warm up
angle of isosceles
at my hip

Oh, there I go again, messing up the arms. One going left when it’s supposed to be right. Every. Damn. Time. Lefthander’s curse? Never mind that. Focus on what the instructor said: three dégagés, two piqués, and a plié with port de bras, then forward cambré and back. I can do this. No, really, I can.

first notes
my mind pirouettes
across the floor

Lynn Wohlwend