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Genre | Drama |
Created by | Moira Walley-Beckett |
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Opening theme | "Obsession" performed by Karen O |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 8 |
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Producer | Donna E. Bloom |
Production location | New York City |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
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Network | Starz |
Release | November 8 December 27, 2015 | –
Flesh and Bone is an American drama television miniseries created by Moira Walley-Beckett.[1] It premiered on November 8, 2015, on the American cable television network Starz.[2] Ethan Stiefel was a consultant and choreographer on the series.[3]
The founder and temperamental artistic director of the American Ballet Company, Paul Grayson (Ben Daniels), is determined to make it rank among the world's best artistic institutions. As the company's aging prima ballerina, Kiira (Irina Dvorovenko) struggles with an injury, Grayson believes that the company's saving grace is Claire Robbins (Sarah Hay), a beautiful and talented ballet dancer with a troubled past, whose inner torment drives her in compelling, unforeseeable ways. The series explores the dysfunction and glamour of the ballet world.
Starz released the first episode online on November 2, 2015, and the remaining episodes were made available on November 8, 2015, through Starz's On Demand channel in addition to the channel's weekly sequential airing of episodes.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | US viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Bulling Through" | David Michôd | Moira Walley-Beckett | November 8, 2015 | 0.190[5] |
2 | "Cannon Fodder" | Joshua Marston | Moira Walley-Beckett | November 15, 2015 | 0.147[6] |
3 | "Reconnaissance" | Stefan Schwartz | Adam Rapp | November 22, 2015 | 0.130[7] |
4 | "Boogie Dark" | Nelson McCormick | David Wiener | November 29, 2015 | 0.124[8] |
5 | "M.I.A." | Adam Davidson | Jami O'Brien | December 6, 2015 | 0.122[9] |
6 | "F.U.B.A.R." | Sam Miller | Adam Rapp | December 13, 2015 | 0.073[10] |
7 | "Full Dress" | Alik Sakharov | Bronwyn Garrity | December 20, 2015 | 0.116[11] |
8 | "Scorched Earth" | Alik Sakharov | Moira Walley-Beckett | December 27, 2015 | 0.093[12] |
Flesh and Bone received mixed to positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives a "Fresh" score of 60%, which is an average rating of 5.9 out of 10, sampled from 35 reviews. The consensus reads: "Its nuanced female relationships makes Flesh and Bone a realistic portrayal of a professional ballet company, though it suffers from a lack of levity."[13] On another review aggregator, Metacritic, the miniseries holds a score of 52 out of 100, calculated from 19 critics, signifying "mixed or average reviews".[14] For the 2016 Writers Guild of America Awards, the series was nominated for Long Form Original.[15] For the 73rd Golden Globe Awards, the series was nominated for Best Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television and Sarah Hay for Best Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.[16]