What American ballet dancer and principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre, also starred as a "dance double" for Natalie Portman in the 2010 movie Black Swan?
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Black Swan dance double controversy "Black Swan" is a 2010 American psychological thriller film about a ballet dancer directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, and Mila Kunis. After the 83rd Academy Awards, in which Portman won the Oscar for Best Actress for her role in the film as a ballerina, controversy arose over how much credit for the dancing in the film was being given to her and how much to her "dance double", American Ballet Theatre soloist Sarah Lane.
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Sarah Lane Sarah Lane (born August 3, 1983/1984) is an American ballet dancer and a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre (ABT).
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Peter Chu Peter Chu is an American dancer, choreographer, and teacher. Born in The Bronx and raised in Cocoa Beach, Florida, Chu is best known for performing with choreographer Crystal Pite's company Kidd Pivot, for his role as principal dancer in the music video for Christina Perri's "Jar of Hearts", and for his appearance as a guest choreographer in season 9 and 10 of "So You Think You Can Dance". He was the winner of the 2010 Capezio A.C.E. Award for choreographing the work, "This Thought".
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Gary Avis Gary Avis is an English ballet dancer and Principal Character Artist with The Royal Ballet, London.
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Paul Boos (répétiteur) Paul Boos (born June 2, 1958 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota) is an American dancer, balletmaster, archivist, and répétiteur. He danced with New York City Ballet from 1977 until 1990 before becoming a guest teacher for Royal Danish Ballet. In addition to teaching internationally, he is part of a select group of répétiteurs sanctioned by The Balanchine Trust to set the ballets of George Balanchine and the Project Associate to The George Balanchine Foundation's Interpreters Archive.
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Ballet Nebraska Ballet Nebraska is a professional ballet company located in Omaha, Nebraska. The company's season typically consists of three mainstage productions including a full-length fall ballet, "The Nutcracker", and a mixed-repertory/triple-bill annual spring production entitled "Momentum." The company also tours regionally and nationally, with yearly performances at Ballet Vero Beach in Vero Beach, Florida.
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Ballet Minnesota Ballet Minnesota is a classical dance company in Minnesota, United States. Located in Saint Paul in the Arts Section of Lowertown, it has served Minneapolis-St. Paul and Minnesota for 20 years. Founded by Andrew and Cheryl Rist, its stated mission is to be "dedicated to creating and sharing artistry in dance through public presentations and education."
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Alexander Godunov Alexander Borisovich Godunov (Russian: Александр Борисович Годунов ; November 28, 1949 – May 18, 1995) was a Russian-American ballet dancer and film actor, whose defection caused a diplomatic incident between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Sophie Rebecca Sophie Rebecca (born 1980 or 1981 ) is an English ballet dancer who was the first openly transgender person to train on the Royal Academy of Dance's courses for female dancers. The academy changed its policy in 2013 and no longer insists that students taking these courses must have been born female.
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Sarah Wildor Sarah Wildor (born 1972) is an actress and a dancer. She is most noted as a former principal dancer with The Royal Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
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Gelsey Kirkland Gelsey Kirkland (born December 29, 1952) is an American ballerina. Kirkland joined the New York City Ballet in 1968 at age fifteen, at the invitation of George Balanchine. She was promoted to soloist in 1969 and principal in 1972. She went on to create leading roles in many of the great twentieth century ballets by Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Antony Tudor including Balanchine's revival of "The Firebird", Robbins' "Goldberg Variations", and Tudor's "The Leaves are Fading". Balanchine re-choreographed his version of Stravinsky's "The Firebird" specifically for her. She left the New York City Ballet to join the American Ballet Theatre in 1974.
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Pas de Deux (d'Amboise) Pas de Deux is a ballet made for New York City Ballet by Jacques d'Amboise to Webern's "Six pieces for orchestra". The premiere took place May 29, 1969, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center.
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Marie Lindqvist Marie Lindqvist (born 20 November 1970) is a Swedish ballet dancer. She has danced with the Royal Swedish Ballet since 1988, becoming a principal dancer in 1993 and a court danser ("hovdansare") in 2004. She retired as an active dancer in February 2014.
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Jeffrey Golladay Jeffrey Golladay (born 1979) is an American ballet dancer and was a member of the corps de ballet with American Ballet Theatre (ABT).
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Xiomara Reyes Xiomara Reyes is a former principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. Born in Cuba, Reyes trained at the Cuban National Ballet School. After graduation, she danced as a soloist with "La Joven Guardia", an offshoot of Cuba's National Ballet. After two years, she was invited to perform with the Royal Ballet of Flanders in Belgium and danced with that company for seven years, rising to the rank of first soloist.
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Tina Caspary Tina Caspary (born December 28, 1970) is an American actress, dancer, and choreographer and dance instructor. She gained moderate attention in the late 1980s with a supporting role in "Can't Buy Me Love".
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Michael Flatley Michael Ryan Flatley (born July 16, 1958) is an American dancer, choreographer, and musician. He became internationally known for Irish dance shows "Riverdance", "Lord of the Dance", "Feet of Flames", and "Celtic Tiger".
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Misty Copeland Misty Danielle Copeland (born September 10, 1982) is an American ballet dancer for American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States. On June 30, 2015, Copeland became the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer in ABT's 75-year history.
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Elisha Willis Elisha Willis is a retired ballet dancer and former principal at the Birmingham Royal Ballet. Willis was born in Australia and trained at the Australian Ballet School. She joined the Australian Ballet in 1999 and later in 2003 joined the Birmingham Royal Ballet, where she covered extensive roles. She is well known for the title role in David Bintley's Cinderella which was also released as DVD. In 2016 she terminated her 13 year career at the Birmingham Royal Ballet in order to pursue her next career in ballet costume making. She is married and currently resides in Moseley.
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Yvonne Borree Yvonne Borree is a former principal dancer at New York City Ballet. She was raised in Norfolk, Virginia, where she began her dance studies with the Tidewater Ballet Association at four years of age.
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Blakeley White-McGuire Blakeley White-McGuire (born October 28, 1974 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is an award-winning dancer, choreographer, répétiteur, and educator. She is a Principal Guest Artist and former Principal Dancer of Martha Graham Dance Company. Described by Gia Kourlas of the "New York Times" in 2007 as having a "powerful technique and dramatic instinct with an appealing modern spunk", White-McGuire has received widespread critical acclaim as a Graham dancer.
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Pas de deux In ballet, a pas de deux ] (French, literally "step of two") is a dance duet in which two dancers, typically a male and a female, perform ballet steps together. The pas de deux is characteristic of classical ballet and can be found in many well-known ballets, including "Sleeping Beauty", "Swan Lake", and "Giselle". It is most often performed by a male and a female (a "danseur" and a "ballerina") though there are exceptions, such as in the film "White Nights", in which a pas de deux is performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gregory Hines.