"Why are we here?...I will tell you the answer:

1st: to establish balance and equilibrium on either one or both legs. For instance*, what does it feel like to stand in 5th? It's a position you never find yourself in until you walk into a ballet class.

2nd: to establish a wide turn-out. For instance*, the rond-de-jambe en dehors must be led by the heel (by the toe for the rond-de-jambe en dedans)."

The answers to life's burning existentialist questions become strangely straightforward when you're standing at a barre. Another reason why I continue to go to Symmetry.

On another note, standing at the window barre today, I noted the following:

-a scar on Kip's left elbow
-a watch on his left wrist
-a ring on his left hand
-a tattered leg warmer on his left leg

The asymmetry was striking. I wondered why his right leg never got cold.

*the following "instance" has been paraphrased