You grew up in a small town of Russia and your life was full of Ballet. You loved it, you really did but your life was full of pain, exhaustion, and more. Your father grew up pushing you to your hardest. Your teacher pushed you until you were crying. If you weren’t stretched enough they would push you until you were. Your legs would be aching but since you were so young and doing this as you grew older you hid the pain. You hid it so well no one even knew you were in pain. You grew up thinking pain was normal that you should feel it. And you being in a small town and in Russia made everything much more severe. You had been to many famous and well known shows and competitions. If you didn’t win you were punished so then you pushed harder and harder. You didn’t make mistakes because you learned not to.