Ballet Rosetta Stone:

-Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 (Патетическая; Pathétique) (translation: welcome back)
-adin, dva, tree, cheteeree (translation: pliE, pliE with half port de bras)
-kalena witnee, durak! (transl: Such a beautiful language...)
-и снова? (transl: encore? do it again?); not a question; upward inflection was accidental
-turns a la seconde en dedans: like arabesque turn; bring leg quickly to second/deepen pliE; high arm
-pas de ножницы (transl: pas de ciseaux)
-reverance: 360 degree turn with leg held in proximity to the ear (ideally)
-спасибо (translation: thank you for putting the lustre back into my days)
-на здоровье (translation: you're welcome; lit: to your health); indeed, ballet is for my health
-Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 (reprise): it's title, Патетическая, translates as 'pathetic' in French, English, etc., but what the composer actually meant to evoke was the meaning of 'passionate'; in both senses, a fitting word to describe just how pathetically passionate I am about ballet
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Absolute beginner class:

-concept of balancing on one foot introduced at barre
-concepts explored at Center: conception of space (strangely counted walls; charmingly counted corners); weight transfer; turning
-as dancers, we value communication