"Ballet Shoes" is set in 1930s London and tells the exhilarating tale of three orphan girls who were adopted and raised as sisters by their guardian. The uplifting story revolves around each girl's struggle to fulfill her dreams--Pauline wants to be an actress, Petrova desires to be an aviator, and Posy seems destined to be a ballerina. As money becomes tight, each girl struggles to balance personal ambition with the need to survive physically and emotionally.