Emmanuel's Visit: Day 6

This afternoon I had a ballet class, so I invited Emmanuel to come watch. I wondered if he'd ever seen or heard of ballet before. I thought Emmanuel would be bored at the beginning at bar consisting of mostly plies and tendu exercises but he looked pretty excited. After an usual class I met Emmanuel outside the room. Even though the class was on flat, I showed him a couple moves on my pointe shoes.

plié (Fr., bent). Bending of the knee. In classical ballet the term most commonly refers to a slow bending of both legs, knees turned out to the side at a right angle to the front of the body, heels on the floor. It is the fundamental movement of the daily ballet class, used to warm the muscles and tendons during exercises at the barre before proceeding into the centre of the studio.

ten·du   [tahn-doo; Fr. tahn-dy]
adjective Ballet.
of or pertaining to a movement that is stretched or held.