Ballet's image of perfection is fashioned amid a milieu of wracked bodies, fevered imaginations, Balkan intrigue and sulfurous hatreds where anything is likely, and dancers know it.
芭蕾舞的完美形象是在这样一个环境中塑造的:残缺不全的身体、狂热的想象、巴尔干半岛的阴谋和充满硫磺的仇恨，在任何可能发生的地方，舞者都知道这一点。