We're going.
Come on.
[hip-hop playing faintly]
[song trails off]
[energetic dance music playing]
[song trails off]
[panelist] Okay.
And who are you?
- Roni Luoto. This is my brother, Sakari.
- Sakke is fine. Yeah.
We've been dancing together
since we were kids.
Actually, we just got back.
We were studying in London
with Anil Kothar.
Did he never teach you
how to submit an application on time?
Hmm? Or just to read a simple guideline?
Everyone else here
has learned our choreography.
Sorry, but because of moving
and being away in London
We had the whole time change
Sure, but this choreography
proves our abilities,
demonstrates our skills,
plus might suit the music more than yours.
Hey, hey, hey! No.
It's our mistake. Please. Our mistake.
We'd both be so honored
to be a part of your production.
Could, um, we just have until, say, Monday
to practice the correct choreo?
Bold request of you to make.
Tomorrow then.
It's just generic musical fluff stuff.
Easy-peasy.
[gentle piano line playing]
[Sakari] Yeah. No need
to audition for them anymore.
[Roni] Fuck that.
We'll get better opportunities
than whatever that was.
[soulful dance music playing]
Welcome to New York, yo, yo, yo ♪
Okay, everybody, are you feeling good?
Are you good? Yeah?
[Sakari] Running man goes like this.
[grunts] Oh no.
No, no, no. No, no, no, no! No.
[director] But your CV clearly states
choreographer under skills.
[Roni] I was booked as a dancer.
Choreography's a separate charge.
This good? Or should we do it ourselves?
[soulful dance music continuing]
Aw.
So proud, my boys.
An actual TV commercial. [chuckles]
Nice job. It was a really fun dance.
And it was good pay?
It's a really hard field you boys are in.
No matter how talented
or promising you are,
how hard you work, it doesn't matter much.
- Hand that over.
- Hey, check out this dancer. See? Look.
[mother] I know
that it might be hard to accept,
but maybe you should consider other work.
Something that pays an actual wage.
[bold dance music playing]
I say we're done
with these shitty gigs, 'kay?
You can get some work bartending, and I
I'll make things work.
- We're not quitting now?
- No. Uh-uh.
- But we need some money to invest in us.
- Oh.
- To fund our own projects.
- Right.
What? No. No, no, no.
What you need's your own place.
- Okay.
- You got that? I'm not running a hotel.
Hey, go and bring out Mrs. Bosch's carpet.
[Roni] See this?
That's where we need to be.
Once we make it to HIDF,
the grant money's
all gonna start rolling in.
And we'll be able to start Drastic.
Like I was saying,
we need our own project.
This is the biggest
dance festival in Finland.
I assume we can't just sign up for it.
I know. But we'll get there
as members of Arvola's dance company.
He needs two new dancers for his new show.
And we're both those dancers.
- We're auditioning for Arvola?
- Yeah.
- Ah!
- No.
But I'll handle it.
- [scoffs]
- I'll take care of it. Are you in?
- Yeah, right. Yeah, yeah.
- All right.
- We need to start practicing.
- Okay, any time.
[Roni] All right, then.
[in Farsi] Hey, honey. How are you?
I'm picking up a rug.
[in English] I'm here at the laundry.
[in Faris] I'll be back soon.
Yes.
Did you find a tenant for the place?
[in English]
Problems with the electricity again?
[in Farsi] We'll just have to make do.
- [pop song playing on phone]
- [phone clatters]
[in English] Oh fuck.
- [dancer 1] Yeah, see? I keep it tight.
- [Sakari] How's it going?
You'll be there after, right?
[indistinct chatter]
[door opens]
[chatter subsides]
Is that Viima?
[Roni] Yep.
Arvola's golden puppy.
Have you kept in contact with her?
[man] Welcome, everyone.
This Déjà-vu is a huge undertaking.
It requires I bring in more dancers
than I typically have in a crew.
Two of you will get a chance to come
perform with my group at Dance Fest.
I'm sure you all know
what that would mean for your careers.
I need 110% energy, presence, okay?
Let me see what you got.
Now then.
Yeah. Roni Luoto.
Roni Luoto, you're up first.
Which one of you is Roni?
I was warned ahead of this
that you see yourself as a solo act,
but now I'm sitting here
and there's two of you, huh?
Yeah, well, I do everything
with my brother here, Sakke.
[man] Okay.
I suppose I'll have to trust my Viima,
who promised me
that you both are true professionals.
I bet you didn't know
that we have the same mentor.
I was one of Kothar's first pupils,
and now him and I are dear friends.
Uh-huh.
So, let's have it.
I suppose I owe it to him.
Here, give me that.
[soulful synth music playing]
[phones chiming]
Whoa! Now.
[woman 1] No luck again. What a surprise.
- [man] Yeah, same here.
- [woman 2] Yep, same here.
CONGRATS SAKARI!
YOU'VE BEEN SELECTED FOR DÉJÀ-VU
BY THE ARVOLA DANCE COMPANY.
Fuck, dude.
Sakke, did you get in?
Nah, it's a no.
Bet the guy just chose, you know,
some favorite he knew already.
[woman 1] I'm gonna meet a friend
at a park. I heard a DJ's gonna be there.
