Ever since High Strung: Free Dance—the sequel to the original, fabulously dancy movie—was announced last summer, we’ve been eager for peeks at the behind-the-scenes action. And yesterday, the High Strung team dropped the juiciest preview footage since our own Facebook Live events on set. Featuring star Juliet Doherty, fantastic supporting cast members like Phillip Chbeeb […]
It’s almost too good: To celebrate “Step Up: High Water” premiering on YouTube Red, producer Jenna Dewan-Tatum decided to share footage of her audition for the ORIGINAL Step Up movie. As in, a circa 2005 tape of baby Jenna showing off some impressive moves—and some impressive chemistry with baby Channing Tatum. It is all kinds […]
It’s been a major week for dance movie sequels. First we got wind of the upcoming YouTube series inspired by Step Up—and now comes the news that there’s going to be a second High Strung movie, with a cast just as stellar as the original film’s. High Strung: Free Dance will follow a talented contemporary […]
We’ve been endlessly curious about budding ballerina Juliet Doherty’s movie project, On Pointe, since we first got wind of it back in March. At that point, the film’s producers were hoping to raise the funds they needed to complete the project via Kickstarter. Well, they ended up not just meeting but exceeding their fundraising goal […]
Today in “How has this not already happened?” news: Benjamin Millepied—former New York City Ballet principal, former artistic director of the Paris Opéra Ballet, founder/director of L.A. Dance Project, and Mr. Natalie Portman—is going to direct and choreograph a big-screen film, Carmen. According to Variety, the new project is “a contemporary musical drama inspired by […]
You guys, there’s a new animated ballet movie in the works called Ballerina, and while we don’t know a ton about it, we’re calling it now: It’s gonna be great. Why? Let’s review: The film’s choreography is being overseen by incoming Paris Opéra Ballet artistic director Aurelie Dupont. That’s a can’t-go-wrong level of expertise. This […]
Here’s a recipe for a delicious dance movie mash-up: Gather a gaggle of gorgeous ballerinas and a few top-notch hip-hop crews. Mix in a bunch of talented classical musicians. Add killer choreography by Dave Scott. Shake well. What’s this magical cinematic concoction called? High Strung—and it’s coming to theaters this summer. (From left) Rik (Ian […]
Is it Friday yet? WOMP. If you, like us, are suffering from a severe case of the Mondays, we’ve got a little something to ease your pain (or at least distract you from whatever productive thing you “should” be doing). You know we love a good dance-in-movies supercut, and today, we’re sharing perhaps the most […]