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  • The Black Swan is one of the more notorious pirate ships of the Allansian coast. It can be seen anchored at Port Blacksand.
  • The Black Swan is a reward for raising a Brown Duckling, Blue, or Red Duckling. Each duckling requires the help of 7 friends within a set amount of time: Brown, within 24 hours; Blue, 3 days; Red, 6 days. The Black Swan is a slightly different colored version of the one previously released in the Swan Lake decoration.
  • Black Swan is a 2010 psychological thriller directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel and Mila Kunis. Its plot revolves around a production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet by a prestigious New York City company. The production requires a ballerina to play both the innocent White Swan and the sensual Black Swan. Black Swan received five Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture.
  • Its plot revolves around a production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet by a prestigious New York City company. The production requires a ballerina to play both the innocent White Swan and the sensual Black Swan. Black Swan received five Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture.
  • The Black Swan ( コクチョウ,Kokuchou) is a ship Made by Jack for Muna and the Void Pirates. It is a Brig type ship Built from Adam Wood, Making it a magnificent ship.
  • The Black Swan is one of the various ships that guard Isla Lusso.
  • "Black Swan" is a B-side from Tori Amos's 1994 album Under the Pink.
  • Black Swan (Cisne Negro) foi mencionado por Hans Van Eeghen no anúncio em vídeo de 2 de setembro como um indivíduo que estava tentando sabotar o programa de recrutamento ao criar formas de trapacear nos testes. No mesmo vídeo, um cisne negro aparece em meio à estática. Mais tarde, no Teste 7, Van Eeghen revelou que ele era o Black Swan e que criou este personagem como forma de descobrir recrutas trapaceiros.
  • Black Swan is a 2011 foot fetish pornography film by director Derren Avawanksky. It is the follow-up to his 2009 hit The Wrestler 2: Porksplatter! The plot of the film revolves around a two-minute lesbian sex scene surrouned by numerous other events. Derren is said to have directed the film to make a change from his previous output, in which characters were often strippers or prostitutes and took drugs. Instead he wanted to make a film about a girl who dances in a revealing costume and has hallucinations, centering its main narrative focus on her pussy. It has been a critical success, generating huge amounts of criticism in a small space of time.
  • Black Swan wird von Hans Van Eeghen in einem Video erwähnt, das ab dem 2. September auf DharmaWantsYou.com zu finden war. Van Eeghen stellt "Black Swan" als Einzelperson dar, die versucht, die Rekrutierung zu stören.Im Video vom 17. September vermutet Van Eeghen, dass es sich bei Black Swan um einen „Mitarbeiter“ aus den eigenen Reihen handelt. Damit behält er recht, denn in Test 7 gibt Hans Van Eeghen bekannt, dass er selber Black Swan ist. Der Test 7 lief schon die ganze Zeit und sollte testen, ob die Rekruten trotz der Warnungen von Hans Van Eeghen die Cheats von Black Swan benutzen. Falls man dies getan, wird man in die Gruppe "Black Swan" eingeordnet, falls nicht wird man in die Gruppe "White Swan" eingeordnet.
  • Black Swan is a buzzword which was made popular by Nassim Nicholas Taleb – a Wall Street trader and a professor of finance. Taleb used the term to describe a situation which is highly unpredictable and beyond the normally expected situation. You will find the appearance of Black Swan situation in financial market very frequently as financial markets have a tendency to present surprises!
  • Black Swan (暗黒スワン, Ankoku Suwan ?, Ankoku Swan) attacked Hyoga Shun and then first appears near the edge of the Mansion Kido which leaves the mark of the cross of the swan in a tree where they trained small Ikki and Shun. The brand is found soon after by Andromeda Shun Black Swan and then causes heavy snow in the area.
  • The Black Swan is a pirate operating in/near the Empire State. She is a woman of mystery, even her real name is unknown. Outrageous and contradictory tales of the beautiful pilot can be heard across North America. The Swan even seems to be aware of, and confirm, these stories. She formed a band of pilots in 1933 and has raided the People's Collective, the Industrial States of America, the Dixie and the Republic of Texas. As a privateer, the Swan and her group concentrate on Dixie and ISA shipping -- causing her the price on her head to top $10,000!
