Stakeholder #2

My second stakeholder is Wendy Perron. While she was not directly involved by the controversy, she was affected by it. Being a dancer, choreographer, and teacher, Perron was highly offended. She thought it was demeaning to the artistry and profession of dance that they made it seem like Natalie Portman could become a professional ballerina in a year and a half. She also represents the broader dance community of people who were offended by the controversy as well.

Saldana, Gabriel. "Backstage Ballet Warm-up." 3/27/11 via Flickr. Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic

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Wendy Perron is an older lady who is around 60 years old. She is white, has orange, curly hair, and wears glasses. Like Lane, Perron has a body of a dancer. She is very thin and healthy looking, even at an old age. She dresses conservatively and in most of her pictures she is wearing hanging earrings, which means she likes to look elegant. By just looking at her you can tell she is a well educated and sophisticated person with a lot of knowledge. You can also hear it in her voice. She speaks with wisdom and has a strong, confident voice that she projects when speaking, especially in interviews. Wendy Perron is not only a stakeholder herself, but she also represents the entire dance community. The dance community would include people who support the arts or participate the art of dance. There are several dance magazines, websites, and blogs where information is found about this group of people. Dance is also a small community where everyone pretty much knows each other. This group can be encountered digitally through websites and blogs, which are a good source of communication. The dance community is known to the world as people who are very passionate and care deeply about dance and anything related to it. 

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• “Sarah Lane, whose heavenly dancing helped make Natalie Portman believable as the ballerina Nina Sayers—thanks to face replacement—was not acknowledged by Portman at the Oscars. Not only that, but Lane was suddenly deleted from a video showing Black Swan’s special effects that was circulating on the web.” – Wendy Perron. Found here. 
• “Do people really believe that it takes only one year to make a ballerina? We know that Natalie Portman studied ballet as a kid and had a year of intensive training for the film, but that doesn’t add up to being a ballerina. However, it seems that many people believe that Portman did her own dancing in Black Swan. I think there has been a propaganda of omissions in the media that has reinforced that belief.” – Wendy Perron. Found here. 
• “Is it unusual for real dancers to get shoved under the rug in Hollywood? From the responses I got to my previous blog, no.” – Wendy Perron. Found here.  

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These  claims are credible because they come from Wendy Perron who is a credible source. However, her claims may not hold that much weight in the controversy. She is simply supporting Sarah Lane and sticking up for dancers and body doubles in movies around the world. She is stating her opinions and what she thinks rather than facts. 

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Like I said before, Wendy Perron and Sarah Lane have similar opinions and claims. They both believe in the same thing and have a passion for dance. The entire dance community has the almost the same opinion about the "Black Swan" controversy. They all believe Natalie Portman was a great actress in the movie, but do not think she should be given credit for dancing scenes that 

Sarah Lane performed. Again, they have completely opposite opinions from the cast and crew of "Black Swan," who all support Natalie.