Amanda Balen
Acting
Biography
Amanda Balen is a backup dancer and choreographer. Balen has appeared in La La Land, A Star Is Born (2018), Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen and Hamilton. She previously performed with Lady Gaga and Celine Dion.
Place of Birth: Canada
Known For
The End of an Era
A behind-the-scenes docuseries event chronicling the development, impact, and inner workings that created the phenomenon that was Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour, as well as providing an intimate look at Taylor's life as her tour made headlines and thrilled fans around the world. The series also spotlights performers, family members, and friends — including Gracie Abrams, Sabrina Carpenter, Ed Sheeran, and Florence Welch — offering never-before-seen insight into what it took to create a phenomenon.
Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden
Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden is a 2011 concert special documenting the February 21 and 22, 2011 shows of Lady Gaga's The Monster Ball Tour. It features concert footage as well as pre-concert and backstage content.
TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR
A concert film documenting Taylor Swift's record-breaking Eras Tour (2023-2024). Filmed during the Los Angeles shows, the film captures the tour's ten acts, each representing a different musical era from Swift's career. The film showcases over 40 songs, elaborate stage productions, and Swift's performance.
Lady Gaga: iTunes Festival 2013
Lady Gaga opens the iTunes Festival with an hour-long performance of music from her upcoming album ARTPOP. Surrounded by her Little Monsters in London's celebrated Roundhouse, Lady Gaga performs seven new songs, including her hit single "Applause."
La La Land
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show
Filmed at the end of the tour in Vancouver, B.C., with the entire Tortured Poets Department set.
A Star Is Born
Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.
Like Sunday, Like Rain
A struggling musician becomes a 12-year-old musical prodigy's guardian for a summer.
Taylor Swift | The Official Release Party of a Showgirl
The exclusive world premiere of the music video "The Fate of Ophelia", along with behind-the-scenes footage from the music video shoot, brand new lyric videos, and Taylor Swift's personal reflections on songs from her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl.
Glee
In this musical comedy, optimistic high school teacher Will Schuester tries to refuel his own passion while reinventing the high school's glee club and challenging a group of outcasts to realize their star potential as they strive to outshine their singing competition while navigating the cruel halls of McKinley High.
Filmography
as Self - Dancer & Associate Choreographer
as Dancer
as Self - Dance Captain
as SNL Dancer
as Traffic Dancer - Conductor
as Miss New York - Football Beauty Contest Contestant (uncredited)
as Amanda (uncredited)
as Self - Dancer
as Sorority Girl
as Unnamed Cheerio 1 (uncredited)
as Female Chorus Dancer