  • Die junge, aufstrebende Ballerina Nina bekommt die Doppelrolle ihres Lebens: In "Schwanensee" soll sie sowohl den weißen als auch den schwarzen Schwan verkörpern. Nina ist die perfekte Rolle für den weißen Schwan, aber beim Gegenpart muss sie lernen, die dunkle Seite in sich hervorzubringen. Angetrieben von dem Ballettdirektor Thomas Leroy versucht sie verzweifelt, ihre Blockaden zu überwinden. Ausgerechnet die attraktive Kollegin Lily hat all das, was Nina zu fehlen scheint...
  • A black swan event is an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often inappropriately rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. Such events, considered extreme outliers, collectively play vastly larger roles than regular occurrences.
  • Black Swan is the fourth episode of Season 1 of FlashForward. It first aired on October 15, 2009.
  • A meth lab bust yields a surprise arrest that stymies the team when they can't figure out why he was in the area, and Megan disagrees strongly and repeatedly with what Don chooses to do to get his answers.
  • Black Swan is a German mutant raised in the Bavarian circus and highly trained in hand-to-hand, swordplay and gunmanship. He utilized his ability to infect the minds of others with disruptive "telepathic viruses" to become a successful mercenary and hit man, which brought him into conflict with the Taskmaster. He carried out an assassination on the four heads of the Japanese Four Winds crime families and organisation in New York, but although he carried it out surreptitiously, the credit was given to rival contractor Deadpool, who crashed through a skylight above the Four Winds at the same time, while firing wildly and in fact unknowingly missed the targets. When Deadpool was subsequently hired to kill Black Swan in Germany, the assassin beat Deadpool senseless, infected his mind with a me
  • The Black Swan was a pub in Cheldon Bonniface. In the mid-19th century, its landlord was a man named George. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation) In the early 21st century, the pub was owned by Giles and Maria Owen. (PROSE: Not in My Back Yard) Because the wedding of Bernice Summerfield and Jason Kane was held in Cheldon Bonniface on 24 April 2010, they and all their wedding party frequented the Black Swan throughout their stay in the village. One night, they even participated in a pub quiz at the Swan. (PROSE: Happy Endings)
  • Black Swan is a 2010 American psychological thriller film directed by Darren Aronofsky, written by Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, and John McLaughlin, and starring Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis and Winona Ryder. The plot revolves around a production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet by a prestigious New York City company. The production requires a ballerina to play the innocent and fragile White Swan, for which the committed dancer Nina (Portman) is a perfect fit, as well as the dark and sensual Black Swan, which are qualities better embodied by the new arrival Lily (Kunis). Nina is overwhelmed by a feeling of immense pressure when she finds herself competing for the part, causing her to lose her tenuous grip on reality and descend into a living nightmare.
  • The black swan (Cygnus atratus) is a large waterbird, a species of swan, which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. The species was hunted to extinction in New Zealand, but later reintroduced. Within Australia they are nomadic, with erratic migration patterns dependent upon climatic conditions. Black swans are large birds with mostly black plumage and red bills. They are monogamous breeders that share incubation duties and cygnet rearing between the sexes.
