It's much more a meditation on innocence and its price, using the Heidi character as a springboard, rather than any sort of story ballet. The ensemble of women are like creatures popping up out of the snow, or like kids plopping down to make snow angels. When they are on their feet, their movements are punctuated visually and aurally by the kicked snow. But here, the women face away from the men partnering them much of the time, suggesting simultaneous attraction and revulsion. After the duets, each of the women picks up a wide ceramic bowl like the one that scooped up snow in the opening moments of the dance.
Men drop a coin into each bowl in such a way that the coin spins and sets the bowl ringing.
It's a striking effect, listening to each bowl descend to silence. The sexual metaphors are equally resonant. The final movement is somber with glimmers of hope. At more than one point, a male dancer manipulates the feet of his partner with his own. Innocence may be lost but knowledge has been gained.