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A couturier despairs when his work is disliked and kills himself with a pair of scissors. The ballet drew inspiration from the story of chef François Vatel, who died by suicide after a delayed fish delivery for a royal banquet.
At a masked ball, a man and his companion meet another couple, who turn out to be his wife and her lover. After partners change repeatedly, the husband and wife end together, as do the lover and his mistress. The short ballet reflects the social and sexual manners of Ashton's world.
A couturier despairs when his work is disliked and kills himself with a pair of scissors. The ballet drew inspiration from the story of chef François Vatel, who died by suicide after a delayed fish delivery for a royal banquet.
At a masked ball, a man and his companion meet another couple, who turn out to be his wife and her lover. After partners change repeatedly, the husband and wife end together, as do the lover and his mistress. The short ballet reflects the social and sexual manners of Ashton's world.