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  • Black Swan is a 2010 American psychological thriller film directed by Darren Aronofsky, written by Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, and John McLaughlin, and starring Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis and Winona Ryder. The plot revolves around a production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet by a prestigious New York City company. The production requires a ballerina to play the innocent and fragile White Swan, for which the committed dancer Nina (Portman) is a perfect fit, as well as the dark and sensual Black Swan, which are qualities better embodied by the new arrival Lily (Kunis). Nina is overwhelmed by a feeling of immense pressure when she finds herself competing for the part, causing her to lose her tenuous grip on reality and descend into a living nightmare. Usually described as a psychological thriller, Black Swan can be also interpreted as a metaphor for achieving artistic perfection, with all the psychological and physical challenges one might encounter, i.e. "the film can be perceived as a poetic metaphor for the birth of an artist, that is, as a visual representation of Nina’s psychic odyssey toward achieving artistic perfection and of the price to be paid for it." Aronofsky conceived the premise by connecting his viewings of a production of Swan Lake with an unrealized screenplay about understudies and the notion of being haunted by a double, similar to the folklore surrounding doppelgängers. Aronofsky cites Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Double as another inspiration for the film. The director also considered Black Swan a companion piece to his 2008 film The Wrestler, with both films involving demanding performances for different kinds of art. He and Portman first discussed the project in 2000, and after a brief attachment to Universal Studios, Black Swan was produced in New York City in 2009 by Fox Searchlight Pictures. Portman and Kunis trained in ballet for several months prior to filming, and notable figures from the ballet world helped with film production to shape the ballet presentation. The film premiered as the opening film for the 67th Venice International Film Festival on September 1, 2010. It had a limited release in the United States starting December 3, 2010 and opened in wide release on December 17. Black Swan received critical praise upon its release, particularly for Portman's performance and Aronofsky's direction, and was a surprise box office success, grossing $329 million worldwide. The film received five Academy Award nominations and Portman won Best Actress for the film, as well as many other Best Actress awards in several guilds and festivals. In addition, Aronofsky was nominated for Best Director and the film was nominated for Best Picture. It is the fifth horror film to be nominated in the Best Picture category, following The Exorcist in 1973, Jaws in 1975, The Silence of the Lambs in 1991, and The Sixth Sense in 1999.
  • The Black Swan is one of the more notorious pirate ships of the Allansian coast. It can be seen anchored at Port Blacksand.
  • The Black Swan is a reward for raising a Brown Duckling, Blue, or Red Duckling. Each duckling requires the help of 7 friends within a set amount of time: Brown, within 24 hours; Blue, 3 days; Red, 6 days. The Black Swan is a slightly different colored version of the one previously released in the Swan Lake decoration.
  • Black Swan is a 2010 psychological thriller directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel and Mila Kunis. Its plot revolves around a production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet by a prestigious New York City company. The production requires a ballerina to play both the innocent White Swan and the sensual Black Swan. Black Swan received five Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture.
  • Its plot revolves around a production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet by a prestigious New York City company. The production requires a ballerina to play both the innocent White Swan and the sensual Black Swan. Black Swan received five Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture.
  • Black Swan is a German mutant raised in the Bavarian circus and highly trained in hand-to-hand, swordplay and gunmanship. He utilized his ability to infect the minds of others with disruptive "telepathic viruses" to become a successful mercenary and hit man, which brought him into conflict with the Taskmaster. He carried out an assassination on the four heads of the Japanese Four Winds crime families and organisation in New York, but although he carried it out surreptitiously, the credit was given to rival contractor Deadpool, who crashed through a skylight above the Four Winds at the same time, while firing wildly and in fact unknowingly missed the targets. When Deadpool was subsequently hired to kill Black Swan in Germany, the assassin beat Deadpool senseless, infected his mind with a mental "virus", and brought him to the U.S., having him brutally beaten every few minutes to prevent him from fully healing. Swan attempted to use his operative, Nijo, a brother of one of the Four Winds, to torment Deadpool further, saying that letting Deadpool live with diminished capacity would be a greater humiliation than killing him. Once Taskmaster identified the Swan to Deadpool, the merc with a mouth travelled to the Swan's castle in Germany for a final showdown. When Nijo tried to kill Deadpool, claiming a personal vendetta against him, Black Swan impaled him with a sword-cane and fought Deadpool both physically and mentally, though he lost and was thrown face first into the white hot griddle of his own fireplace. A bomb Deadpool had brought as insurance went off before Deadpool could disarm it, destroying Black Swan's castle. Apparently Black Swan was able to use his powers to in some way absorb traits from both Deadpool and Nijo in order to survive, resulting in the three of them sharing aspects of each other's powers, knowledge and personalities. The modified Nijo would become Agent X, while Black Swan was rescued by a Portuguese fishing boat, and Deadpool was rendered temporarily amnesiac. The three were reunited, along with Taskmaster and Sandi Brandenburg, and Black Swan demanded the return of his personality and abilities, for which he required Agent X's help, proposing a three-way mindmeld to restore each man. Black Swan, however, double-crossed the others and absorbed both their powers, enhancing his own abilities to a tremendous level. Agent X, having anticipated treachery, had called upon a small army of heavily armed mercenaries to surround the area, but they proved no match for Black Swan's newly augmented telepathy and were quickly incapacitated. Together with the mercenary called Outlaw, Deadpool, Agent X, and Taskmaster were able to overwhelm Black Swan's healing ability and kill him. To be on the safe side, they had his body stuffed by a Taxidermist so that he could not regenerate.
