The worldwide microcosm of elite ballet is now getting its personal fictionalized drama. “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino write, direct, and govt produce Prime Video collection “Étoile” about rival dance firms swapping their high dancers as a part of a advertising and marketing marketing campaign.
Charlotte Gainsbourg leads the collection as Geneviève, the interim normal director of l’Opera Francais and Le Ballet Nationwide, who devises a plan with Jack (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” Emmy winner Luke Kirby), the manager director of the Metropolitan Ballet Theater, to commerce their ballerinas for one yr. Whereas the collection shouldn’t be based mostly on the precise dancer swap between Paris and New York Metropolis in 2009, it’s proof that typically actual life, particularly within the dance world, is stranger than fiction. (Co-creator Palladino instructed Vainness Truthful that it was as an alternative Frederick Wiseman’s documentary “La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet” that impressed “Étoile.”)
Kelly Bishop, Yanic Truesdale, Gideon Glick, Lou de Laâge, and David Alvarez additionally star within the collection.
“Melancholia” alum Gainsbourg instructed Vainness Truthful that she considers “Étoile” to be her English-language comedy debut.
“For me, it was very new to do a comedy in English,” Gainsbourg stated. “I’ve finished comedies in France, and nonetheless individuals see me as a severe actress — however I really like comedies.”
Gainsbourg credited Sherman-Palladino for the tone of the collection; Sherman-Palladino was additionally a dancer previous to her TV profession. “Étoile” is the second ballet-centric collection she has created. The primary was the short-lived ABC Household collection “Bunheads” which was canceled in 2012.
“‘Bunheads’ gave us a little bit style of the enjoyable of being in that world on a smaller scale,” Sherman-Palladino stated. “I educated as a dancer, so I’ve been mystified that nothing has actually come near capturing the weirdness of the dance world. They’re an odd, wonderful bunch of individuals.”
She added, “I finished dancing the minute I spotted any person was going to truly pay me to do one thing, and I may have a sandwich. [But] my entire life, I’ve identified [that] with out ballet, the world is a lesser place. And a spot that I don’t suppose lots of people wish to be in, even when they don’t notice it.”
From Amazon MGM Studios, “Étoile” is govt produced by Amy Sherman-Palladino, Daniel Palladino, and Dhana Rivera Gilbert. Scott Ellis will function co-executive producer.
“Étoile” premieres April 24 on Prime Video. Take a look at the trailer beneath.