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The ballroom's been cut.
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Cut as a scene, but it's still there
in my score.
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I wrote this dance for a ballroom.
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Anyone who understands anything
about music will see a ballroom.
:56:23
Even Lermontov will see a ballroom.
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Even you.
:56:28
And when you're lifted
into the air by your partner,
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my music will transform you.
:56:34
Into what?
:56:37
A flower...swaying in the wind.
:56:42
A cloud...drifting in the sky.
:56:45
A white bird...flying.
:56:48
Tell that to Ratov.
:56:50
He would love
your birds and flowers.
:56:53
You don't?
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- If you were a dancer, you'd know...
- Just a minute.
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# Nothing matters but the music #
:57:00
It's hard enough
to get off the ground anyway
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without being a bird or flower.
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Won't you imagine anything
on the first night?
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Yes, a wall between me
and the audience.
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My music will pull you through it.