Why does it hurt?

Does it help to know the anatomical reason for pain?

(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Morphine, please.
(d) Vodka, pazhalusta.

"...a position I called 'nothing', a soft bent leg, I now give it a name: attitude..."

2nd day of the AB intensive: tendu+plié; turn in towards the barre; speed up rond de jambe from 1/4s to 1/2s; fondu+arms (review arm, feet positions; importance of 1st position arms-- b/c turns go through 1st, must "memorize", balance at high arm-- 3rd position in Russ. Method); adagio (relevé long "straight lifting of the leg"); ankle/calf stretch after grand battement; at center, grand plié+side cambré adagio ending with cambré+relevé; alternating battement tendu entournant side to side (torso informed by right twist; foot goes in direction it wants to land in; finish with 1st port de bras; explain holding core in 2nd position arms); pirouette prep (balance + 1/4 turns; toe placed lightly at side of knee; arm in 1st; must spring up to demi-toe; 1st connecting move (tombé pas de bourrée; essential to fall onto bent leg to (a) preserve knee, & (b) develop power across the floor; connects); jumps from 1st & 2nd (4-4-2-2-7); echappés+arms; across the floor (tombé step step; another "tombé"); verbalize/cue everything