A new rug graces the studio floor. It slips around easily and smells of childhood plastic dolls. Before class, it is a good place for a snooze; after class, it is a good place for a stretch.

Proposition 3.14: Sometimes, listening to the rhythm of the combination is more helpful than analyzing each individual step.

Example: SAU-te-STEP-kick-kick-SAU-te-STEP-kick-kick-...And speaking of which, why walk when one can SAU-te-STEP-kick-kick one's way home?

The items in the following list can be both a blessing and a curse, & should thus be used/treated with care:
-hyperextended knees
-kundalini yoga
-self-awareness
-tallness
-shortness
-OCD & most other personality traits
-children

A note on the end of the beginning: The last 3 women standing in the Absolute Beginner class are real winners. The progress over the last 12 weeks has been marvelous to watch. Rest assured, this is just the beginning of a beautiful obsession. See you in Basic Beginner and Beyond!

-reaching over in port-de-corps en rond to the side
-sucking in stomach to pull up from gravity in pirouettes;
-opening/shooting leg out to side in fouettes
-leaning upper torso slightly forward when standing in 5th & pushing into floor through inside of foot and sit-bones while pulling up through and separating rib cage