Tim Streeto (Etoile Editor) Video interview

Étoile editor Tim Streeto Was more than happy to trace it Amy Sherman Palladino And Daniel Palladino After their successful cooperation The wonderful woman Maisel led to three Emmy Award nominations for streeto and years of recognition.

“There was scuttlebutt that they were planning another show and when they asked me to arrive, I was enthusiastic,” says Streeto Gold Derby as part of our meet the exext: TV Editors Panel.

Streaming now on Prime Video, Étoile concentrates on Jack McMillan (Mrs. Maisel Emmy winner Luke Kirby), the artistic director of the New York Metropolitan Ballet, and Geneviève Lavigne (Charlotte Gainsbourg), the preliminary artistic director of Le Ballet National in Paris, and her attempts to revive interest in the art form by changing companies. The meta increase of Étoile It is that Sherman-Palladino, who was classically trained in ballet as a child, can do the same for ballet with the series itself.

For Streeto, separate yourself Étoile out of Mrs. Maisel Was Table Stake. “I try to approach everything that I do as a clean slate,” he explains. “Even if I've already worked with people, I think it is the best approach to have a new look at everything.”

To ÉtoileStreeto leaned into the established world of the ballet as valuable, although he tried to avoid past representations of the art form if possible.

“I saw a lot of contemporary ballet on YouTube just because I am not quite familiar with ballet,” he says. “I also rely on our choreographer Marguerite DerricksAnd Amy himself. “

He learned that the stereotype of the ballet on the screen “delicate, pretty and precious” did not told the whole story.

“What I saw when I was on the set and watched her and spoke to the dancers, and then only the scenes we had with the dancers is how strong and physically these people are,” he says. “Some of them are tiny in the stature, but their strength is simply incredible and their flexibility. It is so physical and requires so much strength and commitment.”

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