The Pas de Deux: A Classical Ballet Romance

Dance.

That was their instruction.

But fate tripped them up, and they fell in love.

Under the fluorescent sun of ‘80s Hollywood, aging ballerina Peridot Peri Jones and her new partner, seventeen-year-old Mark Maroulis, Jr., ignite a chemistry onstage that brings a dying ballet company back to life.

Although wary of their age difference, they begin a highly charged love affair offstage. They keep the romance a secret because artistic director Mr. D considers Peri to be his. When Mr. D discovers their relationship, he wrenches Mark and Peri far apart. Will they be able to dance themselves back together?

Lyrical and poignant, the story unfolds through the structure of a classical ballet grand pas de deux.

Trigger Warning: The Pas de Deux alludes to a nonconsensual, predatory relationship between Mr. D and Peri.