Favorite Dance Breaks
Favorite Dance Breaks
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#0Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/7/05 at 7:41pm
What is your favorite dance break from a non-dancing orientated show (by dancing-oriented, I mean shows like Movin' Out, 42nd Street, and West Side Story, shows that feature dance)?
Mine would have to be the Bottle Dance and the dance that follows it in Fiddler.
#1re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/7/05 at 7:45pmis oklahoma considered "dancing oriented?" well if not, I LOVE the dream ballet. I love both the original and revival's choreography
awkward.
"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912
#2re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/7/05 at 7:52pmdoes the rent la vie boheme scene count?
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!
#3re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/7/05 at 8:41pm
"dancing thru life" wicked
"hardwork"-fame on 42nd street(or just the entire show)
hmmm..
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but all she really dreams is to make someone
else feel the way she did when she first saw a dancer.
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#4re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/7/05 at 8:45pm
The incredibly long dance breaks in THE MUSIC MAN, in the middle of both "76 Trombones" and "Marian the Librarian." I had the pleasure of playing Tommy Djilas and being able to dance during those breaks and also co-choreograph them, and it was such a great experience. Other favorites:
42ND STREET, obviously
The dance between La Fleur and Guido in NINE
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#5re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/7/05 at 8:49pm42nd street should count, cuz I mean...all the dances are incredible!
awkward.
"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912
Elizabeth_DeBris
Broadway Star Joined: 1/29/05
#6re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/7/05 at 9:16pm
-The dream ballet in Oklahoma!
-Rose and Herbie's short little dance in "You'll Never Get Away From Me" in Gypsy is adorable
-Louise's ballet in Carousel
-The "Ever After" dance-thing in Into the Woods
-The "Masquerade" scene in Phantom of the Opera
-Der Guten Tag Hop Clop, and the conga at the end of "Keep it Gay" in The Producers
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#7re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/7/05 at 9:54pm
Beauty and the Beast:
"Gaston"
"Be Our Guest"
"Human Again"
Thoroughly Modern Millie:
"Thoroughly Modern Millie"
"Forget About the Boy"
"Nuttycracker Suite"
"I'm Falling in Love With Someone"
Chicago:
"All That Jazz"
"Me And My Baby"
"Hot Honey Rag"
Oklahoma!:
"Kansas City"
"Farmer and the Cowman"
"Ballet"
The Producers:
"King of Broadway"
"I Wanna Be a Producer"
"Along Came Bialy"
"That Face"
"Springtime for Hitler"
"Prisoners of Love"
"Der Gutan Tag Hop Clop" (I wish they included more of the music for that on the CD!)
And the "dancing-orientated" show, 42nd Street:
"Shadow Waltz"
"Go Into Your Dance"
"Keep Young and Beautiful"
"We're in the Money"
"42nd Street"
"Finale Ultimo"
And how could I forget Urinetown:
"Run, Freedom, Run"
"Snuff That Girl"
"We're Not Sorry"
"Act One Finale"
Plus the little dance they did after bows.
Some dance breaks are awesome!
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Updated On: 2/7/05 at 09:54 PM
#8re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/7/05 at 10:05pm
wow millie. you sure have all those dances down 
awkward.
"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912
#9re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/7/05 at 10:44pmGod, I love Go Into Your Dance dance break!
[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.
#10re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/7/05 at 10:46pmthe dance break in "out for blood" in the beginning of act 2 of Carrie
#11re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/7/05 at 11:31pm
Nice, WithoutATrace.
I'd have to say (not sure if this counts as a non-dance oriented show) the dance breaks in the revival of Kiss Me Kate for Too Darn Hot and Tom, Dick or Harry (the prior more so than the latter) literally had me sitting there with my jaw on the floor. They were both RIDICULOUSLY long and just went you think there's no way these people can keep dancing any longer, they go and kick it up like, 2 notches.
Amazing stuff. Yay for Kathleen Marshall - biiiiig fan of her choreography! :)
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broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#12re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/7/05 at 11:54pmAll time fav: "Shall We Dance" from The King and I
#13re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/7/05 at 11:55pm
The entire Wedding Dance sequence after 'Sunrise, Sunset' in Fiddler
EDIT: I'm stupid. I just realized this was the first one mentioned.
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Updated On: 2/8/05 at 11:55 PM
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
broadwaybelter
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/26/04
#14re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/8/05 at 12:09am
thats easy!! "Once on this Island" during Mama Will Provide
go to www.lachanze.com and see a clip of it!! I love OOTI!!
ric
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#15re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/8/05 at 7:19am
Turkey Lurkey Time --PROMISES, PROMISES
Tea For Two --NO NO, NANETTE '71 revival
If The Rain's Gotta Fall--HALF A SIXPENCE
Money to Burn--HALF A SIXPENCE
mint0621
Broadway Star Joined: 10/10/04
#16re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/8/05 at 7:59amI love the "modern dance" break in Mame, in the beginning of the show, in "Open a New Window".
gravity87
Featured Actor Joined: 8/4/04
#17re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/8/05 at 9:04amShakalaka Baby! from Bombay dreams. Say what you will about the show but the dancing was great
#18re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/8/05 at 10:50amDance of the Vampires - God has left the building
When someone blunders, we say that he makes a misstep. Is it then not clear that all the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill our history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing. - Moliere
#19re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/8/05 at 10:50amDance of the Vampires - God has left the building
When someone blunders, we say that he makes a misstep. Is it then not clear that all the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill our history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing. - Moliere
wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#20re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/8/05 at 12:07pmI'd say most of the dancing in West Side Story-prologue, mambo, america, cool, somewhere ballet-it's just great the way the dancing is orientated with the story-I love that show!
"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli
#21re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/8/05 at 12:10pm
I Got Rhythm - Crazy for You
Night Fever and You Should Be Dancing - Saturday Night Fever
Shoeless Joe - Damn Yankees
Willamania and Our Favorite Son - The Will Rogers Follies
Madison Time sequence - Hairspray
Shakalaka Baby and Chaiyya Chaiyya - Bombay Dreams
Shipoopi - The Music Man
The Rich Man's Frug - Sweet Charity
Angelette March and The Aggie Song - Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Go Go Go Joseph - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
We'll Take a Glass Together - Grand Hotel
Rain - Once on This Island
Kim's Charleston - Show Boat
Let It Go - The Full Monty
Oh the Thinks You Can Think - Seussical
The Cop Song, Act One Finale, Snuff That Girl and Run Freedom Run - Urinetown
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magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#22re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/8/05 at 12:23pmThe dance break mentioned on the 1991 Tony Awards for "Mama Will Provide" from Once on this Island was just added for the Tony Awards performance. It utilized some choreography that occurred later in the show, but "Mama Will Provide" was not performed with that dance break in the actual show (or at such a fast tempo).
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
#23re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:10pm
The Life - My Body
Sharon Wilkins did her thing
Jwaa
Broadway Star Joined: 11/28/04
#24re: Favorite Dance Breaks
Posted: 2/8/05 at 4:16pm
The Juggernaut - The Wild Party (Lippa)
I've never seen it but just from listening im a huge fan of thsi dance break!
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