Subtitle The Red: Shoes

: Ballerina Victoria Page is torn between the demanding, obsessive impresario Boris Lermontov—who believes a great artist must renounce all personal life—and her love for composer Julian Craster.

: Victoria’s eventual leap to her death, still wearing the red shoes, symbolizes the impossibility of reconciling these two worlds. Modern Interpretations and Symbolism subtitle The Red Shoes

: To stop the dance, Karen must eventually ask an executioner to amputate her feet, a gruesome penance that emphasizes the era’s strict moral and religious codes. : Ballerina Victoria Page is torn between the