A musical depicting legendary gifted ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky through half of his lifetime. Romola is his wife and the love of his life; Diaghilev, the leader of the Russian ballet company "Ballets Russes", is antagonistic toward him. Set in the beginning of the 20th century in Paris โ the era known as les annรฉes folles ("the roaring twenties") โ a dramatic portrayal of the glory and ruin brought about by one man's overabundance of beauty and talent.