She said she never saw herself as a great turner, or able to master some of the Black Swan’s tricky footwork. “It has every single ballet step in the book,” Miller says of the iconic ballet.

She said she never saw herself as a great turner, or able to master some of the Black Swan’s tricky footwork. “It has every single ballet step in the book,” Miller says of the iconic ballet.

Fluttering Arms, Aching Calves ... the devious Black Swan. “No fouettés today — save them for tonight,” directed Phelan’s coach at New York City Ballet, Kathleen Tracey.