  • The Black Swan ( コクチョウ,Kokuchou) is a ship Made by Jack for Muna and the Void Pirates. It is a Brig type ship Built from Adam Wood, Making it a magnificent ship.
  • The Black Swan is one of the various ships that guard Isla Lusso.
  • "Black Swan" is a B-side from Tori Amos's 1994 album Under the Pink.
  • Black Swan (Cisne Negro) foi mencionado por Hans Van Eeghen no anúncio em vídeo de 2 de setembro como um indivíduo que estava tentando sabotar o programa de recrutamento ao criar formas de trapacear nos testes. No mesmo vídeo, um cisne negro aparece em meio à estática. Mais tarde, no Teste 7, Van Eeghen revelou que ele era o Black Swan e que criou este personagem como forma de descobrir recrutas trapaceiros.
  • Black Swan is a 2011 foot fetish pornography film by director Derren Avawanksky. It is the follow-up to his 2009 hit The Wrestler 2: Porksplatter! The plot of the film revolves around a two-minute lesbian sex scene surrouned by numerous other events. Derren is said to have directed the film to make a change from his previous output, in which characters were often strippers or prostitutes and took drugs. Instead he wanted to make a film about a girl who dances in a revealing costume and has hallucinations, centering its main narrative focus on her pussy. It has been a critical success, generating huge amounts of criticism in a small space of time.
  • Black Swan wird von Hans Van Eeghen in einem Video erwähnt, das ab dem 2. September auf DharmaWantsYou.com zu finden war. Van Eeghen stellt "Black Swan" als Einzelperson dar, die versucht, die Rekrutierung zu stören.Im Video vom 17. September vermutet Van Eeghen, dass es sich bei Black Swan um einen „Mitarbeiter“ aus den eigenen Reihen handelt. Damit behält er recht, denn in Test 7 gibt Hans Van Eeghen bekannt, dass er selber Black Swan ist. Der Test 7 lief schon die ganze Zeit und sollte testen, ob die Rekruten trotz der Warnungen von Hans Van Eeghen die Cheats von Black Swan benutzen. Falls man dies getan, wird man in die Gruppe "Black Swan" eingeordnet, falls nicht wird man in die Gruppe "White Swan" eingeordnet.
  • Black Swan is a buzzword which was made popular by Nassim Nicholas Taleb – a Wall Street trader and a professor of finance. Taleb used the term to describe a situation which is highly unpredictable and beyond the normally expected situation. You will find the appearance of Black Swan situation in financial market very frequently as financial markets have a tendency to present surprises!
  • The Black Swan was a pub in Cheldon Bonniface. In the mid-19th century, its landlord was a man named George. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation) In the early 21st century, the pub was owned by Giles and Maria Owen. (PROSE: Not in My Back Yard) In December 1992, Anthony Rupert Hemmings posed as George in the replica of Cheldon Bonniface created on the Moon by the Timewyrm to trap the Seventh Doctor. Chad Boyle captured Ace while she slept in one of the upstairs rooms, but Hemmings failed to capture the Doctor. After the Timewyrm was defeated, the Doctor and Ace visited the real Black Swan while spending the holidays with Peter and Emily Hutchings. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Revelation) Because the wedding of Bernice Summerfield and Jason Kane was held in Cheldon Bonniface on 24 April 2010, they and all their wedding party frequented the Black Swan throughout their stay in the village. One night, they even participated in a pub quiz at the Swan. (PROSE: Happy Endings) In December 2017, the Eighth Doctor visited the Black Swan while spending the holidays in Cheldon Bonniface. (PROSE: Not in My Back Yard)
  • Black Swan (暗黒スワン, Ankoku Suwan ?, Ankoku Swan) attacked Hyoga Shun and then first appears near the edge of the Mansion Kido which leaves the mark of the cross of the swan in a tree where they trained small Ikki and Shun. The brand is found soon after by Andromeda Shun Black Swan and then causes heavy snow in the area.
