After 10 years with the prestigious Israeli Batsheva Dance Company, American dancer Bobbi Jene Smith makes the crucial decision to return to the US. However, tearing herself away from deeply personal relationships turns out to be a lot harder than she anticipated. She must leave her mentor, her choreographers and the love of her life, to return home to an unknown future. Bobbi fights for creative independence within the bitterly-competitive dance world, and she begins to create solo choreography that mightily tests her endurance both on stage and in her personal life.

Bobbi Jene Smith uses the Gaga method in her solo work – the language of movement created by Batsheva Dance Company Artistic Director Ohad Naharin. As Bobby tells it, the method helps to unlock mind control, feel your body’s resonance, find pleasure in the effort, and to not take yourself too seriously. Three of her most recent works are in constant creative process: A Study on Effort, which can be seen in the film, Harrowing and Arrowed. Bobbi plans to continue to execute them for the rest of her life.