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Masumi Hijiri, gamba redu rekuyaruka, musikana anofara anogara kunze mumatanda muHokkaido. Iye anogara nababa vake, muvezi, asi pfungwa dzake dzinogara dziri pa ballet, uye anorota kuve mukuru ballerina saamai vake vakafa. Asi hazvisi nyore kudzidza ballet kunze mukirasi yekumaruwa umo mhuka dzekurima dzimwe nguva dzinomhanya kuburikidza neyekudzidzira studio. Masumi anoda ballet zvakanyanya, anofamba kuenda kuTokyo kunoona chiitiko chakakosha nekushanya mutambi weRussia Alexei Sergeyev. Ballet yatengeswa kunze, asi iye anomanikidza nzira yake yekumashure, kwaanomhanyira kune vanoita. Akakatyamadzwa kusangana navo zvekuti hapana chaanogona kuita kunze kwekutaura manzwiro ake kuburikidza nebharlet, mune yekufungidzira mafungiro en pointe, varindi vasati vamugumburisa.
Neraki raMasumi, kutamba kwake kwepamoyo kunofadza Alexei, uyo anofunga kuti ane tarenda rechisikigo. Mutambi weRussia anomukoka kuti atore chikamu mumakwikwi epasirose emunyika ayo ari mumwe wevatongi, uye asati aziva, Masumi ari kuenda kuchikoro chakakosha cheballet muTokyo. Ikoko iye anosangana neboka rekukwira ballet superstars vanova shamwari dzake nevakwikwidzi. Kyogoku Sayoko, musikana ane runako, akura zvishoma, anotora Masumi pasi pepapiro rake uye anoedza kumudzidzisa maitiro ekuve ballerina iri nani. Aoi naKusakabe, vaviri vevadzidzi vechirume, vanova shamwari dzaMasumi uye vanoedza kumuita kuti anzwe ari pamba. Asi hazvisi zvese zvinonakidza nemitambo pachikoro cheballet. Alexei Sergeyev anova murairidzi wega waMasumi. Akatsamwa nepfungwa yekuti anogona kukanganisa tarenda rake rechisikigo, anomutungamira munzira yakaoma yekumudzidzisa, achimuendesa kumucheto kwekudonha.