Based on the short story by Leo Tolstoy, After the Ball is a tale of pure, innocent love, and dark, twisted betrayal, vividly re-imagined by the artists of Sacramento Ballet's Second Company and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Set in imperial Russia, young Ivan Vasilievich falls helplessly in love with the Colonel’s eldest daughter. Later, as witness to a horrifying act of state terror, Ivan is forced to confront the dangerous loyalties of the woman he loves.