Every time I see an actor dancing in a film, I wonder about their dance background. @Dance_Magazine has an interesting article about Emily Blunt’s experience learning to dance for The Adjustment Bureau.

I love that the choreographer helped Blunt overcome her nerves by “exhausting” her. I have that experience sometimes in asana class, that I need to exhaust myself, body and brain, in order to let go and just do things.

I also loved this.

Whenever Blunt began to get caught up with how she looked, Pouffer stepped in. “Swan would say, ‘Stop trying to make it pretty. Just mean something,’ ” recalls Blunt. “That’s what’s beautiful about this choreography. There’s a rawness to it. You can’t help but respond to it, even if you don’t quite know why. Maybe you don’t have to know why.”

Read the whole article here: From Movie Studio to Dance Studio