-It takes great effort for things to become effortless. It takes effort both in and outside of the studio. It takes assuming the carriage and mentality of a ballerina outside of the ballet studio to reach the ideal sought inside the studio. The way to becoming a ballerina is to bring the dancer with you as you leave the studio and go out into your daily non-studio life, and in effect, make the world your studio. When you pack up your bag after class, you cannot leave her behind. She must come with you, along with our leotard and tights and toe shoes and hairnets and umbrellas and other less significant smatterings and paraphernalia.
-en pointe: ...and by the ball of your foot, he means the heel; push the heel forward as you roll up onto relevE; Andres floats away before the conclusion of the class; first, practice mechanics of a bourrEe without traveling
-С Днем Рождения, Ленин! (Happy birthday, Lenin!)