The opening-night stage · Westchester
In the story: The final Swan Lake performance.
No cover slip for this role yet.
Six roles in the story. Pick one and slip in the cover.
A cast change · film · 2010
Black Swan
Notice to the audience
In the story the company dances at Lincoln Center. At this performance the final night is played by the concert hall at Purchase College, a few miles out of town.
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The company
Made on a tight schedule
The film was shot in 43 days on a budget of $13 million, Yale’s notes say.
Matthew Libatique shot it with handheld Canon digital cameras and Arriflex Super 16mm cameras, according to Yale’s notes.
Yale’s notes say Clint Mansell reworked Tchaikovsky’s score and Benjamin Millepied choreographed the dancing.
Wikipedia says Aronofsky stood backstage at Lincoln Center to watch the Bolshoi Ballet perform, as part of his research for the film.
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Slip in the cover
Who played the part tonight
Six rooms from the story, as billed. Slip in the sheet to see which real place played each one.
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Away from the city
Most of the inside was not New York
Yale’s notes say the New York exteriors took about one week, so the interiors were shot away from the city.
Seven of the 43 days drawn in gold: about a week of New York exteriors. The other days are drawn plain.
Yale’s film notes say most of the film’s interior shooting took place at SUNY Purchase’s Performing Arts Center, during the university’s winter break.
The film was shot in 43 days on a budget of $13 million, Yale’s notes say.
A working college arts centre on a campus a few miles outside New York. The concert hall opens for performances; check the college’s listings, because the grounds are not a visitor attraction in themselves.
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House lights
Go and see the covers
Lincoln Center’s plaza, the Brooklyn Museum and the Bowling Green museum are open to visit. Fourth Avenue is a street with a restaurant at the lounge’s address, Lafayette Street has lost its club, and Purchase is a working college. Nina’s flat is a private block on Eastern Parkway and is not pinned.
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Where it is now
6 places you can visit in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Westchester, plus one private block named by its street.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
Site reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. The plaza and its fountain are open to walk across. Performances inside need a ticket; check the schedule.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A public museum in the old Customs House at Bowling Green. Check its opening times before going; the interior shown in the film is inside.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. The fan list says the lounge has become a restaurant. Fourth Avenue is a public street; the photograph is a nearby building, not number 127.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. The club has closed. Lafayette Street is a public street; the photograph shows the corner block at 94–100 Lafayette Street.
The fountain on Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center, August 2015. Lydia Liu · CC BY 2.0 Manhattan · Lincoln Center, Columbus Avenue between West 63rd and 64th Streets, Upper West Side
Lincoln Center Plaza
The fan list at movie-locations.com says Leroy sits down with Nina on the plaza after she receives shocking news, and that the film’s company is based at Lincoln Center.
The plaza and its fountain are open to walk across. Performances inside need a ticket; check the schedule.
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The National Museum of the American Indian in the old Customs House at Bowling Green, September 2021. ajay_suresh · CC BY 2.0 Manhattan · 1 Bowling Green, Lower Manhattan
National Museum of the American Indian
The fan list at movie-locations.com says the interior stood in for the charity party where Nina is introduced as Beth’s replacement.
A public museum in the old Customs House at Bowling Green. Check its opening times before going; the interior shown in the film is inside.
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Fourth Avenue near East 12th Street, October 2020. A street view near number 127; Forum is not shown. Eden, Janine and Jim from New York City · CC BY 2.0 Manhattan · 127 Fourth Avenue, between East 12th and 13th Streets, near Union Square
Forum, Fourth Avenue
The fan list at movie-locations.com places the lounge where Nina goes with Lily at 127 Fourth Avenue, between East 12th and 13th Streets, called Forum.
The fan list says the lounge has become a restaurant. Fourth Avenue is a public street; the photograph is a nearby building, not number 127.
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94–100 Lafayette Street at Walker Street, February 2012. Santos Party House was at number 96. Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0 Manhattan · 96 Lafayette Street, between Walker and White Streets, Lower Manhattan
Santos Party House
The fan list at movie-locations.com puts the nightclub the group visits at Santos Party House, 96 Lafayette Street.
The club has closed. Lafayette Street is a public street; the photograph shows the corner block at 94–100 Lafayette Street.
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Stay
A room by Lincoln Center.
A hotel on the Upper West Side near the plaza.
The Empire Hotel
The Empire Hotel
Upper West Side, Manhattan
A four-star hotel whose own site says Lincoln Center is close by. Pictured: the fountain on Lincoln Center’s plaza, 2015.
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The archive
Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
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Performing Arts Center, Purchase College
Purchase College, Purchase, Westchester County, New York
The winter-break interiors
Most of the interior filming happens at Purchase’s Performing Arts Center during winter break.
The last performance
The final Swan Lake performance is filmed in the Concert Hall at Purchase instead of Lincoln Center.
Lincoln Center Plaza
Lincoln Center, Columbus Avenue between West 63rd and 64th Streets, Upper West Side
The plaza
Leroy sits down with Nina on Lincoln Center’s plaza after she receives shocking news.
Backstage research
Aronofsky watches the Bolshoi Ballet perform from backstage at Lincoln Center while researching the film.
Nina’s flat, Eastern Parkway
Eastern Parkway, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
Nina’s flat
Nina’s flat, shared with her mother Erica, is placed on Eastern Parkway, opposite the Brooklyn Museum.
Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
National Museum of the American Indian
1 Bowling Green, Lower Manhattan
The charity party
The museum’s interior stands in for the charity party where Nina is introduced as Beth’s replacement.
Forum, Fourth Avenue
127 Fourth Avenue, between East 12th and 13th Streets, near Union Square
The lounge
Nina goes with Lily to an upscale lounge with white stone walls and textured glass screens.
Santos Party House
96 Lafayette Street, between Walker and White Streets, Lower Manhattan
The club
The group goes on to the nightclub at Santos Party House.
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