The film is told from the perspective of a flamenco dance company that will mount a show devoted to the mythical and biblical figure of Salomé, as a story of love and vengeance.

The first part of the film is conceived as a documentary and we discover, step-by-step, the whole construction and preparation of the show.

A director prepares a troupe of flamenco dancers for a production of the biblical story of Salome.

He summarizes the story and describes his spring for the drama's action: Salomé's attraction to John the Baptist.

Salomé overcame a bad case of scoliosis to eventually succeed as a dancer and now she is the director of the Spanish National ballet company.

John the Baptist has emigrated from his native Cuba and both Herod and Herodias had to confront initial unwillingness by their parents to allow them to follow a career as dancers.