Monday evening (which is evening, and morning is morning) 9/27:

(a) purpose of degages: accuracy of inside movement (timing, hitting of 5th)
(b) foundation for movement lies in pelvic girdle and rectus abdominis
(c) ballet is an organizational tool for human movement characterized by its ceaseless efforts to pull up, reflective of the philosophy of its times (roughly 6-7 hundred years ago); these days, it's not so cool to strive for heaven. Instead, ballet has gone Gaga.