At eighty-five, Teo is ready to retire from the bombast and romance of life as one of the worlds most influential choreographers. But when he meets Vivi, a fortyish waitress at a Tel Aviv caf⁹, the fires of his youth flare back to lifehis passion for a womans touch, his long-buried anguish at his wartime experiences, and his complex engagement with dance. Vivis life will change, too, as the warmth of Teos affection counterbalances her harrowing time as an Israeli soldier in an illicit relationship. For both, their investment in art, and indeed in life itself, will reawaken as the ghosts of their suppressed pastsfrom Warsaw to Copenhagen, Berlin to Tel Avivcry out for forgiveness and healing.
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