"Can we all just agree that Julia Stiles is not the greatest dancer on the planet?"
"Why are people so committed to now throwing shade at this dance?"
""But our choreographer was Fatima [Robinson]," she responded. "Like, Fatima's a legend. ... She was, like, you know, choreographing that dance within a specific cultural context.""
""No, no, no, no, no," she said. "I love Fatima. I'm just saying, like, you know, greatness goes through different eras.""
Kerry Washington defended the final Juilliard audition routine in Save the Last Dance and questioned criticisms of Julia Stiles' performance. She rejected characterizations that the routine was embarrassingly bad and asked why the dance attracts retrospective negativity. Washington emphasized that choreographer Fatima Robinson is a legend and that the choreography was created within a specific cultural context. She argued that artistic greatness evolves across eras and that dance styles change over time, implying that judgments should account for historical context. The film's plot centers on former ballerina Sara moving to Chicago, reconnecting with hip-hop, and pursuing Juilliard.
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