by Hana Le for Dance Spirit | Sep 18, 2025 | Profiles
Imagine not knowing a single ballet step and being asked to perform with American Ballet Theatre. That’s how 22-year-old dance artist Taïs Vinolo, who starred in Amazon Prime Video’s now-canceled “Étoile,” describes her experience learning how to act as she filmed the...
by Amy Brandt | May 29, 2025 | Career, Pointe+
For dancers and ballet fans, the new Amazon Prime series “Étoile” has been a rare opportunity to see their favorite art form—however fictionalized on the show—celebrated in mainstream pop culture. The new series, created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino...
by Amy Brandt | Mar 26, 2025 | News, The Latest
We are one month away from the premiere of Amazon Prime’s new series “Étoile,” and if you’re like us, you are counting down the days. The series, created by “Bunheads” and “Gilmore Girls” duo Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, follows two ballet companies—one...
by Sarah McKenna Barry | Sep 21, 2023 | News, The Latest
Ten years after the curtain fell on Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino’s “Bunheads,” we learned that the “Gilmore Girls” creator had a second ballet show up her sleeve. Daniel Palladino and Amy Sherman Palladino. Photo courtesy Prime Video. As...
