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Flesh and Bone

★ 7.8 12K votes 2015–2015 1 season · 8 episodes Ended STARZ
Mental healthPsychological struggle treated with real seriousness.This show: 8/10BleakGrim and heavy, with little easy relief. These shows sit with suffering instead of softening it.This show: 8/10Female perspectiveWomen's experience as the defining lens.This show: 8/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 8/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 8/10Tight limited runA compact, complete story told in just a few episodes.This show: 8/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 8/10DisturbingContent that lingers uncomfortably after the credits.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Sarah HayBen DanielsEmily TyraIrina DvorovenkoDamon HerrimanJosh Helman
Written by
Moira Walley-Beckett
Starring
Sarah HayBen DanielsEmily TyraIrina DvorovenkoDamon HerrimanJosh Helman
Written by
Moira Walley-Beckett
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Ballet's grace hides a brutal psychological toll"

A gifted but troubled young dancer leaves an abusive home to join a cutthroat New York City ballet company, chasing a shot at stardom while battling private demons. The eight-episode run digs into the physical brutality of professional ballet and the psychological wreckage behind its beauty, mixing backstage power plays, addiction, and trauma. It's slow-burning and often bleak, carried by committed performances and genuinely stunning dance sequences rather than plot twists. Watching it feels less like a soapy drama and more like an uncomfortable, intimate character study set to pointe shoes and blood.

Watch it for

the visceral, expertly filmed dance sequences that expose ballet's physical and psychological cost.

Maybe skip if

you dislike heavy, uncomfortable subject matter around abuse and addiction without much levity.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12015
8.12K87h 58m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Bulling Through8.0
46264 min
▶2Cannon Fodder7.9
31358 min
▶3Reconnaissance8.0
28758 min
▶4Boogie Dark8.2
29658 min
▶5M.I.A.8.1
25958 min
▶6F.U.B.A.R.8.2
26458 min
▶7Full Dress8.2
25558 min
▶8Scorched Earth8.5
32766 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Sarah Hay Claire Robbins
Ben Daniels Paul Grayson
Emily Tyra Mia
Irina Dvorovenko Kiira
Damon Herriman Romeo
Josh Helman Bryan Robbins
Raychel Diane Weiner Daphne
Sascha Radetsky Ross
Kar Will Trey
Tina Benko Jessica

Crew

Moira Walley-Beckett

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