Act 1

The Audition
In a rehearsal studio an audition is taking place. The Choreographer searches for a ballerina to star in his new ballet about the tempestuous relationship between Zeus and Aphrodite. Three ballerinas, each more ambitious than the other, compete to be the leading lady. In the corner a frazzled rehearsal pianist tries to keep the tempo from spinning into total chaos.

Just as the Choreographer is ready to call it a day, a true Star Ballerina arrives and captures his heart. He has found his Aphrodite.

The Lovers
The Choreographer and Star Ballerina have found themselves caught up in their own real-life love duet. Their romance develops over the next few days and weeks. However, as his new ballet’s World Premiere approaches, the Choreographer becomes more obsessed with his masterpiece.

The Star Ballerina senses the drift between them and quietly packs and leaves to find her own bright future elsewhere.

The Dream
Left with a half-finished ballet and a heavy heart, the Choreographer falls into a restless sleep. He finds himself in a Dream Ballet — a surreal, shimmering Hollywood party where every guest is the epitome of elegance and style. There, he watches a dashing Film Star charm his Star Ballerina into a world of glitz, a world where there is no room for him. No matter how hard he tries, he simply cannot win her back from the silver screen fantasy.

Act 2

The Warm-Up
The Choreographer enters the studio alone, flicks on the lights, and begins to choreograph. The Pianist arrives for the company’s warm-up. He mischievously mimics the choreographer’s musings as the dancers arrive and class begins.

However, the hard work is interrupted; the ballerina has returned. Overjoyed at being reunited, the choreographer begins to complete his ballet.

The Rehearsal
Scene 1. The Clouds of Mount Olympus
The rehearsal begins. The Star Ballerina, playing the role of Aphrodite, who, having grown tired of her life in the clouds of Mount Olympus and her marriage to Zeus (played by the Choreographer), spends her days longing for freedom, spying on the mortals below and imagining what fun they must be having. Unable to resist temptation, she and her trusty friend Eros fly to sunny France together to wreak a little havoc.

Scene 2. A Beach
Down on earth, a handsome Lifeguard lives blissfully by the sea with his Fiancée until Eros shoots his celestial arrow at the pair and whisks her away, leaving the Lifeguard under Aphrodite’s spell. Zeus discovers that Aphrodite is missing and sends down a thunderous warning, which she ignores.

Scene 3. The Interruption
As the couples lay resting, Zeus awakens the Lifeguard and his Fiancée and reunites them. Aphrodite wakes to find herself alone. She suspects Zeus has had a hand in the Lifeguard’s disappearance and begins to plan her playful revenge.

The story, however, stalls as the rehearsal is interrupted by the Choreographer giving his notes to the dancers playing the young lovers. The Star Ballerina finds herself being ignored, not unlike Aphrodite in the ballet they are rehearsing. She strikes up a flirtation with a stagehand, sure to get back the attention of the Choreographer — and it works, in fact it works so well that a fight ensues, and the Choreographer wins back the affections of the Star Ballerina. They dance a duet which in turn becomes the reconciliation of their on-stage characters, Zeus and Aphrodite.

The Premiere
Reunited, both on and off the stage, the Star Ballerina and the Choreographer transport us to the premiere of the new ballet at the Paris Opéra where the whole company join in a dazzling finale ending with rapturous curtain calls for all.

Epilogue
As the dancers disperse, the Star Ballerina and the Choreographer walk away hand in hand, glancing back to an empty stage where all the magic has happened and where day it will return.