Psychological disorders are often overseen in movies. In the Black Swan the protagonist Nina Sayers beautifully and disturbingly portrays a person dealing with schizophrenia. In the psychological thriller Nina Sayers is a young dancer working in the prestigious New York City ballet. She is conflicted in being the good person she know she should be or the bad person her heart keeps leading her to be. Nina Sayers is very talented, but she is very reserved. This causes people around her to view her
has always wanted to become the female lead. For ‘Swan Lake’, the director, Thomas, offers the role of ‘Swan Queen’ to the reserved and rigid Nina. She had to perform both the White Swan, who is fragile and filled with innocence, and the Black Swan, who is cunning and seductive. Nina easily fits into the role of White Swan due to her child-like persona. She, however, faced hardships in being the Black Swan. The stress of being the perfect Swan Queen turns into madness and Nina develops schizophrenia
Famous Dancers Anna Pavlova (1881-1931) Anna Pavlova was a Russian ballet dancer who added a traditional feel to the classical ballet. In her ninth birthday, her mother took her to watch the ballet performance of Sleeping Beauty. It was how she had decided that she would enter the Imperial Ballet School. Despite her height and physical structure, Anna has the perfect balance and she possessed great talent. She became a perfect ballerina after she entered the ballet school. Anna created her own