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Moonlight, sweet perfume on the breeze, the passionate strains of a waltz, and sheer idiocy. Soaring flights (literally) of ecstasy, unparalleled technical virtuosity, rejection, suicide, and pratfalls.
 “Anybody can dance” is a maxim of the
modern dance world. This ballet proves that any body can dance.
 Diminutive danseur noble
George “Stumpy” Spelvin and his partner, petite prima ballerina assoluta étoile Marianne Humainette interpret Nocturne in A-Flat Major from Les Sillyphides, a homage to the classical romantic ballet, Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Chuck Jones, Marius Petipa, Michel Fokine, Tex Avery, Vaslav Nijinsky, and Wile E. Coyote.
 In their short careers, George “Stumpy” Spelvin and
Marianne Humainette have triumphed in many roles befitting their stature. Marianne was guest artist in Dance of the Tumblers for City Summer Opera's 1999
 production of the Kurt Weill / Ira
Gershwin musical Lady in the Dark. George premiered the Valse in C# Minor from Les Sillyphides, which Marianne later performed at PuppetLOVE! Festival 2002. George achieved one step for a small man, one grand jeté for
 mankind, in 2001: A Space
Oddity, at the Dance-Along Nutcracker in 2000. As well as being regular cast members of Run For Your Life!...it's a dance company!, they have been guest artists with
Peninsula Ballet Theater. Maybe one day they will choreograph and perform Mozart's Les Petits Riens.
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