The Cast of Starz's Ballet Show Is Insane

November 20, 2013

Whoa, you guys: Remember way back in January, when we told you Starz was working on a “gritty” ballet drama? Well, big news: The network has released a few of the names attached to the project, and they are MAJOR.

How major, you ask? We’ve got former American Ballet Theatre principal Irina Dvorovenko and current ABT soloist Sascha Radetsky (Charlie!) in acting roles. We’ve got former ABT principal and current Royal New Zealand Ballet director Ethan Stiefel (Cooper!) acting as consultant and choreographer. We’ve also got a Ballet Arizona dancer, Raychel Diane Weiner, in the cast.


The beautiful people. (L to R: Dvorovenko by Gene Schiavone; Stiefel by Rose Eichenbaum; Radetsky by Angela Sterling; Weiner via Ballet Arizona)

That is…pretty legit. Despite my continuing apprehension about this becoming TV’s take on Black Swan, I’ll tune in to watch these beautiful dancers (hopefully) dancing.

Starz is still looking for the series lead, a “Polina Semionova type.” Polina? Are you interested?

Oh, and the show also has a name: “Flesh and Bone.” Gross! But also kind of sexy! Color me intrigued.