Your favourite famous dance sequence of all time?

As far as ballet goes, this is perfection.

That twirling twig. Give me Gene Kelly any day.

Step in Time!

Nicholas Brothers

Nicholas Brothers on the stairs

West Side Story opening

Jinx, r4

His dancing prime. The dances from Bad, Remember the Times and BJ are good too. But this is the most fun.

Shall We Dance from The King And I.

America from West Side Story.

More Swan Lake

I saw Mikhail Baryshnikov dance at his peak.

These are great! Keep 'em coming, please.

Christopher Walken in Pennies from Heaven:

Another Christopher Walken

The Alley Dance - "My Sister Eileen" - Bob Fosse & Tommy Rall

'From This Moment On' from KISS ME KATE (1953)

Carol Haney, Bobby Van, Bob Fosse, the recently departed Tommy Rall and his fabulous ass, and the incomparable Ann Miller.

Back when I used to travel a lot on business, (and KMK would occasionally show up in retrospectives) I would change plane tickets if this was being shown in 3D

How old was Fred Astaire in 1970?

Here he is dancing at the Oscars.

The “Riverdance” number from the original 1995 Riverdance, the Show. Michael Flatley was magnificent before he left and got bitter and fat(ley).

It started this little homo’s love affair with Irish dance. You couldn’t tell me nothin’ as I pranced around the house in my white athletic socks.

Dawn French doing Seragina's rumba from Fellini's "8 and 1/2"

R18, Fred was 71 in that clip. Here is the same dance with original music.

One of the most famous sequences in ballet. Just stunning.

He nailed this.

I am known for my lap dances. I'd share a picture but daddy has them all.

Simon Zealotes/Poor Jerusalem

Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)

R22 = boring and ugly

You have to have cultivated tastes to like that sort of thing r26. It's not for everyone. Sniff.

I don’t know about famous, but this was notable. The music is magnificent as well, tho. Surely the most popular dance from that season.

What's happening here?

R29, you gif apparently broke the CSS markup on this page. Congrats, I think.

When I was 12, Auntie brought her young Gayling nephew to see Nureyev. ...in Swan Lake... With Margot Fonteyn. Yes. I'm older, but I have been and seen things you poor things will never ever experience...Enjoy!

This.

Everybody dance.

The greatest.

Hellzapoppin of course

I love the Varsity Drag.

Also the Nitty Gritty

This version too

Hand Jive with 35 year old teenagers!

June Allyson had as much sex appeal as a wet diaper....Peter Lawford was SO fucking Gay. I look at that And I think WT actual F did anyone ever see in that combination. There was no chemistry Nada.

I look at R37 and R38 and I weep for opur country. YOU like that shit? Who choreographed the spastic wrenching twisting mess in Nitty gritty? Was that some Shindig bullshit? Really?

I watched the West Side Story Prologue. I watched Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. The Nicholas Brothers. Nureyev. But this shit? Really?

this one is pretty great

Forgot the link

r48, you're a Philistine.

Sorry, I of course meant r38

this one was great, too.

They took first place!

Thank you, R43. A million blessings on your house!!! Sweet Mother, I haven't laughed like that in ages. What a brilliant skit. Some of us are old enough to remember Gilda Radner. This was absolutely brilliant. Anyone who loves old movies or ever saw a Fred Astaire move will love this.

High schoolers doing a great job with this iconic dance.

Incomparable.

R47, thanks.

I was a kid when she was first airing. She was the first SNL cast member ever hired and she was the best.

There was a sweet vulnerability behind every character.

She stole the scene as Colleen; she slayed as Emily L. and made me burst out laughing as Roseanne Rosannadanna. (sp?)

RIP, Gilda.

I forgot this one; I guess if I had to pick one from the movie, it'd be this

Wonderful.

Dancing a laendler to a waltz on the Lonely Goatherd from the Sound of Music. This scene was so ethereal, I wanted Christopher Plummer to carry me away.

Feet by Lopez and Gere Music by Gotan Project

11 pirouettes

He's doing actual pirouettes, guys.

This...Un Beso

Poetry in motion.

I love this sequence in "Viva Las Vegas"--first Elvis and Ann-Margret (both terrific dancers) are restrained doing "The Climb", but then they really let loose.

A fun one a lot of people missed: the memorable dance-off at the luau between Amy Adams (who at least once had a GREAT body) and Kimberly Davies.

R1 I am genuinely fascinated with dancers of all sorts, and always have been. I'm not a dancer, and I don't know how difficult that routine is for someone who works at that level, but I imagine it took quite a while for them to perfect that performance.

Their bodies are their instruments. Thats an entire lifestyle. As I said...I'm genuinely fascinated.

