sentences:  The score was begun 15 March 1927 in Kassel and completed on June 14; the premiere took place on 6 May 1928 at the Festspiele Wiesbaden and was followed by a production in Leipzig.After a short overture the curtain rises on a training room.Evelyne complains about the strenuous exercises for a coming Charleston marathon, but her instructor Gaston reminds her that this is pretext for their shared moments together.