Luke Kirby, Gideon Glick And Lou De Laâge Hope Their Ballet Series ‘Étoile’ Reinforces That The Arts Are Worth Saving – Contenders TV
deadline.comA trio of stars of the upcoming Prime Video series Étoile previewed their show at Deadline’s Contenders Television. Created by Amy Sherman-Palladino and Dan Palladino, Étoile is set in the world of struggling ballet companies — one in New York, one in Paris — who swap stars to help improve attendance.
Luke Kirby plays one of the company’s executive directors, Jack, while Lou de Laâge and writer Gideon Glick play dancers. All three appeared to talk about the series, which premieres April 24.
With funding for the arts on the chopping block in real life, Kirby said he worries about the arts regardless of whether he’s playing a ballet company director. “I worry about it most certainly, then I kind of just keep coming back to just trying to encourage young people to get into space together,” Kirby said. “I worry about it … especially performing arts, anything that brings strangers into a room together.
I hope that that appetite is within us in a way where we’ll always find our way back to it.” RELATED: Contenders TV — Deadline’s Complete Coverage Glick, who was offered the role only after he’d been working on scripts with the Palladinos, said he hopes Étoile makes ballet more accessible to mainstream audiences. “This is a show about people who love to create and who love art and will sacrifice anything to do it,” Glick said. “I hope that maybe inspires other people that they can do the same.” Étoile is French actor de Laâge’s first English-speaking role.
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