http://www.youtube.com/wa...0Ellington

Watch out for the ending's dance sequel

No choreography involved, everything seems spontaneous and natural.

Harlepolis said:

[Behave snip - luv4u]

and if thats what you call real dancing then Ike turner and tine turner are the best dancers, because thats what he use to do tina
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How Dance Has Evolved

Panther514 sent this link first thing in the a.m. He gets credit for it.

Hey, Harle!

krazykid18 said:

Do you need a hug?

That dance was awsome!!!They had some mad skills back then!
/peace Manki

Now that's my kinda steppin'.

Try 2 find some old footage of the Nicholas Brothers, if U want 2 see some other mind blowing dance.

SIDE NOTE: The last real dancing in popular music was, yeah I said it... in the late '80s - early '90s. Hip-Hop and R&B steppin' at it's absolute best ever, and based on a lot of old time jazz steps. Shit, my boys and I used 2 step our asses off. It's truly a shame that there is no steppin' in todays Rap and R&B, but then again... the music doesn't really make U want 2... does it?

Peace.

G.

Harlepolis said:

While they are jamming this is about as choreographed as it gets.

This is amazing. The moves are awesome. I do think it was choreographed, but nonetheless, it's REAL dancing.

Kind of makes you shake your head and wonder what those like Janet, Madonna, Britney etc think they're doing.

Duke Ellington was quite the hotness That shit was tight

krazykid18 said:

Damn. Why so angry about a few dance moves?

Of course it's choreographed, and it was brilliant. The Lindy Hop had to be one of the most athletic forms of popular dance. They made it look incredibly easy in that clip. Unbelievable.

The Nicholas Brothers...



...http://www.youtube.com/wa...rothers%22

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Who cares whether the original clip posted was choreographed or not. The sequence was hot.
As with all truly great dancers, some percentage of improv is inserted within the choreography.


And just for pure fun...

http://www.youtube.com/wa...22%2Bdance

...The Godfather & Sammy Davis Jr.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

What a fun number! I enjoyed that. Brilliant moves.

kisscamille said:

U should rent "A League of Their Own". I'd pay gobs of money 2 see Janet or Britney even attempt that number Madonna does at the road house.

krazykid18 said:

Theres gotta be one in every bunch...someone must have pissed in your Gerber babyfood...here's a quick lesson for you.....back then...EVERYONE danced like that..the clubs were FULL of dancers Lindyhopping...He more than likely picked the best ones and told them to do their thing...the only choreography was probably telling them what angle the camera was shooting from and when to end it.

krazykid18 said:

No need to hate...APPRECIATE! The fact that it's choreographed means that it took lots of time, practice and skill to make those moves seem so effortless. That's how it's done, Einstein!

I stand corrected, then

Still tho, it seemed VERY natural even if every step was organised

Audience, I didn't see that youtube link but I remember The Nicholas Brothers' dancing cameo in Stormy Weather which is considered to be the greatest tap dance sequel caught in film, ever.

P.S. Thanx 4 the linx ya'll

FunkMistress said:

Dahling

Harlepolis said:

A clip from the Stormy Weather sequence is there also: http://www.youtube.com/wa...rothers%22


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

theAudience said:

Being backed-up by Cab 'Hi-De-Ho' Calloway thats the one, chile

krazykid18 said:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...es%20brown

Why is there even a question They were MAGNIFICENT dancers, athletes with grace - & since when does choreography make or break a dancer? To those who haven't seen a dance troupe perform it's ALL choreographed & they are indeed true dancers

the Sammy & James clip: AWESOME!!! & can I say what a nice looking man James was without the conk? He really was kinda handsome, but w/ the conk he just looks like a greazy fucker

the Stormy Weather clip: I've seen Stormy Weather a couple of times back in the day but this didn't stick in my mind - those STAIRS man!!! How on earth did they not break something?? THAT was sheer brilliance