Starz Reveals "Flesh and Bone"'s Star

January 26, 2014

In November, we introduced you to some of the seriously impressive cast members of Starz’s upcoming ballet drama “Flesh and Bone”—former ABT principal Irina Dvorovenko, current ABT soloist Sascha Radetsky and Ballet Arizona dancer Raychel Diane Weiner. And in case the cast weren’t stacked enough, they’ve got former ABT principal and current Royal New Zealand Ballet Director (and former Center Stage bad-boy) Ethan Stiefel as a consultant and choreographer for the show.

But the question remained: Who would land the leading role of Claire, a Pittsburgh-raised ballerina who moves to NYC to join a prestigious ballet company while confronting her troubled past?

Whelp, we’ve finally got our answer, folks. And Starz’s newest star will be…drum-roll, please…


Sarah Hay (photo by Ian Whalen)

Sarah Hay
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This American ballerina (who dances with Semperoper Ballet in Dresden, Germany) is no stranger to the dark, dysfunctional (and maybe a little over-the-top) world of the onscreen ballet drama—she played a member of the corps in Black Swan. We’re still crossing our fingers that “Flesh and Bone” will not go the way of Black Swanand that it’ll offer a more realistic portrayal of the ballet world. (We don’t need anyone else thinking we sometimes grow wings. Right?) But we’re guessing the show is gonna be pretty dark. (The series’ writer, Moira Walley-Beckett, wrote and produced for “Breaking Bad,” after all.)

The show begins filming in NYC this spring and is set for a 2015 premiere.