and The Beach Boys. In each story, the central character expresses a longing to make a romantic connection. All three stories concern "contact", or its lack. Part One – "Swinging" "Swinging", set in an 18th-century French forest clearing, can be described as a contact improvisation on Fragonard's The Swing a print of which is displayed on an easel when the audience arrives. Sex and concealed identity are involved in this piece of amoral intrigue – a servant and his master each seeks the young lady's affection. Much of the action takes place on a moving swing. Part Two – "Did You Move?" "Did You Move?", set in circa 1954 in Queens, New York, takes place in an Italian restaurant, focusing on the empty marriage of a small-time gangster and his wife. The wife has extensive dance sequences as she fantasizes about escaping her verbally abusive spouse, but each time is returned rudely to reality. Set to recorded orchestral music of Tchaikovsky and Grieg. Part Three – "Contact" "Contact" is set in contemporary time, and explores the emptiness of the career-driven lives of Manhattan apartment dwellers. A lonely advertising executive on the brink of suicide is somehow transported to a bar, where he encounters a stunning woman in a yellow dress. To win her and take control of his life, he must gain the confidence to make contact with another human being. It helped to create a surge of interest in acrobatic and rock and roll swing dancing. Musical numbers Sources:Amazon.com; Internet Broadway Database Act I Swinging My Heart Stood Still (Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart) – Stéphane Grappelli Did You Move? Anitra's Dance (Edvard Grieg) – New York Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Leonard Bernstein Waltz from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24 (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) – New York Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Leonard Bernstein Farandole (Georges Bizet) – New York Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Leonard Bernstein Act II You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You – Boyd Gaines (the version in the show was performed by Dean Martin) Contact Put a Lid on It – Squirrel Nut Zippers Sweet Lorraine – Stéphane Grappelli Runaround Sue – Dion DiMucci Beyond the Sea – Royal Crown Revue See What I Mean? – Al Cooper and His Savoy Sultans Simply Irresistible – Robert Palmer Do You Wanna Dance? – The Beach Boys Topsy – Royal Crown Revue Sing, Sing, Sing (Louis Prima) – Benny Goodman and His Orchestra Sweet