Jan Ravnik, one of the pop star’s backup dancers, saved her during the Eras Tour incident.
Taylor Swift and her group are masters at shrugging off stage accidents!
Swift, 34, became caught on an elevated platform during her second Eras Tour show in Dublin on Saturday, June 29. Fortunately, one of her dancers assisted her.
The pop artist was left stranded midair on a platform at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium as he performed “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived,” a mainstay of the Tortured Poets Department section of the tour itinerary, when it did not retract as planned.
The portion of the structure the singer was standing on remained solidly fixed, as seen in fan-captured footage, unlike the platform across from her, which carried one of her backup dancers, Jan Ravnik, who vanished into the stage.
As always, though, Swift and Ravnik handled the technical hiccup with ease and without missing a beat.
Another video of the performance reveals that Ravnik wasted no time in going over to the star’s platform as soon as his own touched the ground. He assisted her down with ease while she grinned down at him.
Now that they were both on level ground, Swift and Ravnik carried on with their routine, reorganizing themselves prior to the “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived” bridge, where a troupe of dancers appears for some choreography reminiscent of a marching band.
Swift talked candidly about Folklore at that same Eras Tour performance, revealing that Ireland had a significant influence on the storyline development of the album’s fantasy-themed epidemic age.
Swift addressed the crowd after performing “Cardigan,” the album’s main hit that won the Grammy for album of the year in 2021. She said, “Folklore in general, it just belongs in Ireland.”
“I thought the world of the album would look like Ireland.” She went on, “Storytelling with lots of different characters,” alluding to the depressing tales included in the popular album. “You guys also have that down pat. The tale is very Irish.
“I wasn’t in Ireland when I started recording this album, Folklore, two days into the pandemic. I was forced to record an album in which the fictional universe I pretended to live in every day while I was composing it was shown. It kind of seemed like Ireland, to be honest,” the Grammy winner admitted to the audience. “So we’re back in our rightful place now!”
On the first night in Dublin, Swift also gave a shimmering, fashionable homage to the nation’s flag by donning an orange crop top and an ombré green skirt.
