Performers Who Just Can't Dance- Page 2
Performers Who Just Can't Dance
#25re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 3/7/06 at 5:34pm
haha idina has said herself that she cant dance
Tango Maureen proves this!
hehe
#26re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 3/7/06 at 7:49pm
oooh. Ann Reinking is so TERRIBLE! :p
For all Joanna Gleason lacks in dancing, she makes up for TRIPLE in singing. 
the boys dancing with sherie rene scott in "here i am" kick much higher than she.
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#27re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 3/7/06 at 7:51pmStarsinger- Did I miss something? "Tango: Maureen" gave off the illusion that Idina CAN dance.
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#28re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 3/7/06 at 10:33pmKerry Butler SAYS she can't dance, although it pretty much looks like she can because she gets all the steps down if you look at the "BAT BOY" rehearsal photos.
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#30re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 3/7/06 at 11:02pmCurtain...i take it you didn't see her Tap dance with the Boston Pops after she won the Tony?
#31re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 3/7/06 at 11:05pm
Um, I think Cheno can dance. Like the above poster said - she CAN tap. When she does concerts, she dances for "Let Yourself Go" - and danced in ANNIE.
She isn't Gwen Verdon - but I actually think she could handle a dance role like Roxie Hart.
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#32re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 3/7/06 at 11:35pmMichael Arden, bless him, isn't a great dancer .... but he makes up for it in charisma and vocal talent!
#33re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 3/7/06 at 11:36pmMichael Arden is doing a Twyla Tharp show. He's not a great dancer? He went through multiple auditions WITH Twyla to get that part.
#34re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 3/8/06 at 8:43amAdam Pascal all the way! He is sweet, but he just needs to sit his butt in a chair and sing.
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#35re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 3/8/06 at 9:05am
John Lithgow cannot sing or dance but who cares.
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#36re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 3/8/06 at 9:13am
luvtheemcee, Michael Arden's part was originally made for John Selya, (Twyla says she 'falls in love' with all her dancers) but they decided they wanted someone who was a singer more of a dancer.
When me and my friends saw Michael Arden after the show, my friend exclaimed, "Michael, we didn't know you were a dancer!" And he said, "I still don't know if I am"!
#37re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 3/8/06 at 9:51am^ Yeah Starsinger, what the heck are you talking about? Idina has been known to say that she's a bad dancer but I wouldn't say that "Tango:Maureen" proves that in any way - I was actually floored that they got her to dance that well.
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#38re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 3/8/06 at 10:40amYeah I was really suprised at how well Idina did during Tango Maureen. She seemed really focused and she has some great flexibility going on.
#39re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 4/3/06 at 4:09pmAnnie...I still love you. No matter what those crazy people say! (lol)
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#40re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 4/3/06 at 7:24pm
Barbara isn't the best. My mom and I joke about all times she is carried around by the waiters during Hello, Dolly!. I hear Patti isn't all that great too.
I love the Ann Reinking dancing vs. singing comments
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#41re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 4/3/06 at 7:54pmAlthough calling her a performer is quite a stretch, Melanie Griffith cant dance.
when ducks grow thumbs then maybe my opinion will change.
#42re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 4/3/06 at 9:59pm
Cheno, as far as I know, is a good dancer. Not great, but good. She took ballet when she was younger and probably some other classes along the way. She was up for a Belle understudy back in the day but didn't get it due to her height. Now look at her!
Um...who says Ann Reinking can't dance?? She was one of Fosse's best girl for Christ sake! She can dance her hiny off. It's the singing department where she takes the bench.
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#43re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 4/3/06 at 10:28pmI agree with volleyballer - George Hearn cannot dance. The movement he was given in the original LA CAGE was minimal. And he knows it. When he won his LA CAGE Tony he acknowledged it when he thanked the choreographer. He said "I'd like to thank Scott Salmon, another in a long line of choreographers, I have reduced to tears."
#44re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 4/3/06 at 10:32pm
When me and my friends saw Michael Arden after the show, my friend exclaimed, "Michael, we didn't know you were a dancer!" And he said, "I still don't know if I am"!
Michael was self-conscious, yes, but Twyla gave him that part because she thought he could do it well. Yes, Arden is a singer/actor whereas Selya is a dancer, but he can't NOT dance.
#45re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 4/4/06 at 12:49amThere is a distinct different between someone who has two left feet and a performer who moves well, but isn't particularly known as a dancer.
#46re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 4/4/06 at 5:53amThank you, Kevinoes! May you be blessed with "jazz hands"! (lol)
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#47re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 4/4/06 at 8:16pmI think Idina did extremely well in Tango Maureen for not being a dancer. I won't say anything about Adam because he's been picked on too much and even though he can't dance, I still love him.
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#48re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 4/4/06 at 8:24pm
Roger Bart's dancing during "I Wanna Be a Producer" is adorable. I wanted to jump up on stage and give him a hug. Of course, I kinda always want to do that... 
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#49re: Performers Who Just Can't Dance
Posted: 4/4/06 at 10:11pmI dont recall Michael Arden dancing that much in The times they are a changing. If he did dance, it prob. did not stand out to me, because it was def. nowhere near what the other performers were doing. I just remember his part a lot of standing, and at one point bouncing on a trampoline.
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