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And then there's these guys....

2/22/2022

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The Berry Bros are inspiring! How about Billy and Tharbis borrowing some of those steps for the climatic dance contest at the Savoy? Oh, yeah....!
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"Jitterbug!" Ornette Coleman Free Jazz Scene

7/18/2021

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A scene from the optioned screenplay "Jitterbug!" featuring music by Ornette Coleman: "The Artist in America". https://bit.ly/3exUmlL This is another example of music from "The Great American Songbook" being used in the play and screenplay with performing rights secured.
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Listen to Gene Kelly

6/26/2021

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According to his widow Patricia Kelly, it was "anathema" to  him to cut away from the dance for closeups of feet and heads or, for that matter, using cutaways to anything.. His reasoning was if you cut away, you lose the dance. He also insisted in showing the body in full figure, something I believe the great director Robert Wise practiced on "West Side Story" and "The Sound of Music."

In her FB post, she gives an example of what he considers "anathema." It's from a 1933 short called "Beer and Pretzels." She uses it to show three dancers who inspired his work on the "Sinbad the Sailor" scene from his "Invitation to the Dance" and its worth a watch and a read.
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Jitterbug break?

6/19/2021

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I think Billy and Tharbis could win the climatic dance contest at the Savoy with at least one of these moves. :)
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40 of the Best Movie Dance Scenes of All Time

5/17/2021

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Dance Spirit magazine compiles a LIST of some of cinema's greatest dance scenes. Worth a watch. 
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Jitterbug! Dialogue Live: Billy meets Owney

4/7/2021

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Jitterbug Break Choreography Ideas

12/25/2020

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Unique Camel Walk/Moon Walk choreography for use in the climatic dance scene where our hero and heroine Billy and Tharbis mirror each others movements by dropping the kind of stuff that would make a jaded Savoy Ballroom audience stand-up and shout!
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Jack Johnson and the Cotton Club

12/9/2020

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Jack Johnson was the first African-American World Heavyweight Boxing Champion (1908-1915). In 1920, he opened a supper club called Club Deluxe in the heart of Harlem at 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue. In 1923, gangster and bootlegger Owney Madden "offered Johnson a deal he couldn't refuse" and the Cotton Club was born.
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Pablo Neruda's "enchanted place:" the Savoy Ballroom

9/24/2020

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Revelations in Rhythm with Marshall Davis, Jr

9/13/2020

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Thanks to polymath Marshall Davis, Jr, tap dance is alive and well in the 305 and beyond! He is tap dancing's "Grand Philosopher" and his "Revelations in Rhythm" is really a tour de force. Trust me, you've probably never seen anything like this. With Savion Glover, this is well worth a watch and a listen-- to learn something about life and yourself.
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