Listening to Richard Strauss’s heavenly Burlesque for Piano and Orchestra and also thinking of Antony Tudor’s heavenly ballet Dim Lustre to this same music.
By the end of this ballet, the two romantic lead characters have made deep and life-and-relationship-altering realizations about themselves. Yes, a ballet–even one as effervescent as this one–can make that clear.
There were performances by ABT in 1985-86 and 2000 that were absolutely thrilling.
Wouldn’t it be nice to see it again?