Flesh And Bone (miniseries)
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''Flesh and Bone'' is an American drama television miniseries created by
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. It premiered on November 8, 2015, on the American
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. Ethan Stiefel was a consultant and choreographer on the series.


Plot

The founder and temperamental artistic director of the American Ballet Company, Paul Grayson (
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), is determined to make it rank among the world's best artistic institutions. As the company's aging
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, Kiira ( Irina Dvorovenko) struggles with an injury, Grayson believes that the company's saving grace is Claire Robbins ( Sarah Hay), 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. *
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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.


Episodes

Starz released the first episode online on November 2, 2015, and the remaining episodes were made available on November 8, 2015, through Starz's On Demand channel in addition to the channel's weekly sequential airing of episodes.


Reception

''Flesh and Bone'' received mixed to positive reviews.
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gives a "Fresh" score of 60%, which is an average rating of 5.9 out of 10, sampled from 35 reviews. The consensus reads: "Its nuanced female relationships makes ''Flesh and Bone'' a realistic portrayal of a professional ballet company, though it suffers from a lack of levity." On another review aggregator,
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, the miniseries holds a score of 52 out of 100, calculated from 19 critics, signifying "mixed or average reviews". For the 2016
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s, the series was nominated for Long Form Original. For the
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, the series was nominated for Best Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television and Sarah Hay for Best Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.


Awards and nominations


References


External links

* {{Starz Shows 2010s American drama television miniseries 2015 American television series debuts 2015 American television series endings American English-language television shows Starz original programming Television series about ballet