8 Soon Brooklyn and Malibu joined the other dancers warming up for class They stretched and then they followed their instructor Ms. Rita to take their places on the floor Point your toes and stretch your hands to the sky Ms. Rita called as the dancers moved into their starting positions
Brooklyn stood on her toes a position called relevé She kept her back straight and her shoulders down as she moved her arms in the air One two and three and four Ms. Rita called in time to the music 10 Ms. Rita turned on music and the dancers moved gracefully across the floor Malibu practiced a type of leap called a grand jeté
11 Then it was time for the dancers to practice their pirouettes They had been working on the difficult turn for a while now It was Brooklyn's turn She performed a graceful pirouette
