I also loved the show. Very sad there will be no second season.

I almost didn’t watch this show because of these comments but finally did—totally loved it. Of course much of it is absurd, but the actors’ charisma and access to the ballet world were amazing. Also many very funny asides. Like when Genevieve notices Ina at a performance. “With Jeffrey”.

I LOVED this show though it takes some getting used to. Just finished yesterday and excited it's already renewed and we get more episodes. The characters grew on me, like annoying people you know, don't necessarily even like but also care about because you understand them and why they do what they do so well.

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Anonymous wrote:I watched first episode. Not planning to watch anymore. If you love ballet you may enjoy it. Most of the characters just seem really cliche and annoying. The whole Cheyenne scene on the boat was brutal to sit through.

I finally tried an ep this morning, and completely agree.

Np it is worth continuing to watch as it gets a lot better.

Agree. I almost turned it off during the boat scene. It was much too ridiculous. Luckily it got much better.

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Anonymous wrote:I watched first episode. Not planning to watch anymore. If you love ballet you may enjoy it. Most of the characters just seem really cliche and annoying. The whole Cheyenne scene on the boat was brutal to sit through.

I finally tried an ep this morning, and completely agree.

Np it is worth continuing to watch as it gets a lot better.

Anonymous wrote:I watched first episode. Not planning to watch anymore. If you love ballet you may enjoy it. Most of the characters just seem really cliche and annoying. The whole Cheyenne scene on the boat was brutal to sit through.

I finally tried an ep this morning, and completely agree.

I watched first episode. Not planning to watch anymore. If you love ballet you may enjoy it. Most of the characters just seem really cliche and annoying. The whole Cheyenne scene on the boat was brutal to sit through.

I agree the doubles are really good. And the transitions between actor and dancer-doubles are pretty smooth. I didn’t really notice the change and it didn’t take me out of the moment.

I just read Kelly Bishop’s memoir and it made me really appreciate Amy Palladino and how much she cares for the actors she works with, and her characters and shows. Highly recommend the book. I was so happy to see her in this!

Thanks, I appreciate the ballet lover perspective.

I have extremely mixed feelings about ASD and have hate-watched a lot of her stuff.

However, I'm a total ballet geek and will watch literally any ballet-centric movie or TV show. So my comments are for ballet lovers and ballet lovers only. This show is really into ballet.

This one has a lot of actual ballet in it! Like the third episode features a solid 20 minutes of excerpts from real ballets mostly featuring real ballet dancers (some of the leads are using body doubles in parts, but their doubles are very good). I love the snippets of rehearsals they show. I love the whole storyline with the choreographer and I love the work they have him producing.

Apparently all the new work in the show was choreographed by Marguerite Derricks, which makes sense because it's all very camera friendly and she's so good at that. But I was still impressed by how convincing the ballet was, as most of her work is more commercial, but I bought that the Tobias-choreographed work was contemporary ballet for a major company. Kudos to Derricks.

Tiler Peck is in it. Her acting is only okay but they kept her stuff light and weird and it works okay. It's delightful watching her dance in character.

But just generally it is very cool to see so many actual, working ballet dancers featured so heavily doing what they do. One of my favorite parts of each episode is when they play the end credits over footage of the dancers in the studio, rehearsing or training. It is all very natural and authentic. Ballet dancers are like Olympic athletes, what they do is phenomenally hard and they train for hours a day every day for many years to get to the point these dancers are at. I'm enormously grateful to the Palladinos for making it. Hurray for ballet! The story is silly and fine. I like the both the actors playing the directors of the respective companies.

Gael pissed me off so much in that last episode. Love Tobias and that insane performance. The actress who plays Cheyenne is really talented. Not sure this would get a season 2, but I’d watch it.

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Anonymous wrote:None of the characters are likable or interesting.

ASP isn’t capable of writing likable characters. Stopped watching Maisel after one season and Gilmore Girls is unwatchable as an adult.

Emily Gilmore was likeable, Lane, Melissa McCarthy's character too. I think Mishi is likeable and so is the choreographer in this one.

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Anonymous wrote:None of the characters are likable or interesting.

ASP isn’t capable of writing likable characters. Stopped watching Maisel after one season and Gilmore Girls is unwatchable as an adult.

I disagree. Loved GG, Bunhead, and Maisel characters, but not these.

Anonymous wrote:None of the characters are likable or interesting.

ASP isn’t capable of writing likable characters. Stopped watching Maisel after one season and Gilmore Girls is unwatchable as an adult.