A great hullabaloo ensued. The young began to sing, the older men toasted each other and got up from their seats to pat each other on the shoulder, or slap each other on the paunch in the middle of the floor, laughing. The wives began to give their better halves stern looks, fearing they might overindulge.

Life didn’t turn out as expected for Miss Irene Holm. Rejected from The Royal Ballet, she teaches dance courses in the countryside. From the capital, bad news arrives. But at the village dance in the local tavern, Irene gets a chance to show her solo performance…