[2] She moved away from home at the age of 12[3] to train at the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, D.C.. At 16 years old, she move to St. Petersburg, Russia to train at the Vaganova Ballet Academy.
[3] During her time with Stattballet Berlin, she danced solos created for her in Marco Goecke's And the Sky on that Cloudy Day and Itzik Galili's Open Square.
[1] In 2015, Schwan moved to New York City as a freelance dancer and choreographer.
During this time, she worked with Emery LeCrone and Twyla Tharp.
[1][2] She also acted in S. Dylan Zwickel's immersive theater production Here We Dance and choreographed Iggy Azalea and Rita Ora's performance of "Black Widow" for the MTV VMAs.