Typically, in ballet a black swan is seen as evil, seductive, and malignant. A black swan is usually the inverse of a white swan, where the white swan embodies goodness and positive attributes the black swan embodies evil and negative traits. There was weird movie awhile ago about ballet dancers and being the black swan character in a ballet looked kinda nuts frankly. It was directed by Darren Aronosfsky and won a bunch of awards, I think best actress, I don’t know I didn’t see it. Any ways this crown makes for an awesome dark fairy or evil princess costume piece also, think Titania from Shakespeare’s A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream. Of course, if your dead set on an evil ballerina then you’ll be hard pressed to find a better tiara.This well-crafted costume piece is made from a solid piece of metal and meticulously detailed, a wonderful high quality addition to numerous costumes.