
Quick Questions with Skylar Brandt
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Dancer Skylar Brandt answers a series of quick questions with host Sophie Elgort.
What’s dancer Skylar Brandt’s favorite role? Where does she land in the debate of tights over or under a leotard? Dental floss or thread? “Portrait Mode” host Sophie Elgort gets the scoop from Brandt in a round of rapid-fire questions and a series of “This or That.”
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Quick Questions with Skylar Brandt
Clip: Episode 3 | 1m 22sVideo has Closed Captions
What’s dancer Skylar Brandt’s favorite role? Where does she land in the debate of tights over or under a leotard? Dental floss or thread? “Portrait Mode” host Sophie Elgort gets the scoop from Brandt in a round of rapid-fire questions and a series of “This or That.”
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- Okay, okay.
- Favorite role you ever played?
- Giselle.
- Last song you listened to.
- "Pyramids" - Favorite person to follow on Instagram.
- Alexis Brandt, my sister.
(laughs) - Love that.
Favorite song to dance to.
- Ooh.
Philip Glass.
- Love that answer.
- Yeah.
- This one is from my daughter.
- Okay.
- Are you in "The Nutcracker?"
- I am.
(both laugh) - But what have you played?
- About every role that there is to play, but most recently Clara.
(laughs) - All right, so this next series is "This or that?"
So you just pick which one you prefer.
- Okay.
- Tights over or under a leotard?
- Tights over.
- Turns or balance?
- Turns.
- Adagio or grand allegro.
- Hmm, adagio, which is surprising 'cause I used to hate, like abhor, adagio.
(laughs) - Odette or Odile?
- Odile.
- Dental floss or sewing thread?
- Dental floss.
(upbeat music) - Classical or contemporary?
- Classical.
- Drama or comedy?
- Drama.
- Performing in front of a crowd of friends or a crowd of strangers?
- Hmm, in front of a crowd of friends.
- "Center Stage" or "Save the Last Dance?"
- "Center Stage."
- Amazing job!
I love all your answers.
- Thanks.
That was nerve wracking too.
(both laugh)
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