The year is 1958, and 16-year-old Svetlana is stuck in a Moscow orphanage Her dream of becoming a dancer comes true: she's invited to join The Bolshoi Ballet, whose power as a symbol of Soviet prowess is unmatched - except perhaps by the dreaded KGB secret police. Sveta is stunned when officers show up at her door, claiming to know about a trance she once fell into. Some very powerful people believe Sveta is capable of serving the regime as much more than a dancer. They want to enlist her against the West as a psychic spy. Now she must explore this other talent if she is to survive.