“The nitty-gritty details of a contract for a ballet ensemble directed by William Forsythe and funded by the cities of Frankfurt and Dresden and their respective state governments had all been worked out months ago. But when representatives of the contractual parties met in Dresden on Tuesday to sign the deal, two chairs remained empty. On the same day, Frankfurt’s city council passed a decision that Frankfurt would pull out of the cooperation, to which it would have contributed EUR200,000 ($232,600) per year.”