Created for the Red Rose Farm Festival, this reimagining of the classic ballet transformed the traditional solo figure into four men, expanding the work into a dreamlike meditation on desire, illusion, and memory. Designed for the festival’s outdoor setting, the choreography played with the venue’s raised stage architecture and culminated in an explosion of rose petals across the performance space — a theatrical nod to both the original ballet and the floral atmosphere of the festival itself.

Choreography: Russell Ducker.

Music: Carl Maria von Weber

Costume design: Jennifer Tierney.

Images: Helm Creative Studio, Arian Molina Soca.

Run time: 12 minutes

Performed by Philadelphia Ballet.