Choreography that left you speechless.- Page 4

[outdamnwench]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 8:41pm

"like = speechless?"

Well, I'm generally not talking before OR after it, so you can't consider it speechless.

Fine, if it will make you happy:

I loved "What is This Feeling?" from Wicked.

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 9:24pm

The Prison Break Dance Sequence from Cry Baby.

[mywonderwa11]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 11:16pm

Wow, I'm surprised no one has mentioned the bottle dance from Fiddler on the Roof. Genius! Hell...Jerome Robins is a genius all together.

West Side Story has the most incredible choreography the Broadway stage has ever seen. Hands down.

I also agree with "Shoeless Joe" from Damn Yankees. That number is so awesome to watch live. Bob Fosse's choreography is thrilling. So, I'll throw in "Rich Man's Frug" from Sweet Charity as well. My favorite is the "Aloof," followed by the "Heavyweight," and then the "Big Finish." Which obviously happens to be the order they're performed.

Rob Ashford did some wonderful work in Thoroughly Modern Millie with "Forget About the Boy" and the opening number.

Michael Bennett and the entirety of A Chorus Line.

Kathleen Marshall's choreography for the revival of Wonderful Town certainly was creative and looked great. Don't know how her choreography for Grease is though...can anyone tell?

And let's not forget George Balanchine. He was the first choreographer to ever introduce dance into the plot of a musical.

On Your Toes...enough said.

And Agnes de Mille...Oklahoma. Groundbreaking.

Susan Stroman has also done some brilliant work with Crazy For You, the Oklahoma revival, and of course Contact. I hope her choreography for Young Frankenstein does her justice.

There's my little history lesson haha I'm too tired to come up with anything else.

Broadway choreography just isn't what it used to be.

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 11/15/07 at 11:17pm

Kathleen Marshall's coreography for GREASE is below average, same for Stroman in YF.

[westcoast_wannabe]

Posted: 11/16/07 at 7:26am

All of Movin Out
All That Jazz and Razzle Dazzle from Chicago
Favorite Son from Will Rodgers Follies

[Josh Freilich]

Posted: 11/16/07 at 10:49am

I saw the London revival of "MY FAIR LADY" with my parents in 2001, and needless to say, we ALL were speechless when it got to the dance breaks in "A Little Bit O' Luck" and "Get Me To the Church On Time." The best was with the trash lids in "Luck". We love Matthew Bourne.

As a side note, we also saw "Edward Scissorhands" twice, in LA and NY.

[CyCoSpAz2]

Posted: 11/16/07 at 1:34pm

I enjoyed 'Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats'
There was also a bar scene in The Lord of the Rings that was done rather well

[fakemyway2thetop]

Posted: 11/16/07 at 1:39pm

Has anyone mentioned Jelly's Last Jam?? Watching Gregory Hines dance was a thrill. I'm still amazed that Stroman took the choreo tony for Crazy for You over Hines for Jelly's. Don't get me wrong. I LOVED Crazy for You and saw it many times but felt the choreo was a little "proppy" where as Jelly's Last Jam didn't rely on props...just the steps.

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 11/16/07 at 2:24pm

Most of Debbie Allens work on the Oscars left me speechless. It was THAT BAD.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 11/16/07 at 3:50pm

SFM, that was funny.

[kikki327]

Posted: 11/16/07 at 9:31pm

ALL of Movin' Out
Opening of ACL and Hello 12, Hello 13
Masters of War - The Times They Are A-Changin'

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 11/16/07 at 9:55pm

MASTERS OF WAR
Don't get me started on Tharp not getting a TONY Nom for that number alone.

[jbdc]

Posted: 11/16/07 at 10:04pm

True Story about Masters of War. and Legally Blonde got nommed instead. beyond ridiculous.

[mc1227]

Posted: 11/17/07 at 10:13pm

My favorites:

Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag-Gwen Verdon/Chita Rivera, Chicago
We're in the Money-42nd St.
One-Chorus Line
Conga-Wonderful Town (revival)
Brotherhood of Man-H2S (revival)

[Roscoe]

Posted: 11/17/07 at 10:21pm

Speechless in a bad way: the dance number Carpe Noctem from DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES, and the unfortunate dancing in WICKED.

Speechless in a good way: everything in Robbins' choreography for FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, and Tharp's MOVIN' OUT.