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Strikes, Scaffolding & Lots Of Mirrors: ‘Étoile’ Crew On Challenges Of Making Ballet Series

For the below-the-line team of Prime Video's Étoile, creating the show was an undertaking shaped by both creative triumphs and major challenges.

But we couldn’t.” Ultimately, many Parisian interiors — including a grand studio modeled after the Palais Garnier — were built from scratch, allowing the crew to assert control over key environments. For Davison, part of the joy of the opportunity with Étoile was the fact that professional dancers like Taïs Vinolo would get the chance to demonstrate their chops on screen for the first time. Hair and makeup departments also rose to the occasion on Étoile, leaning into Amy Sherman-Palladino’s instincts as to the visual thumbprint for each character, while precisely matching dance doubles to lead actors.

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