Favorite Dance Break?
Favorite Dance Break?
#1Favorite Dance Break?
Posted: 2/1/09 at 10:42amWhat are your favorite dance breaks in musicals? I have bizarre tastes, but mine are the one in "One Step Closer" from The Little Mermaid and the one in "Moses" from Singin' In The Rain.
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PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#2re: Favorite Dance Break?
Posted: 2/1/09 at 10:45am"Cool" in West Side Story, "Along Came Bialy" in The Producers, and...(god I'm going to get torn apart for this one), "Positive" in Legally Blonde.
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#2re: Favorite Dance Break?
Posted: 2/1/09 at 10:48am
"Forget About The Boy" in THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
"Coffee Break" in HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
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CurtisTaylorJr2
Leading Actor Joined: 3/17/06
#3re: Favorite Dance Break?
Posted: 2/1/09 at 10:49am
"America" - West Side Story
"Steppin' To The Bad Side" Dreamgirls
"Who's That Woman" Follies
"Hot Honey Rag" Chicago
I also have a couple of favorites from movie musicals
"He's My Friend" The Unsinkable Molly Brown
"When That Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam" Easter Parade
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#4re: Favorite Dance Break?
Posted: 2/1/09 at 11:04am
"The Nuttycracker Suite" from THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
"Turkey Lurkey Time" from PROMISES, PROMISES
"The Dance at the Gym" from WEST SIDE STORY
"She Loves to Hear the Music" from THE BOY FROM OZ
"Gimme Love" from KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN
"The Rich Man's Frug" from SWEET CHARITY
"Forget about the Boy" from THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
"I Can't Be Bothered Now" from CRAZY FOR YOU
"But Alive" from APPLAUSE
"Charleston" from BILLION DOLLAR BABY
"Tick Tock" from COMPANY
"24 Hours a Day" from GOLDEN RAINBOW
... and a ton of others.
#5re: Favorite Dance Break?
Posted: 2/1/09 at 11:07am
I have a soft spot in my heart for this Dance Break:
http://www.dancebreak.org/
americanboy99
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/06
#6re: Favorite Dance Break?
Posted: 2/1/09 at 3:53pmI adore the "Tough Act to Follow" in CURTAINS. It's just so blissfully adorable.
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#7re: Favorite Dance Break?
Posted: 2/1/09 at 6:08pm
I love the "Positive" dance break from Legally Blonde, as well as "Tough Act To Follow" from Curtains.
EDIT: "Electricity" and "Expressing Yourself" dance breaks from Billy Elliot, I don't know how the hell I forgot those.
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
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Updated On: 2/1/09 at 06:08 PM
#8re: Favorite Dance Break?
Posted: 2/1/09 at 6:13pm
I don't know if this is considered a 'dance break', but "The Music And The Mirror" from ACL.
Can anyone argue that it is probably the best moment for a dancer to get to dance that role?
P.S. In the words of Glinda, "No need to respond. That was rhetorical" btw
Updated On: 2/1/09 at 06:13 PM
#10re: Favorite Dance Break?
Posted: 2/1/09 at 7:52pm
Turkey Lurkey Time - Promises Promises
I've Got Rhythm - Crazy For You
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