Where you offer to perform a less-strenuous and/or contorted ballet-position/maneuver in exchange for the dance-tutor's not making you overly exert yourself.
I don't have super-elastic tendons and ligaments like some of my wiry-thin fellow dance-students, so I made a plié-bargain with our instructor to go easy on me regarding some of the moves.
by QuacksO November 20, 2021