‘Étoile’ and the Curious Case of Putting Performing Arts on Screen

‘Étoile’ and the Curious Case of Putting Performing Arts on Screen

Amy Sherman-Palladino has always wanted to make television about dance.

The “Gilmore Girls” and “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” creator’s latest, “Étoile,” follows two prestigious dance companies in New York and Paris who decide to swap their top talent in an attempt to shake things up and bring more eyes to the arts. Back in 2012, just a few years off “Gilmore Girls,” Sherman-Palladino helmed a season of “Bunheads,” starring Sutton Foster as a former Vegas showgirl who…