Dance in Film · 2018
The Favourite (2018)
Constanza Macras turns Lady Sarah’s palace dance with Masham into a deadpan power display: their rigid court formation erupts into mirrored handwork, sharp kicks, and vogue-like poses while Queen Anne’s excluded gaze converts comic anachronism into political injury.
The Favourite is a 2018 dance feature film centred on ballroom and social dance. For dancers, it's a chance to see the style performed on screen — the phrasing, partnering, and musicality that the same dances carry onto a real floor.
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Where to watch: U.S. digital rental or purchase was listed through Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, and Fandango At Home on 2026-08-09; availability and pricing may change.
The dance sequences in The Favourite
1 sequence — what is danced, by whom, and where to find it.
Sarah and Samuel's anachronistic court dance
VogueDanced by Rachel Weisz (Lady Sarah); Joe Alwyn (Samuel Masham) · Choreography Constanza Macras
The deadpan waist-wrap lift, messy voguing, catwalk finish and Anne's shouted "Stop it!"
Begins inside formal court etiquette, then jolts into lifts, voguing and a catwalk passage; the deliberate anachronism turns Sarah's social dominance and Queen Anne's exclusion into physical action.
Watch this sequence · This sequence is on YouTube as a standalone clip. One continuous scene; no edition-specific timestamp claimed. Springback's scene study embeds the exact Spotlight clip and identifies the court dance, performers, choreographer, vogue passage and ending. The exact taxonomy join is vogue; it describes the explicit voguing passage within a broader formal-to-contemporary fusion.
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