Dances & Musicals Thread

Post by **Doreen Peri** » June 23rd, 2008, 9:06 pm

Tom Chambers - tap dance and drums

I LOVE this!

Post by **Doreen Peri** » June 26th, 2008, 9:45 am

Usher doing singing in the rain

Post by **Dave The Dov** » June 26th, 2008, 11:09 am

There's also this type of dance!!!!

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Post by **Doreen Peri** » July 21st, 2008, 11:07 pm

Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding

YES!!!!

Post by **Doreen Peri** » July 21st, 2008, 11:32 pm

Slap that bass!
Fred Astaire

Post by **Doreen Peri** » July 21st, 2008, 11:35 pm

The KING! Fred Astaire again... watch this... prepare to be stunned!

prop man.. you go babe!

YES!!!!

Post by **Doreen Peri** » July 21st, 2008, 11:45 pm

Confession time.. i'm in LOVE with Fred Astaire!!!

Post by **mindbum** » July 22nd, 2008, 12:53 am

i prefer gene kelly meself. multiples. multiple selves. this is from 'cover girl' w/rita hayworth.

Post by **Doreen Peri** » July 22nd, 2008, 1:29 am

I love gene kelly too! YES! thank you! great film sequence this! really coo effects! i never saw this before!!

Post by **mindbum** » July 22nd, 2008, 11:04 am

cool effects. & this came out in 1944

gene kelly never met his dancing equal...

i recommend 'cover girl' if you ever come across it.

fred astaire kinda creeps me out.

i also prefer danny kaye:

this film also has glynis johns etc...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Court_Jester

but trulye, the best musical is 'an american in paris'.

with a probable second place for 'mary poppins' which just keeps delivering numbah ahftah numbah.

Post by **Doreen Peri** » July 22nd, 2008, 11:49 am

ooohhhh.. i love danny kaye!

Fred Astaire is ballet. Gene Kelly is jazz. I love them both but they have totally styles, of course. I don't know why Astaire creeps you out. Hmmm... Seriously, ballet dancers study Fred Astaire. I had a ballet teacher show Astaire videos in class. Surprised me but she told us he is often used as an example of perfect form and fluidity.

Thanks for enjoying this dance thread with me, mindbum!

Going to add more and I hope you do too!

For musicals, I'm a big "West Side Story" fan ... I also love "Cabaret!" and "Guys and Dolls." (but hey, I love a LOT more of them too.. lol

)... oh and "All that Jazz"... what a great musical

Post by **mindbum** » July 24th, 2008, 2:31 pm

i guess i dont dig ballet like i digs jazz. cab calloway included.

but i already knew that.

west side story struck me when i saw it years ago. havent really seen it since. though i read the MAD magazine sendup about nikita kruschev & the UN once.

cabaret i have missed entirely. as well as chicago. and hedwig.

definitely into the older things m'self.

busby berkeley. 'waterfall' from the 1933 film 'footlight parade'

Post by **mindbum** » July 25th, 2008, 6:32 pm

well...

this one isnt really much of a dance number. but it's from a simply great film. that happens to be in french.

'donkey skin' or 'peau d'ane'. starring catherine deneuve. 1970

Post by **Doreen Peri** » July 27th, 2008, 7:09 pm

I love the videos you're posting, mindbum!

Here's one from movie... "The Cotton Club" ... just saw the film today

Post by **Doreen Peri** » July 27th, 2008, 7:12 pm

Here's Joel Gray and Lisa Minelli doing "Money" in "Cabaret"

The film is a must see! you'll love it

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