Videos of favorite scenes, dances, music, sports, Fred Astaire, etc...

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<p>Musicamusica, thanks. </p>

<p>Frazzled1, great links. Thanks.</p>

<p>Nice to see Astaire playing the piano, the drums, how he danced on the ceiling.</p>

<p>I also forgot how good that firecracker number was.</p>

<p>I think Fred’s chemistry was better with Ginger, but I think it is obvious that Rita Hayworth is a better dancer. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.myspace.com/video/madame-arcati/fred-astaire-ginger-rogers-cheek-to-cheek/7337381[/url]”>http://www.myspace.com/video/madame-arcati/fred-astaire-ginger-rogers-cheek-to-cheek/7337381&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I guess this dance was too obvious to post.:)</p>

<p>Gene Kelly…</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.myspace.com/video/an-alias/gene-kelly-singing-in-the-rain/5680728[/url]”>http://www.myspace.com/video/an-alias/gene-kelly-singing-in-the-rain/5680728&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I hope you realize that I haven’t accomplished anything all day because I’ve been watching Astaire and Kelly clips on Youtube.</p>

<p>That number from Singing in the Rain is 4 minutes of perfection. Two Kelly clips I especially like from An American in Paris (though we might as well just link to the whole movie):</p>

<p>[url=&lt;a href=“- YouTube</a> Got Rhythm” Gene Kelly “An American In Paris” - YouTube<a href=“color%20isn’t%20good%20but%20Kelly%20is%20marvelous”>/url</a></p>

<p>[url=&lt;a href=“- YouTube”&gt;- YouTube]An</a> American in Paris - Tra La La - YouTube<a href=“amazing%20use%20of%20a%20small%20space%20by%20Kelly%20and%20director%20Vincente%20Minelli”>/url</a></p>

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<p>Frazzled1… Lol…</p>

<p>I like your taste. </p>

<p>I posted those links earlier. Lol.</p>

<p>When I first bought a video tape machine, I played Tra La La 10 times in a row.
Something about that number I liked. I used to play Tra La La multiple times a day. It was becoming a habit. I went on a trip to Europe and that changed my routine, and I needed to change my routine because watching Tra La La multiple times a day is not
productive. :)</p>

<p>Singin in the Rain is my favorite musical. I like American in Paris.</p>

<p>I also like On the Town. I like the energy of On The Town. Vera Ellen and Gene
Kelly look good together.</p>

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<p>Ooops - sorry I missed that you had already posted the American in Paris clips. I’ve been having so much fun looking them up and watching them that I forgot to keep reading the thread. :D</p>

<p>On the Town is one of those movies that my family has to watch a couple of times a year.</p>

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<p>“On the Town is one of those movies that my family has to watch a couple of times a year.”</p>

<p>Nice.</p>

<p>I don’t care if you post stuff that has already been posted. It is hard to keep track and it means we like the same stuff.</p>

<p>I never saw “Anatomy of a Dancer” an American Masters documentary about Gene Kelly, but I found a clip on youtube. </p>

<p>I am checking it out.</p>

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<p>Not necessarily the best, but memorable to me. </p>

<p>Shirley Temple and Bill Bojangles Robinson</p>

<p>Someone mentioned The Bandwagon. Saw it for the first time and liked Triplets–novelty number with fun lyrics–Astaire, Nanette Fabray (still alive!), and James Buchanan.</p>

<p>Al Pacino doing the tango in Scent of a Woman.</p>

<p>Opening of West Side Story segueing into When You’re a Jet (Jerome Robbins da Bomb).</p>

<p>Ray Bolger.</p>

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<p>Now here is a blast from the past that most of us should remember. Love it or hate it?</p>

<p>[Mummenschanz</a> - 1983 - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>

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<p>I don’t know about Mummenschanz.</p>

<p>Ray Bolger…don’t hear his name too much.</p>

<p>I met Shirley Temple. Se was super nice. Loved her dimples. My daughter has similar dimples. :)</p>

<p>I love this song and dance.
“There may be trouble ahead”.</p>

<p>[Fred</a> Astaire & Ginger Rogers: Let’s Face The Music And Dance 1936 - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>

