Top 10 Dance Scenes That Defined Cinema

[Music] got dance got dance welcome to miss Mojo and today we'll be looking at the most important dance sequences in film history I can show you a good [Music] time number 10 you're the one that I want Greece Sandy tell me about it St from the moment Dany sees Sandy and her new greaser girl get up at the end of the movie cinema history is made my direction feel your most of the choreography and you're the one that I want consists of Olivia Newton John strutting around and John Travolta slithering along after her with a couple of whoops and hollers along the way but the chemistry between the two leads paired with their iconic hips way walk at the end has inspired many a copy over the years still no homage will ever beat the exhilaration of the [Music] original number nine jump and Jive Stormy Weather you've heard of Fred a stair you've heard of Jean Kelly but two of the most prolific tap dancers of the golden age of Hollywood were the Nicholas Brothers [Music] fard and Harold Nicholas were some of the best dancers of their day but because they were African-American they never got as much recognition as their white colleagues in the field with that said stormy weather has a performance from The Duo that simply can't be [Music] ignored jump and J five is an acrobatic energetic Flash Dance for the ages with this number which some considered to be the best dance ever committed to the screen the Nicholas Brothers changed the game and inspired so [Music] [Applause] [Music] many number eight You Should Be Dancing Saturday Night Fever in the late 1970s you couldn't get more famous than John Travolta before gree 78 he had another runaway hit with Saturday Night Fever he's very good he's the king out there he's the best hey man he's great he's great Travolta boogieing along to Night Fever will forever be implanted in our memories but nothing beats his solo performance Till You Should Be Dancing in this sequence cholta takes the floor by himself with a fun disco [Music] routine [Applause] [Music] Travolta's moves the twinkling lights and the mesmerizing colors create a performance that's impossible to tear your eyes away from the movie itself is great but cholta and his dancing skills make it iconic your dancing is really marvelous it's exciting I mean it's exciting to watch out there they can't keep their eyes off number seven I've had the time of my life Dirty Dancing nobody puts baby in a corner and nobody performs Ms a partner dance quite like baby and [Music] Johnny and I owe it all to [Music] you dirty dancing is one of the Prime dancing movies of the 1980s and there are plenty of great sequences to Showcase just that the one that Still Remains just as magical today is the final dance to I've had the time of my life you're the one I can't get in the so I'll tell you could throughout most of the film The Music That's played diagetic is from the 1960s this song however is all 8s by extension the scene feels almost like a fairy tale or fantasy of Epic romantic proportions Jennifer Gray and Patrick suy have a amazing chemistry and the Dirty Dancing lift has gone down in history as one of the best my I never F this way [Applause] before number six ceiling Dance Royal Wedding throughout his long illustrious career Freda stair came up with a lot of innovative ways to show The Art of Dance on screen his decisions about how choreography would be filmed differred greatly from the Busby Berkeley musicals that were popular at the time will you try a few steps with me please oh dear can't you dance with a partner one of his most Innovative decisions however came with the filming of 1951's royal wedding in it a stairs character gets so excited that he dances on the ceiling [Music] literally [Music] the scene was shot with a stare in a Rolling Barrel set to give the illusion of dancing on the walls and ceiling it was an extraordinarily original idea at the time inspiring countless creatives in the decade [Music] [Applause] [Music] since [Music] number five the ballet The Red Shoes the innovation of how ballet is used in film has evolved over the years one of the most important films in its evolution is 1948's the red [Music] shoes from the amazing film team of Michael Powell and Emer presberg The Red Shoes follows valerina named Victoria pige who must choose between love and her career the film includes a 17-minute long ballet sequence that's filled with symbolic visuals and metaphors for the story then [Music] unfolds while some critics at the time found that the ballet wasn't realistic the film's stature as one of the best of all time has only grown since its release the beauty of this particular sequence is a large part of that any swelling I mean the head all that clapping Bravos roses poof number four the aloof the heavyweight the big finish sweet [Music] charity Bob fossy is one of the most Innovative Musical directors and creators of the latter half of the 20th century his work began in Earnest in the 1950s with Stage musicals like Dam Yankees meanwhile some of his best work can be found in numbers such as take off with us in all that jazz perhaps his most important piece of choreography however came from his first feature film in sweet charity yeah yeah yeah yeah in the aloof the heavyweight the big finish we see fy's choreography completely untempered by a different director or other ideas it's pure fossy through and through and just the beginning of his time as an [Music] oour number three Mambo Westside Story choreography can do so many things in a film when it comes to 196 1's Westside Story it's the main driver of the [Music] story directed by Robert Wise and choreography Jerome Robbins every single dance sequence in the film is immaculately staged and shot we'll never get over the swirling Euphoria of America but the dance at the gym is an absolute masterpiece [Applause] [Music] wise and robins take us through so many different parts from the Mambo back and forth between the Jets and the Sharks to Maria and Tony's love at first sight moment it's a gorgeous feat of Storytelling through dance and perhaps hasn't been replicated yet oh number two An American in Paris An American in [Music] Paris Jean Kelly and the words dream ballet are just about synonymous when it comes to 1950s musicals the one we probably think of the most is from the 1952 Masterpiece singing in the rain but Kelly's most ambitious Endeavor came a year earlier in the Vincent Manelli Direct directed in American and [Music] Paris the delightfully colorful film ends with a 17-minute decadent dream ballet the sets are extravagant mimicking The Works of French artists like Henry rouso Pierre August Renoir and to loose the Trek meanwhile Kelly's choreography is a stunning mix of genres and the dancers perform it beautifully before we unveil our top pick here are a few honorable mentions diamonds are girls best friend Gentlemen Prefer Blondes never has an outfit had such staying power but stiff knees you stand [Music] straight Jailhouse Rock Jailhouse Rock Elvis's most famous musical sequence I want to STI around while I get my [Music] [Music] KCK Warehouse dance Foot Loose Kevin Bacon invented the solo strut through a warehouse don't give your heart wings you never never never never the lady in the Tutti Frutti hat the gang's all here the Busby Berkeley experience at its [Music] finest Studio duet white nights a duet between two masters of the Dance World well you [Music] got before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one Singing in the Rain Singing in the Rain I walk down the lane with a happy refrain just singing singing in the throughout his long career Jean Kelly made it a point to try new things when it came to committing dance to the screen as far back as 1945 he was dancing with a cartoon mouse and anchors away predating Mary Poppins by almost 20 years the most iconic longlasting image of Kelly is also one of his simplest I'm singing and dancing in the rain in the titular number of Singing in the Rain Kelly proves that all you need to create an unforgettable dance number are some puddles and a beaming smile Kelly exudes pure charm and joy in this dance number splashing his way to our hearts and creating one of the most indelible images of American Cinema I'm Laughin at Clouds so dark up above the sun's in my heart and I'm Ready for Love which dance scene do you think had the biggest impact on Cinema history let us know in the comments now I tell you the truth it was good do you agree with our picks check out this other recent clip from M Mojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos

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Length: 14min 19sec (859 seconds)

Published: Sun Nov 26 2023