Parker Posey Shows Off Her Dance Skills for Gap's Spring 2025 Campaign: 'Really Special' (Exclusive)

Parker Posey is having a full circle moment.

The actress, 56, auditioned for the North Carolina School of the Arts' ballet program when she was 12 years old — and didn't get in. 44 years later, Gap invited Posey to star in its spring 2025 "Feels Like Gap" campaign. In the 90-second spot, set to the emotional track "Mama's Eyes" by pop artist METTE, Posey leads a troupe of dancers through an industrial-style building.

"I thought this was really special," she says of the shoot, directed by Talia Collis and choreographed by Sadie Wilking. "It meant a lot for me because these things really do come out of the blue in an actor's life, and I was really happy about it."

Posey dances with the same effortless charm she exudes as an actress, her movements made that much easier thanks to her Gap wardrobe. The versatile new arrivals, which expand on bestselling fabrics like UltraSoft denim and VintageSoft sweats, focuses on relaxed fabrics and silhouettes.

In a press release, Mark Breitbard, President and CEO, Gap brand, describes the collection as featuring "softer-than-ever essentials" for men and women created to "empower you to move freely and authentically."

Long before her collaboration with Gap — or even before she danced her way through the New York City nightclub scene in 1995's Party Girl — dance was a part of Posey's DNA.

"I grew up watching old movies on TV with my grandmother, and she had a great eye for what was cool, like Bob Fosse," she tells PEOPLE. "And so I would dance in front of the TV. I would imitate what they were doing. I would walk around on tiptoe in the house, balancing books on my head, and just finding that space by myself in front of the television."

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The Gap campaign marks another full circle moment for the White Lotus star by celebrating '90s fashion. The Modern Rib Cropped T-Shirt, which Posey wears in the commercial in Camel Tan Stripe, nods to the decade that launched her career and status as a fashion icon.

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Reflecting about her days as a student at SUNY Purchase, Parker shared, "I used to go to army surplus stores and find the old khaki pants that were really worn, and my mom would put darts at the waist and take them up at the hem."

"I can be comfortable here and I can feel at home in these clothes," she continues. "And then if I'm going to dress up, I'll really dress up."

All the pieces worn by Posey and the dancers, plus additional spring styles, are available now in select stores and Gap.com.

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