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<p>Three more that are so much fun.</p>

<p>Gene Kelly partnering a squeaky floor board and a newspaper: [Gene</a> Kelly Summer Stock Dance - YouTube](<a href=“Gene Kelly Summer Stock Dance - YouTube”>Gene Kelly Summer Stock Dance - YouTube)</p>

<p>with Sinatra in Take Me out to the Ballgame: <a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube;

<p>Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby from Blue Skies. This number is more fun than any of their songs together in Holiday Inn: [Bing</a> Sings “A Couple of Song and Dance Men” - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>

<p>It’s fun to see the dancers torture the non-dancers a little bit. Though Sinatra keeps up awesomely considering that Kelly cut him no slack whatsoever.</p>

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<p>I like Bing Crosby’s …singing. :)</p>

<p>Gene Kelly’s dance was awesome.</p>

<p>Sinatra did do a good job.</p>

<p>I love the opening of On The Town.</p>

<p><a href=“New York, New York - On the Town - YouTube”>New York, New York - On the Town - YouTube;

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<p>Mummenschantz reminds me a bit of the sorts of things Alwin Nicolais used to do: [Alwin</a> Nikolais’ Noumenon - YouTube](<a href=“Alwin Nikolais' Noumenon - YouTube”>Alwin Nikolais' Noumenon - YouTube)</p>

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<p>I don’t think any performance (on TV, anyway) ever affected me as much as watching Gordeeva and Grinkov skate. Here’s one (of many):
[Ekaterina</a> Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov - 1994 Olympic Gala - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiUuTLHrGFg)</p>

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<p>That was a beautiful performance on ice, but theirs is a very sad story.</p>

<p>I am glad to see that Gordeeva remarried.</p>

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<p>My favorite ballerina is Alina Cojocaru. This is just spectacular: [Alina</a> Cojocaru at 25 - Sleeping Beauty, Rose adagio - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube) The piece is famous for the crazy demands it places on the ballerina. If you don’t have 6 minutes to invest, fast forward to 5:00 to see what this woman can do after dancing that long.</p>

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<p>That does look incredibly difficult. I don’t know how she stands up with those shoes.</p>

<p>She looks beautiful and moves great and I have no idea what I am seeing. :)</p>

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<p>[Ella</a> Fitzgerald - Summertime - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>

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<p>dstark, I know we weren’t separated at birth but the similarity of our taste in movies and music is uncanny! Ella Fitzgerald - a great, great artist. Her series of albums singing the Great American Songbook (Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, etc.) is a must-have. She was an amazing talent!</p>

<p>This thread has gotten me to thinking about Bob Fosse and I came across this clip, which is narrated by the great Broadway star Gwen Verdon, to whom he was married for quite a while. [Various</a> Clips of Bob Fosse Dancing - YouTube](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SkYdsvgOpw]Various”>Various Clips of Bob Fosse Dancing - YouTube) What an original genius he was! </p>

<p>Adding this one to the other skating clips posted here. It’s one of the coolest routines I have ever seen: [Kurt</a> browning doing singing in the rain - YouTube](<a href=“Kurt browning doing singing in the rain - YouTube”>Kurt browning doing singing in the rain - YouTube) </p>

<p>Kurt Browning is my favorite skater. He was expected to win 2 Olympic golds (in 1992 and 1994) but flubbed the short program badly both times and couldn’t medal, despite his phenomenal long program both years. I remember that my daughters and I cried. He was very classy in defeat.</p>

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<p>Frazzled1, I had no idea that Bob Fosse danced so well. That clip was great.
What a great career. I love his style. Caberet is a classic. I have watched All That Jazz so many times. The number Everything Old Is New Again always brings a smile to my face. </p>

<p>Kurt Browning did an amazing job, just fantastic. I don’t remember seeing that.</p>

<p>Thanks for those clips.</p>

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<p>That Kurt Browning clip is great - I’ve never seen that, either! Thanks for posting the link.</p>

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<p>Indeed, Frazzled, thanks for sharing the Bob Fosse and Kurt Browning clips. I enjoyed them!</p>