A dog greets Marie Laurencin. She pets the dog, stands up and smiles at the camera. Vuillard, a slender bald nab with a thick beard and mustache paints in his studio. Serge Lifar, a young muscular dancer, performs a series of jaunty movements on a balcony. At first much playful skipping and spinning, then very dramatic body gestures until he falls to the ground.