Peter Martins has choreographed a gentle ode to the formal, stately manners, proprieties, and structure of classical ballet. Ever-shifting patterns for groups of dancers serve as the background for a principal couple and two soloists who display the courtly regality and gestures that give classical dance its special refinement and flavor. Their genteel presentation of how a ballerina and her partner relate to each other and an audience eloquently speaks to their special bond and the relationship they forge with the viewer. One can imagine such a dance in a grand ballroom of a Renaissance palace.