 The manager of the Royal Theatre, J.L.Heiberg - who Bournonville fell out with on numerous occasions during this period because he thought that Heiberg was trying to drive the ballet off the stage - had experienced great success with his "Elvehøj", which in Biedermeier style, lets the elves' dance dissolve into dream and delusion.Despite this, Bournonville decided to compose his own version of the story about the young man who is danced into a spell by a group of elf maidens.