“A typical classical ballet is based on fantasy or fairy tales, … Flesh and Bone is a contemporary twist on these familiar tropes. The princess escapes the tower of her imprisonment and flees straight into another evil lord’s hands, and must struggle to free herself from him while battling the dragon of her past as well and severing its final chains. Along the way, she encounters several would-be knights … and dodges the rival fading queen/ballerina who wants to see her destroyed.”