Kalpana Kalpana (Editor)

Flesh and Bone (miniseries)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
7.8
/
10
1
Votes
Alchetron
7.8
1 Ratings
100
90
80
71
60
50
40
30
20
10
Rate This

Rate This

9/10
TV

Genre
  
Drama

Final episode date
  
27 December 2015

Network
  
Starz

8/10
IMDb

61%
Rotten Tomatoes

Created by
  
Moira Walley-Beckett

Theme song
  
Obsession

Flesh and Bone (miniseries) wwwgstaticcomtvthumbtvbanners10574718p10574

Written by
  
Moira Walley-Beckett Adam Rapp David Wiener Jami O'Brien Bronwyn Garrity

Directed by
  
David Michôd Joshua Marston Stefan Schwartz Nelson McCormick Adam Davidson Sam Miller Alik Sakharov

Starring
  
Sarah Hay Ben Daniels Emily Tyra Irina Dvorovenko Damon Herriman Josh Helman Raychel Diane Weiner Sascha Radetsky Karell Williams

Opening theme
  
"Obsession" performed by Karen O

Cast
  
Sarah Hay, Ben Daniels, Irina Dvorovenko, Sascha Radetsky, Raychel Diane Weiner

Profiles

Twitter

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.

Contents

Plot

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

Main

  • Sarah Hay as Claire Robbins, a 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 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.
  • Vanessa Aspillaga as Monica, the assistant company manager of the American Ballet Company.
  • Carling Talcott as Ashley.

    • 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. Rotten Tomatoes 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, Metacritic, the miniseries holds a score of 52 out of 100, calculated from 19 critics, signifying "mixed or average reviews". For the 2016 Writers Guild of America Awards, the series was nominated for Long Form Original. For the 73rd Golden Globe Awards, the series is 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.

    References

    Flesh and Bone (miniseries) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA