écoute!

"Now...écoute, écoute!" Mr. Blanchett hollered entering the room quickly. "We have a lot of work ahead of us. I have asked a film student to video us so I may critique you even more afterwards. So there will be no 'rolling of the eyes' or mouthing what an 'ass' you think I am behind my back. I expect the best and some of you may actually come close to delivering on that."

He snapped his fingers and the music began.

"We'll warm up with a dozen runs of all the positions in as many minutes..."

After a few minutes, Mr. Blanchett approached Nya. "Something amusing you? Do dancers smile?"