After the performance, fans lined up for autographs with the stars, and Jaiani, not satisfied with just one signature from Possokhov, ran back to the end of the line to get another. “To me, he was the god of dance,” she said. “I’ve never seen anyone jump higher or be freer on stage.” So when, more than a decade later, Wheater announced Possokhov would be creating a work on the Joffrey, Jaiani recalls it feeling beyond a dream come true. “It’s something that I wouldn’t have even dreamed about,” she said.