  • The black swan (Cygnus atratus) is a large waterbird, a species of swan, which breeds mainly in the southeast and southwest regions of Australia. The species was hunted to extinction in New Zealand, but later reintroduced. Within Australia they are nomadic, with erratic migration patterns dependent upon climatic conditions. Black swans are large birds with mostly black plumage and red bills. They are monogamous breeders that share incubation duties and cygnet rearing between the sexes. Black swans have been introduced to various countries as an ornamental bird in the 1800s, but have escaped and formed stable populations. A small population of Black swans exists on the River Thames at Marlow, and near the River Itchen, Hampshire. Described scientifically by English naturalist John Latham in 1790, the black swan was formerly placed into a monotypic genus, Chenopis. Black swans can be found by themselves, or in loose companies numbering into the hundreds or even thousands. Black swans are popular birds in zoological gardens and bird collections, and escapees are sometimes seen outside their natural range. Black swans are mostly black-feathered birds, with white flight feathers. The bill is bright red, with a pale bar and tip; and legs and feet are greyish-black. Cobs (males) are slightly larger than pens (females), with a longer and straighter bill. Cygnets (immature birds) are a greyish-brown with pale-edged feathers. A mature black swan measures between 110 and 142 centimetres (43 and 56 in) in length and weighs 3.7–9 kilograms (8.2–19.8 lb). Its wing span is between 1.6 and 2 metres (5.2 and 6.6 ft). The neck is long (relatively the longest neck among the swans) and curved in an "S"-shape. The black swan utters a musical and far reaching bugle-like sound, called either on the water or in flight, as well as a range of softer crooning notes. It can also whistle, especially when disturbed while breeding and nesting. When swimming, black swans hold their necks arched or erect and often carry their feathers or wings raised in an aggressive display. In flight, a wedge of black swans will form as a line or a V, with the individual birds flying strongly with undulating long necks, making whistling sounds with their wings and baying, bugling or trumpeting calls. The black swan is unlike any other Australian bird, although in poor light and at long range it may be confused with a magpie goose in flight. However, the black swan can be distinguished by its much longer neck and slower wing beat. One captive population of black swans in Lakeland, Florida have produced a few individuals which are a light mottled grey color instead of black. The black swan is common in the wetlands of southwestern and eastern Australia and adjacent coastal islands. In the south west the range encompasses an area between North West Cape, Cape Leeuwin and Eucla; while in the east it covers are large region bounded by the Atherton Tableland, the Eyre Peninsula and Tasmania, with the Murray Darling Basin supporting very large populations of black swans. It is uncommon in central and northern Australia. The black swan's preferred habitat extends across fresh, brackish and salt water lakes, swamps and rivers with underwater and emergent vegetation for food and nesting materials. Permanent wetlands are preferred, including ornamental lakes, but black swans can also be found in flooded pastures and tidal mudflats, and occasionally on the open sea near islands or the shore. Black swans were once thought to be sedentary, but the species is now known to be highly nomadic. There is no set migratory pattern, but rather opportunistic responses to either rainfall or drought. In high rainfall years, emigration occurs from the south west and south east into the interior, with a reverse migration to these heartlands in drier years. When rain does fall in the arid central regions, black swans will migrate to these areas to nest and raise their young. However, should dry conditions return before the young have been raised, the adult birds will abandon the nests and their eggs or cygnets and return to wetter areas. Black swans, like many other water fowl, lose all their flight feathers at once when they moult after breeding and they are unable to fly for about a month. During this time they will usually settle on large, open waters for safety. The species has a large range, with figures between one to ten million km2 given as the extent of occurrence. The current global population is estimated to be up to 500,000 individuals. No threat of extinction or significant decline in population has been identified with this numerous and widespread bird. Black swans were first seen by Europeans in 1697, when Willem de Vlamingh's expedition explored the Swan River, Western Australia. Before the arrival of the Māori in New Zealand, a subspecies of the black swan known as the New Zealand swan had developed in the islands, but was apparently hunted to extinction. In 1864, the Australian black swan was introduced to New Zealand as an ornamental waterfowl and populations are now common on larger coastal or inland lakes, especially Rotorua Lakes, Lake Wairarapa, Lake