But unlike the buttoned-up historical canon, there’s a distinct sexual freedom throughout the book that swings between exhilaratingly unashamed and romance-novel-level raunchy.

What you get instead is an ensemble wrestling exhilaratingly with a text that revolutionized the way people thought more than a century ago about marriage and the constraints it imposed on women.

The sword falls into impetuous young hands, heralding the first of “Crouching Tiger’s” many exhilaratingly fluid transformations.

These dancers are somewhat familiar with Copland; Peck’s exhilaratingly athletic “Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes,” from 2015, is one of his most beloved ballets.

The tension increases steadily before an exhilaratingly unexpected turn in a revelatory concluding sentence.