The negative aspects of the American Dream and the rigidity of high social circles in New York between the two World Wars, which did not allow for a transition from one social class to another, set the backdrop for the story of a mysterious millionaire who becomes a victim of his love and beliefs. The literary masterpiece of F. Scott Fitzgerald, which gained the status of a great American novel only after the author's death, is set in New York during the Jazz Age, during the wild twenties of the last century. The time of unrestrained hedonism and general decadence is also marked by the rapid rise of the wealthy, including the titular character of the novel, Jay Gatsby, a millionaire obsessed with love for Daisy Buchanan.
A vibrant, dynamic, and cosmopolitan musical score accompanying this dance story is a selection from the works of great American composers such as Philip Glass, Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Louis Prima, Samuel Barber, Glenn Miller, and George Whitefield Chadwick. Such a musical score creates a perfect auditory and emotional background for the dance story about the world of glamour, ambitions, leisure, and moral emptiness in the high American society of that time.