Bausch, however, is an optimist when it comes to human resilience. By the end of Vollmond, the women are back in their coloured silks and satins. As wave after wave of dancers careen across the stage and dive into the pool, the energy is electric. An exhilarating montage is the explosion of liquid fireworks, as the dancers use buckets to fling water up into the air where the stage lights transform the splashes into crystalline arcs of breath-taking beauty.