My first thought was, my god, he's pulling an Anna!!!!
Ouch! That's bad when Hope is having more fun with the substitute teacher.
She fell out of step a few times.
Wow, Maks was really cranky during rehearsal and the way he treated Hope. It showed on ALL the other dancers' faces.
It was interesting to see Derek step right up and take over teaching Hope when Maks walked out.
Hope, now having been taught by two other teachers, her dislike of Maks is really showing. When she let go of Maks at the end of their individual dance segment, you could tell she was over him.
It was very chilly between Maks and Hope last night. It seemed like Maks only stood as close to her as he had to. Didn't do the "snuggling" they all normally do in front of the judges or up with Brooke. Seemed very, very offseting.
I think Maks annoyance is very much the same annoyance that I know my DD's dance teacher gets when she is trying to work on something with the kids and they are more interested in cutting up and working half-assed, then actually putting their noses to the grind stone and getting done what she is trying to work on, then cutting up. He did make the comment, -along the lines of - that if she didn't get it right, the judges would be more critical of it, after last week. She did need to buckle down, be serious and get the dance done, then cut loose.
Maybe, it's some moody, broody, Russian thing? Their novels & plays are always filled with angst and suffering. Maybe Maks can't have a good time for too long, or allow other people to? That they must suffer for their art? 
