Episode 3721

Picture	Segment 	Description
 	COLD OPEN 	Big Bird hears some wonderful piano music coming through the windows of Celina's dance studio. It makes him want to dance, so he does as he makes his way upstairs.
 	SCENE 1 	Everyone watches as a couple does an elegant ballet dance. Celina explains what a ballet is to Big Bird, who first misinterprets it as "belly dancing." She adds there's even one about birds: Swan Lake. Big Bird wants to try that ballet (especially since he's got a distant cousin who's a swan), taken aback that people could dance as a living and getting applause for it. After the performance, Big Bird gives it a try but finds it's harder than it looks; he thinks it'll only take one lesson for him to learn. He asks Celina to teach him and she advises him to come to the next lesson, along with the proper footwear.
 	Film 	A dance class does some stretching exercises, then dance in their own ways, ending with the tango (instrumental: "Naughty Door Opera").
 	Cartoon 	Letters gather in order, against the birds-eye view of a city.
 	Muppets 	
 	Cartoon 	A pencil tries to write the word DANCE.
 	SCENE 2 	Big Bird attends today's ballet lesson with the other kids, having borrowed his cousin Igor's ballet slippers. He chats with a couple of the students, who think he must be a skilled dancer if he only needs one lesson. Since he's really a beginner, Celina starts him off with the five basic ballet positions. Big Bird has trouble mastering them, saying "Ouch!" as he keeps stepping on his toes.
 	Film 	Feet wearing all different types of shoes dance.
 	Animation 	D / d (space paint)
 	Song 	"Big D and Little D"
 	Animation 	D Candles
 	Muppets 	Ernie sings "Dance Myself to Sleep."
 	Cartoon 	Shoes dance to a square dance tune.
 	SCENE 3 	Sporting a bandage on his foot, Big Bird now tries some ballet stretching at the barre. He struggles to get his leg on but is able to get it over with everyone's help. After the lesson everyone helps him get his leg back down, and he considers hiring them as his assistants when he gets to be famous.
 	Song 	"You Can Get Right Up": a song about getting active to cheer up.
 	Cartoon 	A baby and father illustrate up and down.
 	Animation 	Kids narrate how a Navajo blanket is weaved.
 	Muppets 	Grover and Rosita explain the concept of "love" in 15 seconds. Grover exasperates about the assignment, but Rosita intervenes just in time.
 	Cartoon 	I Love You, in American Sign LanguageArtist: Steve Finkin
 	Film 	A girl draws a picture of her friend Amelia.
 	SCENE 4 	Celina now teaches the students about running and leaping. Everyone lines up and Big Bird follows the more experienced dancers... leaping right into the hatrack. "I got the jumping part, but I forgot the 'bend your knees when you land' part," he sighs.
 	Song 	"Jump" (soul)
 	Cartoon 	Number Creatures #20
 	Film 	A judo class does 20 jumping jacks.
 	Cartoon 	The Bellhop is sent to the grocery store to get twenty grapefruits. He counts to 20 on the way there so that he can remember the quantity, but forgets what item he was sent for.
 	Muppets 	Kingston Livingston III sings "Just Happy to Be Me."
 	Cartoon 	Two cavemen argue, each chanting "Me!" A large monolith bearing the word ME puts fear in both of them. (new sound effects added)
 	SCENE 5 	Big Bird (now with a bandaged beak) is told he should sit out now as the rest of the kids rehearse their performance. Big Bird thinks he's in fine condition to dance, but after the kids do their choreographed dance routine Big Bird takes center stage and crashes into the hatrack again. Big Bird reconsiders taking another lesson, though Celina says it takes years to learn the dances for Swan Lake. Furious with this new knowledge, Big Bird storms out of the studio.
 	Song 	"It's a Long Hard Road, But I'm Gonna Get There." (Vocals by Jerry Nelson)
 	Cartoon 	Lillian is proud because she climbed a mountain all by herself.Artist: Craig Bartlett
 	Muppets / Celebrity	"Two Princes"
 	Film 	The McDouble twins know how to help each other.
 	Cartoon 	Edgar Turtle's three nephews demonstrate a round by singing "Redwood Tree."
 	Animation 	Kids talk about families, often mentioning having rhinoceroses as pets.
 	Muppets 	Harvey Kneeslapper approaches a man and says, "Knock, knock!" The man asks, "Who's there?". Harvey says, "Dion." The man asks, "Dion who?" Then Harvey slaps a letter D on the man's chest and says, "D on you!"
 	Cartoon 	Ds are found on a city street
 	Cartoon 	D for Dance: Ladies on stage dance a can-can to the tune of "The Infernal Gallop" from Jacques Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld, the lyrics of which are all the letter D.
 	Film 	Children dance to different rhythms from around the world.
 	SCENE 6 	Celina catches up with Big Bird outside and tells him there is a dance he could do right now, without special shoes or a lesson. She sings a song with some music that makes her feel like dancing, and soon Big Bird finds himself happily dancing with Celina and the other students. Celina announces the sponsors in voiceover, and the credits follow.
 	SCENE 6cont'd 	"And Slimey's spaceship is still on the way to the moon!"
 	COMING SOON 	Coming Soon on Sesame Street: Snuffy dances with Gabi and the kids at a tap lesson.
==Notes==
* The HBO Kids airing of this episode includes the Friday ending credit sequence, despite having originally aired on a Monday.
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 29