Premiera (First night)
Publisher: Misla in Skopje
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Skopje   Macedonia
Number of pages: 117
Table of contents: title: The FIRST NIGHT is a collection of short stories, some published in earlier editions. First night: a smoky bar, a semi-naked dancer on stage. The maestro is back in the club after hearing her life story last night. She touched him, he invited her in his box at the ballet, but after the show she went off with someone else. Now he is back, she is drinking. A cold night, empty streets, she takes him home. A drink, an embrace, kisses. All of a sudden Tchaikovsky on the radio. She starts to dance, the sounds of Swan Lake float in the room. Her dancing becomes surer, he tries to draw her to him, she dances as if possessed. She was a young, promising ballerina on her way to her first night's appearance in Swan Lake. On her way to the theatre a traffic accident which left her with broken bones, serious injuries. She was in a cast, operation followed operation. Friends consoled her but she knew she will never dance again. She started to drink, desperate, not knowing where to turn. Someone said: "You are a born bar dancer!" That's how it started. The radio falls silent. The maestro sits at the piano and the wistful sounds of Tchaikovsky's sad waltz fill the room. She starts to dance, dreamy, fluid, a real swan! The snowflakes, he and the night look on in wonder. All of a sudden sobbing she rushes to him, kneeling before him buries her face in his lap, stifling her weeping ....