This is the story of Joan, a young American dancer who helps Soviet ballet star Arslan Rusakov defect in 1975. A flash of fame and a passionate affair follow, but Joan knows that, onstage and off, she's destined to remain in the background. She will never possess Arslan, or rise higher than the the corps. Joan quits ballet, marries a good man, and settles in California with him and their son, Harry. But as the years pass, Joan comes to understand that ballet isn't finished with her yet -- for there is no mistaking that Harry is a prodigy.
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