“Ballet is an eloquent statement about the crucial role of art in bringing extra dimensions to our lives....As much as any seminarian, dancers have a special calling, an intense dedication. In classes and rehearsals, we see youngsters with ideal bodies looking for direction from those who have gone before. Outside the studios, they are just ordinary young people going to the beach or shrieking with delight as they ride on a sort of roller coaster in the Tivoli in Copenhagen. Then the lights go down, the curtain goes up and they are transformed into the vessels of incredible beauty. Ballet ends with ecstatic duets from Romeo and Juliet. This is what it is all about, and Mr. Wiseman pinpoints it perfectly.”
—John J. O’Connor, New York Times