- Come on. Let's go.
- [Sakari] Sure.
- [woman 2] Yeah, yeah.
- Yeah.
You coming?
- I'm in.
- Yes, for real.
- Let's go. We're not doing anything today.
- This is great. Let's go, come on!
Was it Hannah?
Uh, no, it's not. No, it's Karo.
[pulsing hip-hop playing]
Hey!
[woman] Karo!
[Karo] Hey, there you are.
Hey!
So good to see you.
It's that girl.
- [man] Where do you rehearse?
- [Sakari] Our mom's laundry.
- [Roni] Bro.
- [group laughing]
[Roni] But the dance scene
in Finland is inbred. Period.
- [woman] It is.
- I'm just saying.
You could have stayed in London.
This scene and these controlling Arvolas,
what they need is a really good shake-up.
There's nothing else to it.
We have to form our own dance crew
as soon as possible.
[Sakari] That's the plan.
And of course you can join,
if you're interested.
Just tossing it out there, but
Like, I guess if nobody can get work.
- [group laughing]
- [woman] You get a grant or something?
Oh, hey. Hey.
Um, so I wanna know
what this whole this plan is.
How exactly you're going
to shake up the dance scene in Finland.
Combining street and modern dance
with not only true technical superiority,
but with honesty and feeling.
[Roni scoffs]
All these artsy dance assholes,
Arvola and others,
are circle jerking.
Fuck that! Fuck that.
We'll come in like a tsunami.
We'll send them all to hell, yo.
[group laughing]
[woman] That's clear.
[Karo] So, just to sum everything up.
You come in like a tsunami.
[overlapping chatter, laughter]
[Roni] That's pretty good.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
[pulsing hip-hop continuing]
- Great.
- Hey!
- Are the restrooms okay here?
- Uh, yeah. Yeah.
- They're okay, just keep your hands clean.
- Okay,
Don't touch anything.
- Hi.
- Hi.
[dance music continuing]
[muffled] Wait, what?
What are you trying to do?
Are you really gonna try
I wasn't, uh
- Sakke, how's that going for you?
- Oh. Okay.
[Karo laughs]
I'm just teasing you a little.
[laughs]
Oh man, I am such a huge fan.
Honestly, bet I saw those music videos
that Angelo did with you
like a million times.
Not in, like, a creepy, masturbatory way,
but, like, for, um, practice.
And I I actually know
a lot of your choreos.
By heart, I mean.
So So I appreciate you.
Purely as a dancer. Not as a "girl."
To me, there's nothing sexual
in how I see you or anything.
You're just some some meat, like
I think you're totally sexless, yeah.
[laughter]
And you got this gorgeous brain,
right in there.
- Oh yeah? Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- Thank you so much.
- You're welcome. You're welcome.
Oh hell
I mean, you're you're still
After all, of course, you know this, but
- You are gorgeous.
- Yeah? Oh.
But obviously, you already know that.
You're gorgeous, plus you're super cool,
but all I'm saying is honestly,
I value you even more as a dancer, okay?
- I do, it's
- Okay, okay, okay. Let's go dance.
[Sakari] Yeah, I'm perhaps a little
[Roni] That's nothing.
Come on, let's go party party.
[dance music continuing]
What the hell was that?
- Come on, we were just
- You grabbed my ass. Not okay.
- Let me go, fuck.
- Hey. Think for a second.
[crowd exclaiming]
What the fu
[music halts abruptly]
- [bystander 1] Shit, this stuff's fucked.
- [bystander 2] What the hell's going on?
- What the fuck? I'll fucking kill you.
- [bystander 3] Oh my God.
Little shit, you're fucking dead!
[frantic synth music playing]
[music trails off]
[exhales heavily]
What a day.
It was cool to actually party
for the first time in a while.
You just liked getting to flirt
with Angelo's dancer chick for a bit.
Tell the truth.
Was she flirting at all too?
- [Roni clicks tongue]
- [Sakari exclaims]
Damn it.
We should go out dancing more often.
At some clubs, you know.
Mmm. Except that all the clubs are
filled with fucking pricks like that guy.
Hey.
Check out this place.
[gentle, pensive music playing]
[Sakari] Think about it.
We could put a fantastic club
in a place like this
with a little renovation.
[Roni laughs] Or maybe a big one.
[Sakari] I can see it already. DJ there.
The bar, somewhere over there.
[Sakari laughs]
The light rigs are already in place.
[Roni] Yeah. There's something there.
We could practice here, too.
We We need a rehearsal space
if we're planning on forming
our own group and production.
- [Roni] Mm-hmm.
- We could fit a whole ensemble.
Yeah.
Hey.
How about we start our own club, man?
With our own rules.
One that looks like us.
And And then we can use it
so we can go and fund our production.
We rehearse during the day,
and run the club at night. Here.
[laughs] Are you serious?
Yeah. Think.
Oh, come on.
Just look at this place.
It's a mess, it's fucking
[clattering in distance]
They found us.
[footsteps approaching]
[metallic rattling]
[man grunts]
Everybody dance now ♪
["Gonna Make You Sweat
(Everybody Dance Now)" playing]
Give me the music ♪
Everybody dance now ♪
[gentle, contemplative synth outro plays]