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Center Adagio 3/4 or 4/4

Ballet Combination

Center Adagio Combination

5th position R foot front croisé
1-4          Developpé to ecarté devant R leg
5-8          Carry R leg to croisé  devant in fondu supporting leg and change arms
1              Step forward onto R leg croisé
2              Lift to attitude croisé  derrière
3-6          Promenade in attitude to straighten to 1st arabesque in fondu
7-8          Pas de bourrée to 5th position croisé  L foot front
1-3          Developpé front foot (L) to 1st arabesque on R
4              Fondu on supporting leg
5-6          Pas de bourrée to 4th position croisé  in plié
7-8          Pirouette en dehors to finish in attitude croisé  derrière
1-4          Promenade en dehors in attitude with both arms 5th en haut
5              Developpé back leg thru to relevé croisé  devant
6              Tombé onto R leg croisé  devant
7&8        Contretemps, chassé pas de bourrée to the right finishing L foot front 5th croisé
1-32       Repeat all from other side

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Center Pointe Work From class with Melissa Lowe 11/7/1986

5th position R foot front

&1          Glissade R close L foot front 5th
&2&3     Degagé side closing 1st position R, arms 5th en avant
&4          Degagé side closing 5th front plié, arm opens to 2nd
5-8         Repeat L
1              Glissade R close L foot front 5th
2             Echappé to 2nd en pointe
3             Close 5th R foot front plié
4             Echappé to 2nd en pointe
&             Close 5th L foot front plié
5-8          Echappé faster to 2nd, closing 5th 3X more
1-16        Repeat all to L

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Small Petit Allegro in 6/8

Begin en face L foot front 5th
Counting may be easier if said 1&a 2&a etc)

1 Three small jetés en avant (RLR)
2 From cou de pied L foot back, relevé to attitude croisé derrière with L arm 5th en haut
3 Plié in cou de pied L back
4 Glissade to the left finishing R foot front
5-6 Jeté L traveling forward to finish R cou de pied back
On the “a” of count 6 Small tour en l’air to the right bringing R foot to cou de pied front
7 Relevé to écarté devant with R arm 5th en haut
8 Step across onto R foot
Begin on the opposite side