NCLAFF. UA Wolf Among Swans

Um Lobo Entre os Cisnes (A Wolf Among Swans). 2025. Dir. Marcos Schechtman, Helena Varvaki (Brazil). 112 min. Thiago Soares, one of Brazil's greatest ballet dancers, is offering a compelling study of artistic excellence emerging from marginalized communities. Because the mentor-student relationship invites critical discussion about power dynamics, cultural transmission, and the transformative process of artistic formation. And because its cross-cultural narrative-from Rio's favelas to the Royal Ballet in London-provides rich material for examining class mobility, cultural capital, and the globalization of the performing arts. A Wolf Among Swans is a biographical drama that follows the extraordinary journey of Thiago Soares, a boy from the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro who trades the rhythms of hip hop for the discipline of classical ballet.