Based on the true story of Joy Womack who is one of only a handful of foreigners, and only two American women, to ever penetrate Moscow’s infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy when she graduated from its main training program and was offered a contract in 2014. Spurred on by Volkova, the Bolshoi’s magnetic and masterful tutor, and the searing passions of first love, Joy’s leap into the unknown touches immortal perfection: But at what price?
Keywords
- Based on a True Story
- Biopics
- Dance
- Deauville Film Festival
- Deauville Film Festival: Highlight on the American Cinema (home)
- Film Festival Oostende
- Sport challenges: go beyond yourself
Actors
- Talia Ryder
- Diane Kruger
- Oleg Ivenko
- Natasha Alderslade
- Natalia Osipova
Director
- James Napier Robertson
American ballet dancer Joy Womack is accepted into Moscow's infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, with the dream of becoming a great ballerina.
Based on the true story of Joy Womack who is one of only a handful of foreigners, and only two American women, to ever penetrate Moscow’s infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy when she graduated from its main training program and was offered a contract in 2014. Spurred on by Volkova, the Bolshoi’s magnetic and masterful tutor, and the searing passions of first love, Joy’s leap into the unknown touches immortal perfection: But at what price?