In her first starring role, Grammy-award winning singer Christina Aguilera stars alongside another songstress Cher, Twilight's Cam Giganet, Dancing with the Stars' Julianne Hough and Kristen Bell (When in Rome) in BURLESQUE opening November 24, 2010.
In this clip, Christina Aguilera's Ali must prove to Cher and Stanley Tucci's characters she can dance the burlesque numbers from The Burlesque Lounge. Kristen Bell is jealous of Ali's aspirations and watches her competition on stage.
Ali (Aguilera) is a small-town girl with a big voice who escapes hardship and an uncertain future to follow her dreams to LA. After stumbling upon The Burlesque Lounge, a majestic but ailing theater that is home to an inspired musical revue, Ali lands a job as a cocktail waitress from Tess (Cher), the club's proprietor and headliner. Burlesque's outrageous costumes and bold choreography enrapture the young ingenue, who vows to perfor there one day. Soon enough, Ali builds a friendship with a featured dancer (Julianne Hough), finds an enemy in a troubled, jealous performer (Kristen Bell), and garners the affection of Jack (Cam Gigandet), a bartender and fellow musician. With the help of a sharp-witted stage manager (Stanley Tucci) and a gender-bending host (Alan Cumming), Ali akes he way from the bar to the stage. Her spectacular voice restores The Burlesque Lounge to its former glory, though not before a charismatic entrepreneur (Grey's Anatomy's Eric Dane) arrives with an enticing proposal...
Starring: Cher, Christina Aguilera, Eric Dane, Cam Gigandet, Julianne Hough, Peter Gallagher, Alan Cumming with Kristen Bell and and Stanley Tucci
Directed By: Steven Antin
