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 ...

In February 2011, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences named the pregnant Black Swan ballerina Best Actress. Millepied escorted the tearful winner to the stage to accept her award—and ...

ballerina 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 ...

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.