The story of Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West stunned the world at the height of the Cold War. With his magnetic presence, Nureyev emerged as ballet’s most famous star, a wild and beautiful dancer limited by the world of 1950s Leningrad. His flirtation with Western artists and ideas led him into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with the KGB.

Two men serendipitously meet and fall in love on a beautiful summer day in Fire Island Pines. That’s the dream of many a visitor to New York’s famous out-of-the-way gay getaway.

At a prestigious performing arts school, a teenage male ballet dancer desires to be at the top of his class while refusing to listen to his body.