Dancing Shoes

1. FADE IN.

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3. Act 1

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5. INT. STUDY - MORNING

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7. Relaxing in a window terrace under the sun, PETER is checking mails.

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9. PETER (V.O.): I got mail from a Quoran. She asks me to keep dancing, never give up and keep those shoes.

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11. Pausing.

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13. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Earlier, she asked me whose pair of shoes should be the most important ones in all history to put up for auction or purchase?

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15. Pausing.

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17. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I thought of Michael Jackson's moon-walk shoes as people including me worshipped his dancing. So his dancing shoes should have lots of extrinsic value.

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19. Pausing.

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21. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Then, I researched and found out that his size was 9 1/2. If I stepped into his shoes, they wouldn't fit mine. So to me, his shoes don't have intrinsic value.

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23. Pausing.

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25. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): And then, I thought I shouldn't negate the shoes I wore. It's logically possible that mine could some value too.

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27. Act 2

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29. INT. STUDY - CONTINUOUS

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31. Peter takes a look of the view outside.

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33. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I believe the guitars I once used to compose my songs or perform them on stage should be of some value when I'm gone.

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35. Pausing.

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37. PETER (V.O) (Cont'd): In due course, they could be put up for auction or purchase. And the receipts might go to charity.

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39. Pausing.

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41. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): With that in mind, I have dozens of guitars, much more than my shoes. My guitars are more than sound boxes. They're extensions of my creative self.

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43. Pausing.

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45. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): As to shoes, a little obsessed with them as memorabilia should be okay. They can be worn if the size is right.

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47. INT. KITCHEN - AFTERNOON

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49. While having lunch, Peter is listening to music. We hear Cliff Richard singing energetically:.. Put on your dancing shoes, put on your dancing shoes, put on your dancing shoes, and dance away your blues...

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51. PETER (V.O.): When I first heard the song in the 1960s, I thought dancing shoes were metaphors - as if people wearing them would dance well like magic.

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53. Recalling.

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55. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When I saw my children kicking ballet with ballet shoes, I still couldn't correlate them with dancing shoes.

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57. Recalling.

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59. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It only dawned on me when I attended my first dancing lesson - my instructor measured my foot size and bought a pair of dancing shoes for me.

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61. Recalling.

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63. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Wearing dancing shoes to dance did make a great difference. I couldn't dance well without them.

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65. Recalling.

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67. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's true that dancing can really dance away one's blues.

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69. Recalling.

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71. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But since 2011, I've stopped dancing.

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73. Thinking.

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75. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Partnership is hard enough. Dancing partnership is even harder.

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77. Pausing.

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79. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In Spring last year, I resumed my dancing with ordinary shoes in the park - as part of my physical exercises.

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81. Pausing.

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83. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But then, I developed lower back pain. I didn't know the actual cause as I also ran and did push-ups.

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85. Pausing.

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87. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Through the process of elimination, I believed dancing was the cause, as I could do well with running and dong push-ups.

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89. Pausing.

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91. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Now, a Quoran whom I exchanged emails with is encouraging me to dance again.

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93. Act 3

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95. INT. STUDY - LATER

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97. Phone in hand, Peter checks out a dance video. We hear: How to Waltz...

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99. PETER (V.O.): Waltz is my favourite dance.

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101. We hear:...do the box step... forward left...side with the right... close left foot to right foot....switch away...then....back with the right...side with the left....close right foot with the left foot...and switch away...

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103. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd):I've done that over thousand times in the past.

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105. We hear: Posture...more vertical and more stretch up...feeling the vertical balance...lower...rise up...balance stays the same...use rotation...one shoulder forward...one back...balance stays the same...body rotates around this balance...

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107. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Yes, I shouldn't never dance again.

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109. INT. PARK - EVENING

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111. At a circular open space, Peter dances his Waltz box steps.

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113. PETER (V.O.): Yes, let me try again, little by little this time.

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115. Peter dances again.

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117. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): One - two - three, forward - side - close; back - side - close...

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119. Reflecting.

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121. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): In pandemic times, I don't invite anyone to dance. I'm happy to dance alone.

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123. Pausing.

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125. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): What a kind encouragement from the Quoran from afar.

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127. FADE OUT.

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129. THE END