This happens alot to dancers, who spend their lives perfecting their art. I have not seen the film, but my ballet dancing daughter has read about this film for awhile in her “Pointe” magazine.
Sarah Lane is a beautiful dancer. I saw her when she danced ABT’s new “Sleeping Beauty” when she first became Principal from soloist. She has moved quickly up in a very challenging company. ( Half the dancers in ABT aren’t Americans)
The actress Natalie, has been claimed to been “dancing” for a year to do this part. In the comments at the linked article, it is mentioned you DON’T see Natalie on pointe.
That does it right there. You can not do REAL ballet without being on POINTE. If she couldn’t get to being on pointe, then she was barely learning to do tendu’s, never mind the strength required for more challenging work, like fouette’s.
Sarah deserves to have more recognition for her work and her years of training.