My similar experiences as a fellow dancer, incurs an empathic response to Miko and understand the sacrifices that she must make to achieve her dream. In the orientating scene, the documentary portrays Miko as a child who would sacrifice a conventional childhood in the pursue of becoming a professional ballerina. The mise-en-scene and close-up shot emphasizes the location of where Miko is doing her schoolwork. This is an indirect exposition aimed to tell the audience that she is homeschooled before being supported with an unseen interview where Miko states she is homeschooled and misses her friends. The audience is intended to sympathize for her as she has sacrificed a mainstream education and friends for ballet. I align with the positioning
