When Delphine returns to the Paris Opera Ballet after gaining recognition in Russia, she is confronted by a past she hoped had been forgotten. Now a burgeoning choreographer, Delphine entrenches herself into her former school before realizing the power dynamic has changed: Her old friends are now bitter ballerinas nearing retirement and her first love is a star in her new ballet. This is an exquisite story about women's relationships with their bodies, the desire to lose control, and the breaking point that reveals our deepest truths. With a scintillating scandal that will raise the hair on the back of your neck, The Ballerinas is a haunting return to the mistakes we make in adolescence and the ways we attempt to fix them in adulthood.