Favourite troll, are you British, or just pretentious?

Love this .

Red Velvet - Be Natural.

Yes, it's Kpop but A lot of professional dancers are now recognizing how complex and amazing the dancing has become. One dancer said the hardest thing dancing in a chair, it takes great abdominal muscles.

Granted, they’re no Steve and Gilda —

Sia’s Chandelier and Elastic Heart videos are the most recent memorable dance routines I can think of. Kind of weird to place them alongside Fred Astaire but I think that these will stand the test of time as striking contemporary dance performances.

This is the hottest dance scene I've seen in a movie recently. Shit. It's from the Netflix series, Narcos, well worth watching. The guy with the moustache is Paccho, and he's one of the four partners running the Cali Cartel. The song is Dos Gardenias...

Great scene from Narcos. Right after that dance, he kills a guy in a really gruesome manner.....Pacho was openly Gay in the series. In real life t hey say he was out, but not so in your face with it. Whatever. If he was out, he was out.

This has to be mentioned.

Elaine - Just for the fun of it.

This is instantly famous and my new favorite (starts aroung 2:37)

This was surprising. Bob Hope and Cagney.

Dancing to Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No 5 in Dracula Dead and Loving It

R66 - thanks for that. Had no idea about this angle in that series. Will watch. BTW -- the scene is just brilliant in the context of not only the macho culture of a drug cartel but also in general in the macho culture of Colombia.

Turkey Lurkey Time

Very rare Ann Miller from the Columbia "B" movie EADIE WAS A LADY (1945).

Hot choreography by Jack Cole (who received no screen credit) . Jack himself is the croupier.

Mark Platt dances to a Hitler speech in TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT (1945) .

Jack Cole choreographed again. He got credit on this film.

Gwen & Mitzi and Jack Cole in "Beale Street Blues" in THE I DON'T CARE GIRL (1953)

I always get a big kick from Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle nailing Puttin' On The Ritz in "Young Frankenstein." (Would someone kindly post the link? TIA)

Rest in peace, Messers. Boyle and Wilder

Neither, R61.

Pour vous, R78.

Pour vous, R78.

Merci, R80, R81.

R77 that video is SO dated. Why did they play raunchy stripper music and amp the sexy? I swear when I look at the way women were protrayed back then I want to scream.

He's My Friend - from Unsinkable Molly Brown. Debbie Reynold, Grover Dale and Gus Trikonis (Goldie Hawn's ex-husband).

When Cagney was young and still hot, Shanghai Lil:

R54, I was just about to post that one. Hot-CHA!

This has always been my favorite Fred & Ginger sequence. I love this song and the story they tell....

Who knew? Steve Martin & Bernadette Peters....Let's Face the Music & Dance....

Who knew? Steve Martin & Bernadette Peters...Let's Face the Music & Dance...

R88, Then watch the Steve Martin-Gregory Hines dancing video! Amazing tap-dancing by both!

Time of my Life

Mikhail and Gelsey. Just incredible:

Nureyev in La Spectre de la Rose.

No one could tap like the great Ann Miller. Here, in her classic number from 'Small Town Girl'...

"No one could tap like the great Ann Miller"

I beg to differ with you.

[quote]"No one could tap like the great Ann Miller"

[quote]I beg to differ with you.

Me too.

Did no one answer r29? The Ross Sisters.

Ann-Margret stealing a movie from Dick Van Dyke and becoming a star.

R96, I can't get over the thighs and the hips on Eleanor Powell. Jeezus wept!

And there's something deliciously obscene about the Ross sisters, R97.

Guys in heels! Oh Yanis, baby.

A fun compilation pulled from over 60 films

Fred and Ginger, "Cheek to Cheek."

Not my favourite, but you can really see just how cut Gene Kelly was.

Still one of the best of all time.

Lucy and Van Johnson

The other Lucille!

Great thread, OP.

I'm not a fan of the Nutcracker because it's done to death every single year, (aside from this one), but some of its pieces are sublime, like this Moscow Ballet's Arabian variation.

The adorable Gene Nelson "A Farm off Old Broadway" from THE DAUGHTER OF ROSIE O'GRADY (1950)

He'd be far more well-remembered if he had been at MGM instead of Warners or worked with Jack Cole at Fox.

R103 I love that sequence! Ginger's dress was legendary. I Remember watching my old favorite Robert Osborne talking about how they filmed it and how the feathers in the dress were messing Fred up and he was pissed, and Ginger had to do takes until her feet bled.

Gene Nelson in a gym. He may not have been as sexily buff as Gene Kelly, but he was 100% lean solid muscle.

It's frequently posted here. No matter how many times I've see it, it never fails to astonish me.

