It is my goal to look at every dance scene from Black Swan to determine who is doing what, how much, and of what quality. Did Natalie really do 90% of the dancing? If so, what type of dancing was it–filmed from the top up only, did she do pointe work? I open this blog entry up tonight with the opening scene. I will let you know as I get to additional scenes.

The simple answer is, yes. However, let’s be clear. She did not do all the pointe work in the movie. She was in four scenes on pointe. When you hear the clickity, click of pointe shoes in shots only filmed of the upper torso, she was not always en pointe–or even wearing [...]