Flesh and Bone (miniseries)
Flesh and Bone is an American drama television miniseries created by Moira Walley-Beckett. It premiered on November 8, 2015, on the American cable television network Starz. Ethan Stiefel was a consultant and choreographer on the series.
Plot
The founder and temperamental artistic director of the American Ballet Company, Paul Grayson, is determined to make it rank among the world's best artistic institutions. As the company's aging prima ballerina, Kiira struggles with an injury, Grayson believes that the company's saving grace is Claire Robbins, a beautiful and talented ballet dancer with a troubled past, whose inner torment drives her in compelling, unforeseeable ways. The series explores the dysfunction and glamour of the ballet world.Cast
Main
- Sarah Hay as Claire Robbins, a beautiful and talented ballet dancer with a troubled past.
- Ben Daniels as Paul Grayson, an artistic director of the American Ballet Company.
- Emily Tyra as Mia Bialy, Claire's reluctant roommate who has an eating disorder.
- Irina Dvorovenko as Kiira, an aging prima ballerina struggling with an injury.
- Damon Herriman as Romeo, a homeless man who lives under Claire's building.
- Josh Helman as Bryan Robbins, Claire's incestuous brother and a former Marine.
- Raychel Diane Weiner as Daphne Kensington, an ambitious New Yorker from a privileged background.
- Marina Benedict as Toni Cannava, The American Ballet Company's transcendent new choreographer.
- Tina Benko as Jessica, the manager of the American Ballet Company.
- Sascha Radetsky as Ross, a womanizing principal dancer.
- Karell Williams as Trey, a struggling ballet dancer.
Supporting
- Tovah Feldshuh as Ivana, a ballet instructor.
- John Allee as Pasha, the ballet company's piano player.
- Patrick Page as Sergei Zelenkov.
- Vanessa Aspillaga as Monica, the assistant company manager of the American Ballet Company.
- Carling Talcott as Ashley.
- Nadezhda Vostrikov as Patrice, a jealous ballet dancer in the company.