Natalia's point of view:

Many days went on the same with very slight variation to our day. In espionage we had moved on to Spanish and in Madame B's we had gotten a new textbook.  They told us that today would be a very special day for us, we would have our first ballet performance. I was never the best in Ballet but I would practice wake up earlier than the other girls to practice and as my form improved our instructor began to notice me. 

The Red room had cancelled all of our classes except for ballet for today, yet something more unusual had happened in the morning. Madame B had lead us to breakfast that morning, which was bland oatmeal and bread the same as always. When everyone had finished eating the madame led us back to our rooms and chained us again. One of the girls asked why and fought back and she was never seen again. As I laid silently on my cot, not daring to fall asleep the shocking started. It was more intense than any shocking before. I fought to stay conscious and never let out a single scream, but as the pain grew more intense I blacked out. I was woken up by loud sirens telling us it was time for the performance. 

I was a ballerina in the Red Room we were the most graceful girls in Russia. Everyone envied us, we were the most successful ballet company in all the world. We practiced fourteen hours a day and nothing distracted us from our training.