Another Friday night, another chance to peer into the abyss with Dateline NBC. This week’s installment, “Deadly Dance,” looks at a case as complicated as a Balanchine ballet – a former ballerina accused of offing her significantly older husband. It’s a story that pirouettes between claims of self-defense and cold-blooded murder, set against the backdrop of a relationship allegedly rife with abuse. Dateline has a knack for this sort of thing, so let’s see what they’ve got.
This case, which the media has predictably dubbed the “Black Swan” murder, grabbed headlines and even spurred protests. “Deadly Dance” aims to unpack the story, examining the accusations of abuse within the marriage and how those accusations play into the defense’s strategy. Was this a desperate act of self-preservation, or something more calculated?
Andrea Canning leads the reporting from Lakewood Ranch, Florida, talking to the usual Dateline suspects: law enforcement, various experts, and people who knew the couple.
“Deadly Dance” airs Friday, November 15, at 10 p.m. ET/9 p.m. CT on NBC.
