-idea of bourree is to keep the knees glued together; overcross back leg; undercross front leg
-a lesson in homophones: pas de bourree = step of the bourree (a French folk dance); pas de bourre = step of the pissed (drunk); do take care to do the correct pas in ballet class
-Marzipan up to the bassoon, and a Waltz of the Flowers pass...we were dancing! To Tchaikovsky!

Observation: When one goes from speaking to listening intently, the face undergoes a marked transformation; similarly, when one goes from listening intently to performing, the face undergoes yet another remarkable transformation

Hypothesis: Performance is an act, but one need not don a costume and wig in order to assume the "look" of performing; it is more than a superficial "look"-- it is a distinct state of mind; listening intently is also a distinct state of mind, similar to focused; each of the facial transformations noted in the above observation indicate an internal transformation from one state of mind to another; performing, like beauty is more than skin-deep; it projects both outwardly and inwardly