top of page
’In the Heights’: How they Danced Up the Side of a Building
Chris O'Falt
June 18, 2021
It seems like a visual effect, a piece of gravity defying wizardry created in a computer. But it’s not.
Nina (Leslie Grace) and Benny (Corey Hawkins), in a quiet moment between two young lovers about be apart, dance up the side of a Washington Heights apartment building in the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers-inspired musical number “When the Sun Goes Down.”
It seems like a visual effect, a piece of gravity defying wizardry created in a computer. But it’s not.
Nina (Leslie Grace) and Benny (Corey Hawkins), in a quiet moment between two young lovers about be apart, dance up the side of a Washington Heights apartment building in the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers-inspired musical number “When the Sun Goes Down.”
bottom of page