Black Swan Hits Theaters Next Month, Featuring Pennsylvania Ballet Dancers

Fourteen Pennsylvania Ballet dancers are stepping from stage to screen with their appearance in the upcoming ballet-themed thriller Black Swan, starring Natalie Portman. After opening the Philadelphia film festival last month, Black Swan will hit theaters in just a few weeks!

To uphold the integrity of the ballet world they were crafting on film, Black Swan’s creators searched for a troupe of dancers that could tell their story with the grace and fervor that Pennsylvania Ballet embodies. The dancers traveled to SUNY Purchase this past January to film various dance studio and performance scenes for Black Swan, directed by Darren Aronofsky. The Pennsylvania Ballet dancers featured in Black Swan are: Laura Bowman, Adrianna de Svastich, Lillian Di Piazza, Megan Dickinson, Lauren Fadeley, Holly Lynn Fusco, Ian Hussey, Rachel Jambois, Abigail Mentzer, Ryoko Sadoshima, Kaia Annika Tack, Sergio Torrado, Barette Vance, and André Vytoptov. Black Swan played at the Venice, Telluride, Toronto and Philadelphia Film Festivals and is scheduled to be released nationwide on December 3.

Flip through this album to see a photo of Lauren Fadeley and Sergio Torrado of Pennsylvania Ballet with Darren Aronofsky, the film's director at the Philadelphia Film Festival's screening of Black Swan.

Philadelphia Cultural Passport

Pennsylvania Ballet is proud to participate in the Philadelphia Cultural Passport programs of Temple University, Drexel University, and new for this year, LaSalle University. These programs give freshman the opportunity to receive free or discounted tickets to over 60 Greater Philadelphia area museums, galleries, theater companies, concert venues, dance studios, film festivals, historic homes and more, including Pennsylvania Ballet. This year, Temple University is also offering these coupon booklets to a select number of upperclassmen. Pennsylvania Ballet is proud to partner with these Universities for the 2010-2011 season.