Nonetheless her Odette had a touching vulnerability, and her fouettes as Odile were as excellent as ever.
James Fayette had a touching sweetness as Bottom, and sweet as well were the child bugs so cleverly integrated into the adults' choreography.
He had a touching regard for the achievements of artists, or at least of his artists, conferring on their shaggy-haired heads every blessing his profession had to offer.
The 400m heats also had a touching Eric the Eel moment in the sixth race, when the 19-year-old Somali athlete Maryan Muse trailed around a third of a lap behind the rest of the field to the delight of the crowd.
There were some big snubs in this category as well, including Monica Potter who had a touching turn fighting breast cancer on Parenthood and popular favorite Tatiana Maslany who plays multiple versions of the same woman on BBC America's sci-fi favorite Orphan Black.
"The Big Bang Theory" had a touching season finale tribute to late physicist Stephen Hawking, but sadly it was cut for time.
