The upcoming blockbuster,High Strung Free Dance, is causing a buzz (who doesn’t love sầu a great dance movie?), and we were thrilled to meet some of the stars atSóDança’s booth atDancerPalooza in July. With the release of the movie happening in October, hype is well và truly starting to lớn build. We wanted lớn find out more about what it was like on mix, the best bits of the movie và, of course, the incredible SóDança wardrobes the cast got to wear.
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As most professional dancers know, working together with other artists is always a highlight of the job. Jorgene Makemãng cầu, who plays female antagonist Kayla Jordan, loved the filming experience from start lớn finish. “It took six weeks for us khổng lồ film,” she explains, “và we were in Romania all together, so the cast got really cthua trận. We all just got lớn hang out & spkết thúc a lot of time together.”
Fellow cast member & rapper Ali Tomineek, who plays Alex, agrees. “I loved being around the cast và vibing off of their energy. It’s such an energetic movie,” he says. “The performances from everybody, the dancing, the rapping, the whole production was just so amazing.”
Harry Jarvis, who plays Charlie, shares, “There are so many unbelievably talented performers all around you, và you’re in the middle of that. I was playing the piano, Ali was rapping, & it was absolutely beautiful khổng lồ be a part of that and in the middle of the hub of the energy.”
“There’s so much talent,” Tomineek adds. “I lượt thích to be around talented individuals because it starts to lớn seep off of them on lớn me. Ialways get more driven when I’m around talented people.”
Not only was a talented cast assembled forHigh Strung, but incredible choreographers came together to create the countless dance scenes that trang điểm the movie as well. “Tyce Diorio was thehead choreographer on it,” says Makena. “And Phillip Chbeeb, Desmond Richardson, Myles Thatcher & San Francisteo Ballet all worked on it.NakulDev Mahajan did a huge Bollywood number for me, which was kind of my entrance in the movie. The các mục of choreographers was amazing!”
Inspiring choreography isn’t the only impressive part of the movie.High Strung’s costume designer reached out to lớn Só Dança during pre-production with a goal of making sure all the dancewear was fashion forward và bang on trover. “Every dancer looked incredible,” Makena says. “Juliet & I got khổng lồ wear all these different styles ofSoDanca’s shoes, so that was really awesome. And my character Kayla is kind of the bad girl, so I got to lớn wear all the extravagant stuff! I had the rhinestones và sparkles, and anything that was just really pop-star material. It was great.”
The end result is a movie that Makemãng cầu, Tomineek and Jarvis say will blow us away. “It’s just magical,” describes Jarvis. “It really is, và if you get a chance to go & watch it, vị because it is unreal.”
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“It’s breathtaking,” Tomineek adds. “I wasn’t on mix for the entire filming of the movie, so seeing what else was brought really surprised me. Seeing Harry’s performance I was like, he killed it. Killed it. It’s an amazing movie all around. The last shot is like; you have sầu to go see. You have sầu khổng lồ go see the movie!”
Makemãng cầu is just as emphatic. “I think people will love that every single scene has dance in it. Just one number after the next,” she says. “There are all different kinds of styles in it, & there are so many different dancers in it that you’ll recognize from other things so it’s really awesome.”
As for the best bits of the movie, all three cast members had their own take. “My favorite for sure is my Bollywood number,” says Makena. “It’s the first time you see me as a pop star, and it’s a huge musical scene. I got lớn perform in front of Thomas Doherty, and I was just living my whole dreams in it!”
Tomineek shares, “I would say my favorite scene is the last musical dance number because the way it’s all building up lớn the final performance. The way that they put the twist & turn; I can’t even put it into words. The final dance scene, it just puts the cherry on top.”
“Filming the final dance scene was the most incredible one for me,” agrees Jarvis, “but in terms of actually watching, there’s a dance called ‘Lion’ that Juliet does as a duet. I rethành viên watching it on the side, probably about day four, five sầu of filming. That’s the day I truly realized like, ‘Oh wow! This movie is going to lớn be something else.’ Her dancing there made me truly appreciate ballet in the way that I never had before because it’s such an art khung.”
That moment of realization is one Jarvis hopes moviegoers will experience when they seeHigh Strung for the first time, too. “Even the people who aren’t interested in dance so much, or aren’t interested in rap, or whatever it is,” he explains, “I hope that this movie inspires those people because it did for me. As just an actor, it definitely opened my eyes to lớn a whole new world out there.”
For fans of the movie, So Dança has created the HSFDxSD capsule collection featuring chất lượng tops and leggings inspired by the movie. The proceeds for this collection will go towards American Dance Movement, a foundation funded by Nigel Lythgoe, with the full intention of helping the foundation with their important mission of expanding access khổng lồ dance. Shop the collection here.
High Strung Free Dance is released in the USA on October 11. Visit the official website here.
To view SóDança’s full dancewear range, clickhere.
Interviews by Deborah Searle of Dance Informa. Article by By Emily Newton-Smith of Dance Informa.
