Deep?
I'm not so sure it was deep. It is in a way, but for me it was too straight-forward to be that deep. I liked the smile mask though.
I think what would make it truly deep, is if you were to make it a bit longer, take out the text at the end and *convey* those printed words through the character's actions. To me, that would be deep.
Perhaps if you had the dancer looking over at sale reciepts now and then while he danced, getting sadder everytime he looks at the low prices his work is going for. Then maybe have him look at pictures of old painters who died before their work was recognized.
I'll give you a 3 becuase I liked your style, but I think you killed your deep message by handing it to us so easily.
Sorry if I offended you.