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ABW Lyrical Class #4 with Derek Mitchell

Today we focused on turns, adding the Arabesque turn.  We added on turns to the end of the routine we learned last week.

Our routine:  Rush by Ferras

  1. Balancé Right
  2. Balancé Left
  3. Chassé Right
  4. Lyrical Drag Left Foot To Right
  5. Step Right Foot To Right
  6. Lean Down
  7. Lyrical Drag Clockwise
  8. Lyrical Drag Clockwise
  9. Arabesque Left Foot Up
  10. Coupé Plie
  11. Tombé (Typically a beginning movement. For a tombé en avant, the dancer begins with a coupé front and then, after extending the leg from the coupé in fourth position front (or second or fifth back, if the tombé is to be done on the side or backward), switches the weight distribution and leans on the extended leg, which is placed on the floor in a deep plié. This leaves the working leg straightened but lifted slightly off the floor. Often this movement is used before executing traveling steps such as a pas de bourrée.)
  12. Pas De Bourrée To Right
  13. Coupé Turn Right
  14. Coupé Turn Right
  15. Chasse Right, Prepare
  16. Coupé Turn Left
  17. Coupé Turn Left
  18. Chasse Left, Prepare
  19. PK Turn Right
  20. PK Turn Right
  21. Chasse Right, Prepare
  22. PK Turn Left
  23. PK Turn Left
  24. Chasse Left, Prepare.
  25. Full Compass Turn Right
  26. Step, Step
  27. Half Compass Turn Left
  28. Arabesque Turn Right, End feet in fifth position
  29. Arabesque Turn Left

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