La película cuenta la historia de la relación sentimental entre el heredero al trono ruso, Nikolay Romanov, y la bailarina del Teatro Imperial, Matilda Kshesinskaya, desde la época en que el príncipe heredero tenía 22 años y la bailarina 18 años en 1890, hasta la coronación de Nikolay y su esposa Aleksandra Fedorovna en 1896.
Aleksey Temnikov is a renowned ballet dancer and an acknowledged genius whose career was abruptly cut short after sustaining an injury in the 1990s. Twenty years later, Aleksey discovers that his condition is degenerative and that he will soon lose the ability to walk. Aleksey sets out to choreograph a ballet he envisaged long before but never staged for fear of failure. “What will I leave behind after I am gone?” is a question Aleksey feels he must contend with. However, returning to the world of ballet will not be easy for a man who has made so many enemies over the course of his life.
Gala
Katia and Gala, the students of Chelyabinsk Institute of Culture, are going to an international festival to present their choreographic performance. The girls are quite sure that their contemporary performance will win over the sophisticated audience, so fame, a tour and the world of top art are just around the corner... There's only one little thing left to do, win the Grand-Prix of the festival!
