The singer’s longtime pal was instrumental in helping her find the visionary for her concerts’ dance numbers.

How Emma Stone influenced the choreography for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour

The singer's longtime pal was instrumental in helping her find the visionary for her concerts' dance numbers.

By Emlyn Travis

Emlyn Travis is a news writer at **. She has been working at EW since 2022. Her work has previously appeared on MTV News, Teen Vogue, and *NME*.

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December 12, 2025 8:00 a.m. ET

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Emma Stone; Taylor Swift. Credit: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images; Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images

Taylor Swift is sharing the big impact Emma Stone had on the Eras Tour. **

The "Fate of Ophelia" singer revealed that her longtime pal was the person who connected her with the tour's choreographer, Mandy Moore, in the second episode of her new Disney+ docuseries, *The End of an Era*.**

The *So You Think You Can Dance *star would eventually sign on to work with Swift to craft the iconic routines featured in her three-hour concerts.

Choreographer Mandy Moore in 2016.

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Stone and Moore worked together on Damien Chazelle's Oscar-winning 2016 romantic musical, *La La Land*.

The choreographer's other credits include films like *Silver Linings Playbook*, *American Hustle*, and Swift's recent video for her *Life of a Showgirl* single "The Fate of Ophelia."**

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The second *End of an Era* episode pulls back the curtain on how Moore and associate choreographer Amanda Balen created a dance routine for Swift and Florence Welch's surprise performance of their *Tortured Poets Department* hit "Florida" at the final London show of the Eras Tour in August 2024. **

Moore and Balen can be seen crafting the track's choreography in a ballroom before teaching it to the Eras Tour dancers before the show. They then hold a run-through performance for Swift so that she can provide feedback.**

After making a few adjustments, the pair teach Swift and Welch their own moves, which they execute perfectly the evening of the concert. Welch would later return as a special guest to perform "Florida" with Swift at all three of her Miami Eras Tour dates in October 2024.

Florence + the Machine's Florence Welch and Taylor Swift perform for The Eras Tour in Miami Gardens in October 2024.

Stone has her own connection to "Florida." She is credited on *The Tortured Poets Department* for contributing "oddities" to the track, though it's not clear what exactly that means. **

Swift and Stone have been friends for decades, with the latter likely serving as the inspiration for Swift's "When Emma Falls in Love." The sweet song was included as an extra "from the vault" track on Swift's 2023 re-recored album, *Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)*.

The first two episodes of *End of an Era *are streaming now on Disney+.

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