Joy grew up in a typical American family. She always wanted to be a ballet dancer and moved to Russia when she was 15 to follow her dream. Without a word of Russian, not completely fit for the physical requirements of Russian ballet dancers, Joy shows her strength and dedication to ballet and accomplishing her dreams. We follow Joy’s personal and professional life: from her daily challenges, injuries, performances to becoming a ballet dancer with Bolshoi Theatre group and then prima ballerina of Kremlin Ballet, where she has performance of her lifetime - Swan Lake, before closing this chapter of her life and leaving Russia to pursue new opportunities.
Cast
Crew
Dina Burlis
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
Sergey Gavrilov
Director, Director of Photography, Producer
Danila Kuznetsov
Director, Editor
Daria Kiseleva
Screenplay, Co-Producer
Denis Krupnov
Executive Producer
Anna Krupnova
Executive Producer
Dmitriy Turin
Sound Editor
Christopher Barnett
Original Music Composer
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