A stroke of luck—otherwise I can’t be called. The dance studio burned down, my parents locked me in the restroom before the performance, to which I still managed to arrive in time—right into the hall after falling off a poorly secured pole. Landing on my face in the softest way possible, I thought: yep, this is a complete disaster. But no! Everything is still ahead. And the turkey too. Where would I be without it… Zoya Anishkina, Katya Ups, and Nino Meladze are pseudonyms of Anastasia Maksimova.