Episode 3450

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.
 	Song 	"Dancin' Shoes"
 	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.
 	Muppets 	Grover is a personal trainer of his workout video called, "Grover's Monster Workout Video." He exercises with Bobby and Cissy, but he gets tired from swinging his arms, running, and jumping up and down that he faints.
 	Cartoon 	A caterpillar sings "Exercise Song."Artist: ArtistMike
 	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)
 	Animation 	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 	Consonant Sound Limerick: D—DogArtist: Jeff Hale
 	Animation 	D ... daring ... dazzling ... delightful ... dizzy ... dreaded ... dinosaur!
 	Animation 	Where do the d's fit?
 	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.
 	COMING SOON 	Coming Soon on Sesame Street: Zoe amazes a crowd at Finders Keepers with her piano playing, even though she's never played it before.
==Notes==
*The episode was later re-aired in Season 29 as Episode 3721.
==See also==
*Episode 1405
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Category:Sesame Street Episode Season 27