Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

[millie_dillmount]

Posted: 8/4/04 at 11:09pm

What dance breaks in various songs do you really like the sound of, based on instruments and sound of tap dancing, if any (not how the choreography is performed)?

-THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE; FORGET ABOUT THE BOY; I'M FALLING IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE (Trevor Graydon and Miss Dorothy); SPEED TEST from Thoroughly Modern Millie
-SNUFF THAT GIRL from Urinetown
-I WANNA BE A PRODUCER; WHEN YOU GOT IT, FLAUNT IT; ALONG CAME BIALY; THAT FACE; SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER from the Producers
-All 42nd Street songs
-WILLKOMMEN; MONEY from Cabaret
-KANSAS CITY; THE FARMER AND THE COWMAN from Oklahoma!
-LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU; ALL I NEED IS A GIRL from Gypsy
-WONDERFUL from Wicked
-TO LIFE from Fiddler on the Roof
-WHEN I GET MY NAME IN LIGHTS from the Boy From Oz

Updated On: 8/4/04 at 11:09 PM

[TheQuibbler]

Posted: 8/4/04 at 11:10pm

"Forget About the Boy," Thoroughly Modern Millie.
And Chicago always manages to make me dance.

[ponine24601]

Posted: 8/4/04 at 11:13pm

thoroughly modern millie-TMM
forget about the boy-TMM
42ns street-42nd street
Snuff That Girl-Urinetown

[bythesword84]

Posted: 8/4/04 at 11:14pm

"Snuff the Girl" would have to be tops on my list...

I can't believe I'm hitting a wall when it comes to thinking up dance breaks. I *know* there's other ones I like, I'll just have to get back to that later.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 8/4/04 at 11:16pm

Wonderful- Wicked
Forget About The Boy- Millie
And, the most AMAZING dance sequence Ive ever seen:
The finale of the current 42nd Street revival.

[Glebb]

Posted: 8/4/04 at 11:21pm

We Are What We Are - La Cage Aux Folles.
Side by Side (by Side) - Company

Updated On: 8/4/04 at 11:21 PM

[BroadwayGirl107]

Posted: 8/4/04 at 11:32pm

I don't know how close the original Broadway production choreography was to the movie...pretty much every dance break in West Side Story is amazing.

Also I love most of the dance breaks in Chicago and the dance break in the opening number of Thoroughly Modern Millie.

[saddle shoe side kick]

Posted: 8/4/04 at 11:42pm

I love the dance break in "You Can't Stop Th Beat" from Hairspray. It's not on the CD though It comes in after Penny's part and Tracy say "This is my dance, and it's dedicated to everybody!". I looooooooooove the music, especially when the guitar comes in. -Penny

Updated On: 8/4/04 at 11:42 PM

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 8/4/04 at 11:44pm

CATS: "The Song of the Jellicles" and into the "Jellicle Ball" sequence.... so awesome.

[alterego]

Posted: 8/4/04 at 11:49pm

Tea for Two from No, No, Nanette and the break in Mame from yes, Mame. The dance break in I Got Rhythm in Crazy for You deserves a mention too. Updated On: 8/4/04 at 11:49 PM

[bythesword84]

Posted: 8/4/04 at 11:49pm

I remembered another one: I love the dance break in "Genocide Peroxide" from Taboo

[TheGirlinTheFrock]

Posted: 8/5/04 at 1:30am

Another Pyramid from AIDA - the only thing that made me like the song when seeing it (it was with mickey tho)

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 8/5/04 at 1:41am

Side by Side by Side/What Would We Do Without You?~COMPANY

[Thoroughly Modern Cara]

Posted: 8/5/04 at 2:15am

"Swing" Wonderful Town
"Another Pyramid" Aida...yuuummm!!
"Thoroughly Modern Millie" and "Forget About the Boy" Millie
Ooh ok it's not technically a dance break but I LOVE when Big Sue and Phillip do their little choreographed dance during "Sexual Confusion" in Taboo...it just cracks me up!! Oh come on you guys didn't think I'd leave Rauly out of this! Updated On: 8/5/04 at 02:15 AM

[MyNameInLights]

Posted: 8/5/04 at 2:19am

Okay I have to throw Rauly in too. I was scared to do this so I wouldn't seem TOO obsessed. Even though I am.

I love the dance break in No More from tick, tick... BOOM! If you listen closely on the cast recording you can hear Raul and Jerry talking in between and Raul says some thing along the lines of, "What are you doing?" and it sounds so funny when he says it. Okay, now I feel stupid.

Posted: 8/5/04 at 2:20am

"I Can Do That" - A CHORUS LINE
"The Music and the Mirror" - A CHORUS LINE
"Shall We Dance" - THE KING AND I
"Too Darn Hot" - KISS ME KATE

[WarnTheDuke]

Posted: 8/5/04 at 3:20am

Has anyone noticed the dance break in the record store during "Run and Tell That" in Hairspray? The drums play loudly and the "negros" shake their booties! Not on the CD, but still fabulous! I love it!

[KMF_NYC]

Posted: 8/5/04 at 10:05am

All I Need is the Girl -- Gyspy

[Roxie]

Posted: 8/5/04 at 10:20am

Anything from Chicago. I also love the dance break in Anything Goes. It's awesome and it made me want to become a tap dancer.

[saddle shoe side kick]

Posted: 8/5/04 at 10:28am

WarnTheDuke, I love that one too :) -Penny

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 8/5/04 at 11:16am

I Can't Be Bothered Now and I Got Rhythm from Crazy for You.

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 8/5/04 at 11:32am

I second the CATS dance breaks- at the beginning of Act 1 and again at the beginning of Act 2- best part of the show, IMO.

Also, the 42nd street dance breaks, the WSS ones, and also "Another Pyramid" from Aida.

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 8/5/04 at 11:43am

A Little Priest.
Angela Lansbury's five-second dance break.
It is hilarious and very original.

[Penalers]

Posted: 8/5/04 at 1:58pm

I think that Wonderful Town has so many great dance breaks. Swing, Wrong note rag, christopher street, my darling eileen, the list goes on and on