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You know who gives the sweetest gifts? Repetition. I’ve done hundreds, maybe thousands, of pliés, but it wasn’t until a sudden shift in perception that plié became so much more to me. A gift from the repetition I had already practiced. The new perception would have meant nothing without it. A bow, a curtsy, signs of respect became a plié—an exercise, just as before. And somehow, plié is politer-er-er than a bow. I think it’s because the head is held high. It isn’t derogatory.