{"id":2912,"date":"2015-08-31T08:06:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T08:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/paradise-valley\/?p=2912"},"modified":"2015-08-31T08:06:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T08:06:00","slug":"10-movie-dances-that-show-the-power-beauty-and-fun-of-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/paradise-valley\/blog\/ballroom-dances\/10-movie-dances-that-show-the-power-beauty-and-fun-of-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Movie Dances that Show the Power, Beauty and Fun of Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ask about a dance in a movie and someone is sure to say \u201cSinging in the Rain\u201d. It\u2019s a classic, but here are more movie moves \u2013 some from films where you\u2019d expect to find them \u2013 some not so much! All of them make you want to get up and move with beat! Here are 10 worth watching again \u2013 in no particular order.<\/p>\n

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  1. The Big Lebowski (1998).<\/strong> What condition was his condition in? It plays out in a marvelous spoof of Vegas spectaculars. No feathers in these headdresses \u2013 they\u2019re copies of bowling pins. It\u2019s definitely a strike!<\/li>\n
  2. Footloose (1984).<\/strong> A classic that proves you can\u2019t ban dance \u2013 especially at prom time. Hats off to Kenny Loggins for the song and Keven Bacon for the moves.<\/li>\n
  3. An American in Paris (1951).<\/strong> A classic that earned Gene Kelly and honorary Oscar, the 16-minute (that\u2019s right 16 minutes!) ballet with Kelley and Leslie Caron is a classic song and dance! Amazing!<\/li>\n
  4. Scent of a Woman (1992).<\/strong> Al Pacino was definitely debonair when he tangoed out to the floor, but we don\u2019t think it would win on Dancing with the Stars. A contender though and no \u201cRotten Tomatoes\u201d were thrown.<\/li>\n
  5. Westside Story (1961).<\/strong> You have several to pick from \u2013 like the fight ballet between the Sharks and the Jets \u2013 but a favorite has to be the mambo and the rivals fighting it out on the dance floor. Swirling skirts and fancy footwork \u2013 watch it again and again.<\/li>\n
  6. The Blues Brothers (1960).<\/strong> Ray Charles has everyone on the street showing how they \u201cShake a Tail Feather\u201d through all the dances of the 60\u2019s \u2013 from the monkey to the swim and the mashed potato to the fly. And, that\u2019s not to mention the cute kids dancing on the police car. Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi knew how to get down!<\/li>\n
  7. The Royal Wedding (1951).\u00a0<\/strong>Gene Kelly may have danced in the rain, but in this classic film he dances on the wall and the ceiling \u2013 in an age where there were no special effects. All that fancy footwork on a revolving set. WOW!<\/li>\n
  8. Dirty Dancing (1987).<\/strong> Lots of dancing? Of course! But the finale where Baby shows she can move her hips and masters that leap just can\u2019t be beat. Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey became modern Fred Astaires and Ginger Rogers.<\/li>\n
  9. The Rocky Horror Show (1975).<\/strong> Here\u2019s a dance that came with instructions \u2013 jump to the left and step to the right. Simple? Simply fun!<\/li>\n
  10. Risky Business (1983).<\/strong> Tom Cruise in underwear has to make the list \u2013 especially with the moves he showcases. It\u2019s become a classic with takeoffs and re-dos on everything from Dancing with the Stars\u201d to Guitar Hero ads.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The list could go on and on. But, don\u2019t just think about it \u2013 get with it. Come to Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Paradise Valley. We may not put you in the movies, but we\u2019ll get you out on the floor, looking like a star!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Ask about a dance in a movie and someone is sure to say \u201cSinging in the Rain\u201d. It\u2019s a classic, but here are more movie moves \u2013 some from films where you\u2019d expect to find them \u2013 some not so much! All of them make you want to get up and move with beat! Here […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":2913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ballroom-dances","category-dance-info-news-trends"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/paradise-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/paradise-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/paradise-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/paradise-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/paradise-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/paradise-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/paradise-valley\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/paradise-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/paradise-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/paradise-valley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}