A modern classic, in which we see a new relationship between man and woman, different from romantic classics when men dream of an ideal woman. In this work, a woman receives a rose during her first ball and back home, she falls asleep and dreams of the spirit of the rose which is also the perfume of young man who gifted her. Based on the poem by Théophile Gauthier (1811-1872), the ballet was originally created by Michel Fokine. The music Invitation to the Dance, written by Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) for piano, in 1819, and orchestrated by Hector Berlioz (1803- 1869) in 1841, was renamed Invitation to Waltz.

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