Season 1 • Episode 8
LatestIn the past, Soviet prima ballerina and now world-renowned choreographer Ruta Myers returns to the country after almost 40 years to stage a performance at the country's main ballet theater. Ruta is forced to rebuild relationships with friends and enemies, who have become key people in the Russian ballet over the past time, but most importantly — with the artistic director of the theater Andrei Pronin and his family. They were once a couple, and now old feelings and old resentments flare up with renewed vigor. A lot of money, ambitions, and a career are at stake — Ruta, despite all her efforts, finds herself in the epicenter of passions and intrigues very far from the world of art.
Acting
Alla Sigalova's commanding presence as the aging diva.
Production
Lavish theater interiors that reek of institutional rot.
Costume
Tutus and power suits as armor and vulnerability.
Creator
Alexey Kiselev
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series mirrors real tensions in Russian ballet institutions, where Soviet-era hierarchies persist and émigré return narratives often collide with entrenched power structures.
Alla Sigalova is herself a legendary Soviet-trained choreographer; her casting blurs documentary and drama in ways the script intentionally exploits.
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