favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
#1favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 4:00pm
The favorite dance movie list has so many fabulous movies/dancers. What are your favorite dance numbers form a movie or Broadway show?
One of mine is the Classic Gene Kelly- Singing in the Rain
MargoChanning
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#2re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 4:03pmThe Nicholas Brothers' eye-popping final dance sequence from "Stormy Weather" is, without a doubt, the single greatest dance number I've ever seen.
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#2re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 4:18pmThe barn raising in 7 Brides, perhaps.
#3re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 4:19pmmine's singing in the rain too, but from a clockwork orange.
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...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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#4re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 4:24pm
That's just wrong, papa.
We just watched Singin' In The Rain in my American Film Studies class and that dance sequence was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw the thread title. I thought it was fantastic.
"I can't figure out what kind of life this is, comedy or tragedy, I just know it's showbiz. And what if I don't agree with the lines I have to read? They don't pay me enough, the way I see it."
#5re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 4:28pmfred astaire's routine to one for my baby in the sky's the limit.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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#6re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 4:32pmThe Pompei Club scene from the Sweet Charity movie.
#7re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 4:49pmFirst scene in my head was the barn raising dance in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
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"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
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#8re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 5:00pm
Fred Astaire dancing on the ceiling in Royal Wedding.
"America" in West Side Story, and the Mambo.
#9re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 5:37pm
My all time favorite dance scene in a film-without a doubt-
The scene in FAME when Gene Anthony Ray stole the show from the girl who was auditioning.
<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES
#10re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 6:04pm
I do love that number in Royal Wedding.
my choice is prob Tango de Roxanne from Moulin Rouge.
#11re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 6:05pmHeh, we watched that scene from Royal Wedding too. It was nifty. We had to write an essay on how we thought it was done, though, which was not quite so nifty.
"I can't figure out what kind of life this is, comedy or tragedy, I just know it's showbiz. And what if I don't agree with the lines I have to read? They don't pay me enough, the way I see it."
#12re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 6:37pmShall we Dance from The King and I
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#13re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 7:50pm
I have many, but this is certainly one of them -
He's My Friend
kooky
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/05
#14re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 8:17pm
My all time favorite from " Swing Time " Fred and Ginger together doing
" Never Gonna Dance " circa 1936----- WOW!
#15re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 8:26pm
So many of the above - Pompei Club, All of Fred and Ginger + Judy and Fred's audition for Ziefeld in 'Easter Parade'and 'The Portland Fancy' from "Summer Stock" Add the gala in "The Turning Pointe" and the 'Little Mermaid Ballet' from "Hans Christian Andersen".
PS - Sorry, I have to add Fred and Rita Hayworth - every dance number in YOU WERE NEVER LOVELIER.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
Updated On: 12/22/07 at 08:26 PM
#16re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 9:31pm
Most of these are obvious, but still close to my heart:
-Judy Garland doing "Get Happy" from SUMMER STOCK
-"The Dance at the Gym" from WEST SIDE STORY
-"Consider Yourself," "Who Will Buy," and "Oom Pah Pah" from OLIVER!
-"Mein Herr" from CABARET
-"Step in Time" from MARY POPPINS
-"Shall We Dance," "...Uncle Thomas", "March of Siamese Children" from THE KING AND I
"Shipoopi," "76 Trombones," and "Marian the Librarian" from THE MUSIC MAN
and more recently...
"You Can't Stop the Beat" from HAIRSPRAY. Every time I see John Travolta's segment, I die laughing.
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JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#17re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 9:47pm
Speaking of Fred and Rita, one of my favorites. Even with Fred dancing, just try to take your eyes off Rita!
Boogie Barcarolle
#18re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 9:55pm
Also from Singing In The Rain:
Make 'em laugh
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
RetroBoy
Broadway Star Joined: 10/1/07
#19re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 10:05pm
EVERYTHING in WEST SIDE STORY
"Steppin' To The Bad Side" ~ DREAMGIRLS
"The Music and the Mirror" ~ A CHORUS LINE
"There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This" ~ SWEET CHARITY
"Steam Heat", "Once A Year Day" ~ THE PAJAMA GAME
"Slaughter on 10th Avenue" ~ WORDS AND MUSIC
"Do, Re, Mi" ~ THE SOUND OF MUSIC
"West of Wide Missouri" ~- THE
ONE AND ONLY GENUINE, ORIGINAL FAMILY BAND
"Turkey Lurkey Time" ~ PROMISES, PROMISES
"From This Moment On" ~ KISS ME, KATE
"The Hot Honey Rag" ~ CHICAGO
Updated On: 12/22/07 at 10:05 PM
JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#20re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 10:08pm
Another favorite of mine!
Abraham
JohnBoy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/06
#21re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 10:13pm
Two more that I love. Mostly because of the talent of the stars performing them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8gIKdjpDmM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oLGw7bf1VM&feature=related
#22re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 10:17pm
Oh! I must not leave this out! 
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
TulitaPepsi
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/13/04
#23re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 10:27pm
I only discovered this number (from the 1943 B-picture CAROLINA BLUES starring Kay Kaiser and his band) this past spring. Introduced and concluded by Ann Miller, it features Harold Nicholas solo (I think Fayard was in the army). Excepting Annie's too-few numbers and this electrifying number, the film is unwatchably awful.
"And it's also said - when he goes to bed
His pyjamas are as groovy as a Technicolor movie!"
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"Hurry up and get into your conga clothes - we've got to do something to save this show!"
LaurenB
Broadway Star Joined: 6/17/04
#24re: favorite dance scene form a movie or musical?
Posted: 12/22/07 at 11:08pm
Agree with whoever mentioned the 2 scenes from West Side Story, and Kiss Me Kate.
Gregory Hines in Tap. Link is below. You have to wade through a lot of stuff to get to the part that I love, with Gregory and 3 other guys dancing on the sidewalk. That segment is only about 15 seconds. Everytime I see that, I feel cheated, I want more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JepJ2Y3MxPs
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