TheBeijingModernDanceCompanyisChina'savant-guarddancetroupe,ledbyWillyTsao-thefatherofmoderndanceinChina.HehasbeenstrugglingforyearstoadvancemoderndanceinChina,whereitisinherentlypolitical:itunleashestheArtistasanindividual,feedfromcollectiveideologyandtradition.Asaresult,heinvitesMontrealchoreographerNadinThouintoexperiencethestruggleandrewardofartisticcrosspollinationbyworkingwithhisBMDCand12ofthetopdancersinChinaThisfilmfollowsNadineandpartnerJerrySnell(ex-Carbone14)asshejumpsintothebiggestshowofherindependentcareer:6weekstocreateBONE,under-fundedandunabletospeakChinese.Thevérité/performancefilmfollowsthecreationprocessinBeijing,thenanintensetourthroughChinaandCanada.