Vivès imagined and designed the story of a young Russian dancer since joining in dancing until certification. So for 200 pages in B & W, we see Polina dancing and reacts to things that surround it. Learning, enthusiasm, suffering and doubt, domination and submission, love of art, friendship ... I did not bored for a second, as Vivès manages to convey emotions that saw his character. In one swift stroke, minimalist seems rough but that is archi-mastered reality, he shows us the attitudes, movements, feelings. Polina is internalized, but you live with it. There is in all this a lot of observation and finesse. Vives takes readers for smart people: the plot is fluid despite the ellipses, the sequences are logically little we understand the motivations of the characters. I think this comic may even excite those who are strangers to dance (but I am biased).
