The bad news? Courtney Clay and the Bunheads are in the gang's winter dance class. The good news? World famous ballerina Alexandra Petrovna is coming to dance at the Deerfield Academy. There will be a dance competition to see which student she will select as her flower-bearer during the performance. Courtney, of course, is chosen to compete-she's the best dancer in the sixth grade. Then the Bunheads nominate Mary Bubnik, the worst dancer at the school. Poor Mary doesn't realize she's been set up to fail. The Bunheads have played their last dirty trick on the gang. Now it's time to fight back!