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#1

Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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

"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611

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

#2

re: Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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

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

#3

re: Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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

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

"People asking questions, lost in confusion. Well I tell them there's no problems, only solutions." ~The one and only John Lennon

#4

re: Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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.

And hang on, when did you win the discus?

#5

re: Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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.

#6

re: Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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

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

" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."

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

#7

re: Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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.

#8

re: Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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

"I'm a pretty girl, mama." -Penny Lou Pingleton, Hairspray
"You like football, Ed?" "Yeah..." "Good. Me too." -Chad & 'Ed', All Shook Up

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

#9

re: Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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

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

#10

re: Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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

#11

re: Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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

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

And hang on, when did you win the discus?

#12

re: Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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)

Though scattered and divided we are still its heart...AIDA SEPTEMBER 5th, 2004...one more longing backward glance... I AM NOW "TGIF!"

#13

re: Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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

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

"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."

The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.

#14

re: Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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

#15

re: Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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.

"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."

#16

re: Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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

#17

re: Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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!

#18

re: Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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

All I Need is the Girl -- Gyspy

"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie

#19

re: Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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.

#20

re: Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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

WarnTheDuke, I love that one too :) -Penny

"I'm a pretty girl, mama." -Penny Lou Pingleton, Hairspray
"You like football, Ed?" "Yeah..." "Good. Me too." -Chad & 'Ed', All Shook Up

#21

re: Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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

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

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

#22

re: Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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.

I have my books and my poetry to protect me...

#23

re: Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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

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

#24

re: Favorite Dance Breaks in Songs

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

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