Ellesmere, and the Chatham Islands. Black swans have also naturally flown to New Zealand, leading scientists to consider them a native rather than exotic species, although the present population appears to be largely descended from deliberate introductions. The black swan is also very popular as an ornamental waterbird in western Europe, especially Britain, and escapees are commonly reported. As yet, the population in Britain is not considered to be self-sustaining and so the species is not afforded admission to the official British List, but the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust have recorded a maximum of nine breeding pairs in the UK in 2001, with an estimate of 43 feral birds in 2003-2004. A colony of black swans in Dawlish, Devon has become so well associated with the town that the bird has been the town's emblem for forty years. The black swan is almost exclusively herbivorous, and while there is some regional and seasonal variation, the diet is generally dominated by aquatic and marshland plants. In New South Wales the leaf of reedmace (genus Typha) is the most important food of birds in wetlands, followed by submerged algae and aquatic plants such as Vallisneria. In Queensland, aquatic plants such as Potamogeton, stoneworts, and algae are the dominant foods. The exact composition varies with water level; in flood situations where normal foods are out of reach black swans will feed on pasture plants on shore. The black swan feeds in a similar manner to other swans. When feeding in shallow water it will dip its head and neck under the water and it is able to keep its head flat against the bottom while keeping its body horizontal. In deeper water the bird up-ends to reach lower. Black swans are also able to filter feed at the water's surface. Like other swans, the black swan is largely monogamous, pairing for life (about 6% divorce rate). Recent studies have shown that around a third of all broods exhibit extra-pair paternity. An estimated one-quarter of all pairings are homosexual, mostly between males. They steal nests, or form temporary threesomes with females to obtain eggs, driving away the female after she lays the eggs. Generally, black swans nest in the wetter winter months (February to September), occasionally in large colonies. A black swan nest is essentially a large heap or mound of reeds, grasses and weeds between 1 and 1.5 metres (3-4½ feet) in diameter and up to 1 metre high, in shallow water or on islands. A nest is reused every year, restored or rebuilt as needed. Both parents share the care of the nest. A typical clutch contains 4 to 8 greenish-white eggs that are incubated for about 35–40 days. Incubation begins after the laying of the last egg, in order to synchronise the hatching of the chicks. Prior to the commencement of incubation the parent will sit over the eggs without actually warming them. Both sexes incubate the eggs, with the female incubating at night. The change over between incubation periods is marked by ritualised displays by both sexes. If eggs accidentally roll out of the nest both sexes will retrieve the egg using the neck (in other swan species only the female performs this feat). Like all swans, black swans will aggressively defend their nests with their wings and beaks. After hatching, the cygnets are tended by the parents for about 9 months until fledging. Cygnets may ride on their parent's back for longer trips into deeper water, but black swans undertake this behaviour less frequently than mute and black-necked swans. The black swan is protected in New South Wales, Australia under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (s.5). It is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  • The Black Swan is a pirate operating in/near the Empire State. She is a woman of mystery, even her real name is unknown. Outrageous and contradictory tales of the beautiful pilot can be heard across North America. The Swan even seems to be aware of, and confirm, these stories. She formed a band of pilots in 1933 and has raided the People's Collective, the Industrial States of America, the Dixie and the Republic of Texas. As a privateer, the Swan and her group concentrate on Dixie and ISA shipping -- causing her the price on her head to top $10,000!
  • Die junge, aufstrebende Ballerina Nina bekommt die Doppelrolle ihres Lebens: In "Schwanensee" soll sie sowohl den weißen als auch den schwarzen Schwan verkörpern. Nina ist die perfekte Rolle für den weißen Schwan, aber beim Gegenpart muss sie lernen, die dunkle Seite in sich hervorzubringen. Angetrieben von dem Ballettdirektor Thomas Leroy versucht sie verzweifelt, ihre Blockaden zu überwinden. Ausgerechnet die attraktive Kollegin Lily hat all das, was Nina zu fehlen scheint...
  • A black swan event is an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often inappropriately rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. Such events, considered extreme outliers, collectively play vastly larger roles than regular occurrences.
  • Black Swan is the fourth episode of Season 1 of FlashForward. It first aired on October 15, 2009.
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