In Your Easter Bonnet: Fred Astaire and Judy Garland
Posted on April 16, 2017 at 12:00 pm
From the lovely Irving Berlin movie musical, “Easter Parade,” with Fred Astaire and Judy Garland.
Smile of the Week: Movies do the Neutron Dance
Posted on January 9, 2014 at 3:59 pm
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Dancing! Tributes on Slate and at the National Portrait Gallery
Posted on October 19, 2013 at 10:31 am
Washington DC’s National Portrait Gallery is one of my favorite museums, and yesterday I had the great treat of visiting a special exhibit on the history of dance with photos, paintings, drawings, and video. Josephine Baker’s famous banana dance shows that the inspiration for Miley Cyrus goes back almost 100 years. Clips showed the Nicholas Brothers in “Stormy Weather,” John Travolta in “Saturday Night Fever” and Beyoncé singing “Single Ladies.” One wall had QR codes linking to YouTube videos, including a “Thriller” dance at a wedding with over 17 million hits.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJPOoDq82IwAnd Slate has a nice tribute to dancing in the movies, featuring John Travolta (again) in “Pulp Fiction,” Elvis Presley in “Jailhouse Rock,” and Channing Tatum and his wife Jenna Dewan in “Step Up.”
Fred Astaire Dances on the Ceiling — And Glee Pays Tribute
Posted on March 9, 2013 at 4:47 pm
I held out longer than most but am now among the many whose enthusiasm for “Glee” has wavered. But you know I loved this week’s tribute to classic songs from movies. The “Top Gun”/”Risky Business” mash-up was fabulous. And I got a special kick out of Will and Emma paying tribute to Fred Astaire’s classic dancing on the ceiling number from “Royal Wedding.”
That was filmed by creating a room that rotated. It was also the inspiration for this video from Lionel Ritchie:
Smile of the Week: The Evolution of Dance in Movies
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:00 am
If it were up to me, every movie would have a dance sequence! This includes some of my favorites.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrOJ37grfG8