Ballerina or Not?

                                             

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            Natalie Portman recently won an Oscar for Best Actress for her unforgettable performance in Black Swan and she's had a difficult time since. The controversy is over her acceptance speech given at the Oscar ceremony. Portman courteously thanked her trainer, fiancé, and many other contributors. Portman failed to mention her dancing double Sarah Lane. It was only until after the Oscar win that Lane was introduced to the public through an interview with Dance Magazine.

         Lane proclaimed that they wanted to make a veneer of Portman’s ability to learn a lifetime career of dancing condensed into a year’s worth of training. This is doubtful since many people don't succeed in this highly demanding industry even with many years of training.

        Portman's fiancé claims that 85 percent of the movie was Portman’s feet and she deserves that credit. Portman is a phenomenal actress but her dancing double Sarah Lane deserves more recognition then she initially received.