I love this video - it shows how Fred Astaire shot the ceiling dance in "Royal Wedding" by showing how the room revolved. Far from ruining the magic, it makes it even more impressive to see how he managed to do it.

Donald O'Connor doesn't get enough credit. We all know Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly are great, but Donald O'Connor was pretty damned good too. I love this particular sequence from Call Me Madam.

Cool!

we gotta post this. It was mentioned upthread, but not posted...

Someone in the Crowd scene from LaLaLand

Still amazing energy. Especially for a film scene.

Always makes me smile.

Your Song scene from Moulin Rouge makes me smile, mostly because of Ewan McGregor's singing (and he's still handsome at 50).

The zombies dancing sequence.

[quote]This has always been my favorite Fred & Ginger sequence. I love this song and the story they tell....

I have held that dress a few times R87. It is a heavy mother fucker.

OMG, OP. As a kid, I was OBSESSED with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

Watched every single film, and took ballet and tap dancing lessons as a result.

I even had a cane I would twirl around and dance with.

R28, Danny Tidwell was an incredible dancer.

My favorite version of Putting on the Ritz.

While I'm a little surprised w/R95's counter, I knew I'd hear from someone trying to compare Eleanor Powell with Miller. Unfortunately, neither Kelly, O'Connor (who I agree was very underrated) could TAP AND SPIN or whirl around at the same time. And definitely not at 500 taps a minute.

Powell of course shines in the classic number with Astaire, and while she was technically amazing, and could tap at high speed, she could not spin in circles while tapping at the same time.

Donald should have been in White Christmas instead of Danny Kaye.

Astaire and Rogers reunited on screen after 10 years for "The Barkleys of Broadway" in 1949, their last movie together and also their only one in color. Here, they dance to the Gershwins' "They Can't Take That Away From Me." Fred sang the song to Ginger 12 years earlier in "Shall We Dance," but they didn't dance to it in the earlier film.

Yes R123, and he and his husband were cute. RIP.

He 'WERE' cute?

Gene Kelly's tap dance wearing roller skates was probably his last hurrah...but well worth a watch, esp after about 2 minutes in.

R130, he makes it look so easy but DAMN, that must've been grueling.

Charles Durning doing the Sidestep in Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

Sorry, I don’t know how to post a link.

Fred and Gene

Favorite?

Other than "Cheek to Cheek,", "A Couple of Swells" from "Easter Parade."

"He 'WERE' cute?

—Oh, dear!"

Reading is fundamental. Read the sentence at again at R 128 and feel ashamed of yourself, R 129. Then apologize for your ignorance.

Although "were" is grammatically correct, R135, it's still an awkward sentence. The husband is still alive.

They WERE cute together. Not that they are both dead, but as a couple, they were cute.

Haha, I’m sorry for the awkward sentence. I’ll do better.

Maks Chmerkovskiy put on Instagram some dynamite routines with Mel B.

Their paso doble made me question whether or not I was straight (then I watched it again with my eyes on Maks).

The Carlton

Max is a fantastic dancer. He and Derrick Hough are, IMO the best of DWTS.

I love the Uptown Funk Bruno Mars compilation video. I know. Everyone has probably seen it more than once but it's fun and the editing job was fantastic.

Not just one dance, but a series. " Everybody Dance!"

"Alabamy Bound" by the Nicholas Brothers

Honi Coles and Cholly Atkins: "Swing is Really the Thing"

r1 is remarkable. Thank you!

One of Judy's best and sprightliest dance numbers, with her buddy Chuck Walters from PRESENTING LILY MARS (1943) .

She was called out of GIRL CRAZY to do this which replaced the limp WWII Propaganda song "Paging Mister Greenback"

Bump

Esther Blodgett and Norman Maine meet cute onstage. From "A Star Is Born"

Gotta Have You Go With Me

Judy and James Mason

boys in feathers

Holly Hunter in a sexy sultry dance scene in a lesbian nightclub from Living Out Loud.

The intense tango of Roxanne from Moulin Rouge.

Fiddler

"Night and Day" with that fantastic song bursting with longing and fabulous lyrics.

I kept trying to post the YouTube link but kept getting an ERROR OCCURRED message. Apologies.

Good one, R152!

That R152 final brass section always reminds me of the end of the Bacchanale from Saint-Saëns’ Samson and Delilah. Brass just letting that shit rip!

I don't think anyone's posted this yet; Mikhail Baryshnikov & Gregory Hines in "White Nights" - A burst of the 80s, It's been my prime workout motivator the past few months, it doesn't get old, wish it was longer.

Bump

R57 Stolen from the movie with Delon La prima notte di quiete (1972)

I'd love to see Maks and Derek do a paso doble.