INVITATION TO THE DANCE

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Top 10 Judy Garland(film numbers)

Leonide Massine

One of the best ballet dancers and choreographers ever(Moscow,9 August 1896 - Cologne,15 March 1979).
Dancer and choreographer:Ballets Russes,Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo,his company,cinema.
Guest dancer and choreographer:American Ballet Theatre,The Sadler's Wells Ballet,The Royal Danish Ballet,The Cologne State Opera Ballet,The Vienna Opera Ballet,La Scala in Milan,The Paris Opera,Opera Comique,Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires,Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro,Joffrey Ballet,and others.
Filmography:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0557441/
Broadway:http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=15579

Final part of the wonderful ballet movie "Spanish fiesta"(Warner 1942,19 min) danced and choreographed by Massine.With Tamara Toumanova,Alexandra Danilova,Frederic Franklin,
Nathalie Krassovska,Andre Eglevsky and the ensemble(Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo).Music by
Rimsky-Korsakov(Capriccio espagnole).



Rumba bomba
From my YouTube channel.


 

The masterpiece "The red shoes"(1948),danced and choreographed by Massine and Robert Helpmann.With Moira Shearer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BksDeYMlbMo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NWn4nn7sL0

The gay parisian(Warner 1941).
Another great ballet movie danced and choreographed by Leonide Massine.With Frederic Franklin,Milada Mladova,Igor Youskevitch,Nathalie Krassovska,Andre Eglevsky,Lubov Roudenko,Casimir Kokitch,James Starbuck and the ensemble(Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo).Music by Jacques Offenbach.
                                                                                               

Vera Ellen and chorus in "Wedding dance",the other dance number of  "Carnival in Costa Rica".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPqIUSnqJn8

Luck be a lady

The memorable gamblers' ballet in "Guys and dolls"(MGM 1955).Choreography by Michael Kidd and music by Frank Loesser.

Silk stockings(MGM 1957)

Fred Astaire,Cyd Charisse,Cole Porter,Hermes Pan,Eugene Loring,the MGM,Rouben Mamoulian:one of the greatest musicals in the history.

"Fated to be mated".
Masterpiece,chef-d'oeuvre.Memorable modern and Jazz dance number performed by Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse.



"Red Blues".
Boom!Another incredible modern and Jazz dance number,performed by Cyd Charisse.



"All of you".
Beautiful modern dance number performed by Astaire and Charisse.



"The Ritz roll and rock".
Delightful dance number performed by Fred and chorus.
http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/238071/silk-stockings-movie-clip

Gene Nelson

Unforgettable dancer(theatre and pictures).Actor,choreographer and director.
Seattle,24 Mar 1920 - Los Angeles,16 Sep 1996.
Filmography:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0625383/
Broadway:http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=54374

"My blushin' Rosie".
Great Tap solo from "The daughter of Rosie O'Grady"(Warner 1950).

"I'll be loving you".
Delightful dance duet with Virginia Mayo in "She's working her way through college"(Warner 1952).Choreography by LeRoy Prinz.



"What is this thing called love?".
With Janice Rule in a very nice dance number in spanish style set to music by Cole Porter.From "Starlift"(Warner 1951).Choreography by LeRoy Prinz again.

"This is the finale".
Excellent Tap solo in "The West Point story"(Warner 1950).Choreography by Nelson himself and LeRoy Prinz.



"Lookin' for someone to love".
With Pat Horn in a very good modern dance number created by he himself and Lee Scott.From
"So this is Paris"(Universal 1955).
                                                                                                                       
                                    
                                                                                    
"Tip-toe thru' the tulips with me".
Great Tap number performed by Gene Nelson,Virginia Mayo and Virginia Gibson in
"Painting the clouds with sunshine"(Warner 1951).Staged and directed by LeRoy Prinz,music by
Joseph Burke.



"Crazy rhythm".
Beautiful dance number from "Tea for two"(Warner 1950).The choreography is by Nelson with the assistance of LeRoy Prinz,and the music is by Roger Wolfe Kahn and Joseph Meyer.

Beale street Blues

Amazing musical number performed by Gwen Verdon,Marc Wilder,Matt Mattox and others before(Jazz dance),then by Mitzi Gaynor.Choreography by genius Jack Cole.From "The i don't care girl"(FOX 1953).

The gal with the yaller shoes

Cyd Charisse,Dan Dailey and dancers(Marc Wilder,Dickie Humphreys,Buddy Spencer etc.) in
"Meet me in Las Vegas"(MGM 1956).'Millionth' beautiful,very original choreography by Hermes Pan.Music by Nicholas Brodszky and lyrics by Sammy Cahn.

Let's do it-All through the night

Beautiful ballet by Roland Petit set to music by Cole Porter,danced by Zizi Jeanmaire,Marc Wilder,
Buzz Miller and ensemble in "Anything goes"(Paramount 1956).

Not since Nineveh

Masterpiece dance number created by Jack Cole and performed by Jack Dodds,Marc Wilder,
Reiko Sato,Patricia Dunn and Wonci Lui in "Kismet"(MGM 1955).Great!