Connotations: The boy is lifting the girl up.

The girl has one leg up and one leg down.

In the background you have other people dancing the same as the girl and boy. 

They are all working in pairs. 

Denotations: there is someone standing at the side watching the dancing. 

The dancers are all doing the same thing.

The two dancers are in pairs. 

They have to point their toes.

The representation is two dancers dancing, and there is people in the background also dancing, there is a person who might be observing the dancing.