The dreams and passions of dancers for all ballet and manga fans. A masterpiece of ballet manga, depicting a girl who, while troubled and hurt, blossoms her unfathomable talent! A high quality volume long-awaited by fans, it includes color pages and chapter covers from the serialization, as well as newly-drawn manga showing what happened to the main character.

One day, the revolutionary choreographer of the European ballet world, Jean Berger, encounters a certain boy. That boy's name is Lucifer. He's also the dancer Jean has long been seeking. As though manipulated by the strings of fate, the two begin to collaborate on an original routine based on the life of legendary dancer Nijinsky... Serialized from 1984 to 1990, this is one of the author's lauded masterpieces that explores the art of ballet.

A love story between two dancers: Junaque, a relative of the Belgian royal family and Shara, a Japanese transfer student. The story begins at St. Maria's, a private Catholic school in Belgium, but later the action switches to the show business life in New York. In "Bruges," the prequel to Ariyoshi Kyouko's Applause, a mystery game gets out of hand. Bruges can be found in Princess Supplement 1991. In "A San Francisco Story," a woman goes to visit an old friend who's an out lesbian living in San Francisco.