How to complete the Ballerina puzzle and open the gate in the theatre in Atomic Heart

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Atomic Heart is the latest Bioshock-esque video game title from Mundfish. Players assume control of the protagonist, Sergey Nechaev - a special duties officer and agent of Sechenov, as they investigate the ruins of Facility 3826 in this fictional representation of the USSR while uncovering dark secrets about the facility and the major's past.

On account of it being a role-playing title, there are several puzzles players will encounter throughout the campaign, one of the more troublesome ones being in the Theatre - the last stand between you and Petrov. The door to Petrov is guarded by a set of programmable ballerinas that players must arrange in a specific order to proceed.

This article will detail how players can solve the Ballerina puzzle to unlock the gate.

Note: Spoilers for Atomic Heart will follow. Viewer discretion is advised.

A specific set of Ballerinas is set in debug mode, allowing some interactivity. Players must interact with these statues to recreate grim stances to unlock the gate and push forward to Petrov.

This quest is automatically unlocked during the events of “Ascending the (Gallows) Stage” and can be solved with the following steps:

1. Make your way through the corridor and interact with each Ballerina in the order prescribed below from the start of the corridor.

2. Croisée at the fifth position, with the arms placed in the third position.

3. Relevé as the fifth position yet again. Effacé with the arms upright, loose in an allongé.

4. Attitude as the next adjustment.

5. Finally, A la seconde - with the arms free.

Following these steps in order will arrange the statues to recreate a shadow painting of the final moments of the poor souls impaled on the railings above. Additionally, the “Art is Sacrifice”