Aspiring ballerina Hijiri Masumi is chosen to stand in for the company's leading ballerina in a Moscow production when the girl suffers a devastating injury.
Masumi dreams of becoming a beautiful prima ballerina and has just won a place in the National Ballet School; however, a handsome foreign student arrives that distracts her from her goals.
16-year-old Masumi is admitted to a famous ballet school, and she finally has the chance to realize her dream of becoming a ballerina, but she struggles at the new school because of her insufficient training.