Comments on: 25 Iconic Dance Sequences In Film

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:29:57 +0000

The Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Barn Raising dance number has to be in this conversation. PERIOD. 🙂

By: Willem van der Plas

Willem van der Plas — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:29:57 +0000

best boney m moment ever:
From Shanghai Dreams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUKxDVilH8M

By: Larry Billman

Larry Billman — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:29:57 +0000

A great – and very provocative- list. The minute you ask for \”Iconic\” or \”Best,\” it all depends on the age and exposure to dance scenes in film. And what resonates with the viewer. Is it the stars, the characters and the arc they make, the emotion, the movement, the story? And, what is a \”Dance?\” Is it the over-30-minute-long waltz scene in \”The Leopard?\” The dizzying and emotionally powerful waltz in \”Madame Bovary?\” Or is it when Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze simply get into a dance position as he materializes in \”Ghost?\” How about the finest leg kicking, high-flying, girl tossing, plot developing dance ever in film: the \”Barn Raising\” in \”Seven Brides for Seven Brothers?\” Thanks for opening heads, as we all start thinking about our favorite dances. And THAT IS A GOOD THING. Too many forget what \”dance\” can do in film.

By: debra levine

debra levine — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:29:57 +0000

Really appreciate this great effort, and the scope of it, but, come on guys, no Jack Cole? Without whom there would be no Bob Fosse? Jack Cole, the great forgotten genius of dance choreography for film?

Obvious starting Point: \”Diamonds are a Girl\’s Best Friend\” But there is so much more!

http://artsmeme.com/2010/11/10/jack-cole-marilyn-reunited-jacobs-pillow/

By: John Hickey

John Hickey — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:29:57 +0000

I think you made an error in leaving out David Lynch\’s \”Do The Locomotion\” scene in Inland Empire.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djh1UprzoLk

By: Eliza

Eliza — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:29:57 +0000

Great list! I agree that there should probably be some Busby Berkeley in there somewhere, and I would add maybe A Clockwork Orange\’s \”Singin\’ in the Rain\” and \”The Time Warp\” from Rocky Horror. I\’m sure I could think of a million more. I may have to go through my collection…

By: MikeD

MikeD — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:29:57 +0000

Also the cafe muller scene (opening scene) from Talk to her (2002)

By: Mz

Mz — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:29:57 +0000

Dancer in the Dark? The factory AND the court scenes a beautifully depressing~

By: NickL

NickL — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:29:57 +0000

Where is the triumphant climactic dance scene from Napoleon Dynamite?

By: JoeB

JoeB — Fri, 13 May 2016 15:29:57 +0000

Great stuff- though I was really hoping the great jukebox scene near the end of \”Y Tu Mama Tambien\” would make the list