Challenge #7 - Jack Vettriano Paintings
Prompt: Your drabble must be inspired by one of the following paintings by Jack Vettriano: "The Singing Butler", "Mad Dogs" or "Dance Me to the End of Love".
Word Count: 100-499 words.
Dance All Night
She was a classically trained ballet dancer. She moved with sinewy grace all over the stage, filling theatres to the brim with her brilliant red hair and her renditions of Odette and Coppelia. She had a certain grace about her; about the way she held things and moved her body. She broke her left leg in four places when she was just twenty-two, and could kiss her professional career goodbye.
He was a classically trained ballroom dancer. He'd won many competitions, waltzing the Viennese Waltz and the dancing the Tango. He had a room back at his mansion that glittered full of trophies. He was a gifted dancer, but often too mechanical. Soon, new talent joined the ranks, and he was forgotten.
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The burgomaster's balls were legendary for their music and their social circles. She had procured an invite through a friend of a friend, trying to cling to her what-had-been status for as long as she could. She was dressed in the loveliest gown of antique white, which was nearly opalescent in the bright lights.
He'd escorted Lady Lancing's daughter. She was quite pretty, her dress the brightest of red that the land had ever seen. He'd had a fight with his mother this morning, about why he was taking such an absurdly long time to propose to her.
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'Detestable girl,' he said.
'Shut up and dance with me,' she said.
And so they did.