She said she never saw herself as a great turner, or able to master some of the Black Swan’s tricky footwork. “It has every single ballet step in the book,” Miller says of the iconic ballet. “In White ...

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ballet dancer Unity Phelan stopped just before launching into the famed 32 fouettés – those crowd-pleasing whiplash turns on one leg performed by Odile, the devious Black Swan. “No fouettés ...

Nina (Portman) is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life ... dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile and ...

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Each swan has an individuality that’s ... Lauren Anderson, the first Black principal dancer at Houston Ballet, had started performing classical roles in skin-toned tights in the early 1990s.

Whatever, Boston Ballet presented the piece only three years ... Some Siegfrieds lose interest in Odette once they see Black Swan Odile; Lee, when Rothbart’s deception was revealed, made it ...

She said she never saw herself as a great turner, or able to master some of the Black Swan’s tricky footwork. “It has every single ballet step in the book,” Miller says of the iconic ballet.