Virtual: Brian Rose Presents...Dancing in the Dark: A History of Dance in the Movies

Program Type:

Lecture

Age Group:

Adults
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Program Description

Description

The movies and dancing are a partnership born in heaven. From its very beginnings, motion pictures turned toward dance as one of the best ways to showcase its unique ability to make movement come alive. Through the decades, dancing on the big screen has provided some of the most ecstatic moments in film history – whether it’s Fred Astaire gliding on the ceiling in Royal Wedding, the Nicholas Brothers leaping down a staircase in Stormy Weather, Moira Shearer pirouetting through the dreamscape of The Red Shoes or John Travolta burning up the dance floor in Saturday Night Fever. This talk will survey 130 years of thrilling movie dance performances and show how the cinema helped change the nature of dance.

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