Ballet Bits

Do you know I practically wrote the WHOLE dance out, COMPLETE with proper french names, and then a server failure ate the post?

Well, I was too tired and it was too late at night to reattempt- but after the last class I scribbled down the bits where I'm most blur. So this time I'm only going to bother with the classroom vernacular. Please try not to laugh- this is difficult enough as it is.

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pas de whatsit, chasse back, pull up body into Pose in 2nd arabesque; left leg pointing a terre.
Step forward left foot into a hop bringing right knee high right foot pointing at knee; arms in 4th (open arm and head to left).
Hop lands on left foot still;
Step forward right foot pointe (push) left foot a terre pointe (basically glissade forward); into pas de burre/beurre (to check spelling?);
Passe leap forward a grand jete standing on Right leg, Left leg en l'air; arms in first arabesque (ensure hands shoulder level or very slightly below); coupe (arms in nice bras bas/first), STEP right foot forward hop arabesque in 2nd (nice high left arm and chin lifted);
step into run.... run to same side of room at rear and turn;
pointe step into Whatsitcalled-standing-on-right-foot-with-left-foot-pointed-behind-but-knee-bent; arms in third open to right side.

Passe Glissade forward; arms into 2nd;
pas de beurre (to left); arms into bras bas;
Chasse forward; arms into 1st;
pose a terre; arms into 4th;
back heel down; arms go through 2nd into 3rd;
close to small 4th and pirouette (to the left) closing in plie fifth with left foot behind;
pull up neatly spin in demipointe fifth (again to the left); arms in fifth.
Come down neatly bringing right pointe to cross tightly at left ankle; arms in 2nd.

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Hop pointe right foot quarter turn touch; arms move from 2nd to 3rd (opposition);
Jete change other foot hop pointe left foot quarter turn touch; arms through 2nd to 3rd (opposition)

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(arms move 3rd in opposition)

...step-hop, step-hop, step jete with arms in demi bras,
glissade under, jete,
step down into fourth knees bent, raise up on demi-pointe, passe and step down,
step-hop, step-hop, step jete with arms in demi bras,
glissade under, jete, pose end close.