Stuttgart 1960 - when choreographer John Cranko lands by airplane, he has no idea that this moment will change his life. Although he was initially asked to be a guest choreographer at the Stuttgart Ballet, he soon became ballet director and the audience's favorite. Cranko devotes himself to his art and an intoxicating lifestyle, has affairs, suffers private setbacks and deep crises. The rapid and steep rise to the top of the world, the “Stuttgart Ballet Miracle”, made John Cranko a superstar of his time.