This could have been a half-decent scandal, but Page Six is making it sound like nothing much happened. A few nights ago, Natalie Portman went to the American Ballet Theatre’s new show (which her baby-daddy Benjamin Millepied choreographed – partially). Natalie might have run into Isabella Boylston, the chick who was Benjamin’s girlfriend when he began work on Black Swan – Isabella was the chick that got dumped in favor of Natalie (and her industry connections). Page Six doesn’t say whether or not the two women actually came face-to-face though.
There appears to be no tension between Natalie Portman and the American Ballet Theater’s Isabella Boylston, the ballerina dumped by choreographer Benjamin Millepied when he met the “Black Swan” star, who’s now his fiancée. A heavily pregnant and glowing Portman accompanied Millepied to ABT’s performance of his new piece in the company’s repertory program Tuesday night.
But first she watched his former girlfriend dance as a lead in a work which included most of the company. Boylston also performed in the last piece. Missing was soloist Sarah Lane, who caused a controversy when she said she did most of the dancing for the “Black Swan” part that won Portman an Oscar.
Lane said earlier this year, “I’ve been doing this for 22 years, and to say that someone trained for a year and a half and did what I did is degrading not only to me but to the entire ballet world.”
While ABT reps didn’t get back to us, we’re told Lane was due to take to the stage last night.
[From Page Six]
Oooh, so Sarah Lane didn’t show up. Wait, if Benjamin choreographed at least one of the pieces, did he cast it too? Did he cast his ex-girlfriend Isabella and his current pregnant girlfriend’s former body/dance double Sarah Lane? I guess my question is – does Benjamin screw around on Natalie with any ballerina he can get? And, does the Black Swan-dance double controversy hurt Benjamin within the ranks of the ballet community? If ballerinas are boycotting anything to do with Benjamin (and Natalie!), he might have a bigger problems.
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