Can you imagine clumsy celebrities remaking classic dance scenes from Singin' in the Rain or Dirty Dancing? That's the idea behind ABC's new mini-show Let's Dance, which will feature stars trying to re-create some of those famous dances stage. ABC plans to air five episodes of the series in between seasons of Dancing With the Stars, and while I thought I was immune to dancing shows at this point, I kind of want to see this one. I do love dance movies, after all, and the thought of the likes of Steve Wozniak attempting some of those moves just makes me giggle.
It also got me thinking: what are some of your favorite iconic dance scenes from TV and movies? I'll start you off with the three shown above: the final audition scene in Flashdance, Amber Atkins's exuberant tap routine in Drop Dead Gorgeous, and the "Seize the Day" number from Newsies. Take it away!
Citizens of Humanity
Matthew Williamson
Armand Basi
Drop Dead Gorgeous
1Napolean Dynamite
Donnie Darko
Little Miss Sunshine for the win!
The final number in Center Stage.
2Santa Baby from Mean Girls. LOL
Sparkle Motion from Donnie Darko!
3The end of Little Miss Sunshine
The closing credits of The 40 Year-Old Virgin
The African Anteater Ritual from Can't Buy Me Love
The dance scene in The Breakfast Club
Singin In the Rain
4Mary Poppins
The Sound of Music
The Breakfast Club
Little Miss Sunshine
Westside Story
Guys & Dolls
there's so many greats...
-Agreed with the final scene in Center Stage!
-Chicago's "Cell Block Tango"
-ANY SCENE from Sweet Charity
-"Roxanne" from Moulin Rouge
-"Voulez Vous" from Mamma Mia
-"Seize the Day" from The Newsies
and... call me a total dork-- "The Boys are Back" from High School Musical 3
5You Can't Stop the Beat- Hairspray
6Roxanne- Moulin Rouge
End Rain Dance scene- Step Up 2
Any Newsies dance!
Girls Just Want to Have Fun - the tryouts
7Teen Witch - "Most Popular Girl"
Romy & Michelle - Time After Time
Strictly Ballromm - Time After Time
She's All That - The prom dance to Rockafella Skank
Vanessa Williams and Chayanne in 'Dance with Me' at the club in the end
8I love all the newsies love you've been giving haha!! I used to know most of that dance! And I for sure know all the words. I LOVED Christian Bales like solo dance in the middle of the street in Newsies in the middle of Santa Fe. i was so in love with him
9Can I have this dance - high school musical 3
10Step Up 2 the streets the final dance..
Mean Girls
Madagascar 2 - i like to move it!
Final Dance in Center Stage
11Any dance in Newsies
The Breakfast Club
Final Dance in Dirty Dancing (I did it for a talent show once)
It isn't necessarily a dance but the music montage scene from Mannequin
agree with the final dance in center stage
12& i really enjoyed the boys are back in hm3 too!
anything from "all that jazz", i love that movie and it has some great dance scenes...
13Maybe this doesn't qualify, but the "Let's Hear It For The Boy" scene in Footloose, where Kevin Bacon is teaching Chris Penn to dance.
14The "Love Is In the Air" dance in Strictly Ballroom.
Center stage
Footloose
Mama Mia
Girls just want to have fun
Secretly love the dance scence from She's All That to the Fat Boy Slim song.
15oh man.....
Newsies-all of them, but my fav is The King of New York!
16Footloose-the big prom scene
Dirty Dancing-duh!
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights-when they dance to that Shakira song in the sweaty night club!
Center Stage-the final dance
Lion King-i know its animated, but i LOVE Can you Feel the Love Tonight and Just Can't Wait to Be King!
Grease - the Dance off between Sandy/Danny and Danny/Cha-cha
Slumdog Millionaire - the end credits dancing
Dirty Dancing - the end scene of course
Titanic - the Irish dancing in steerage
oh yes, Mamma Mia - the Dancing Queen scene, LOVE this!
and Staceygirl, thanks for reminding me of Teen Witch and Romy and Michelle
Oh, but I must go with Little Edie and Grey Gardens as my #1: Little Edie's VMI Marching Song and waving the little American flag at the camera. It's especially good when set to Madonna's "Hung Up" as someone proved in a popular youtube vid way back, which is apparently gone now because I can't find it anywhere!!
17Center Stage - Final Dance
18An American in Paris - 18 minute long ballet at the end.
Orchestra Wives - Nicholas Brothers' dance to I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo
Swingers! Heather Graham, Jon Favreau and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.
19The final ballet in Center Stage was an instant classic. The 'High School Musical' number in HSM3 (God, please don't strike me down for referring to it as HSManything). "Good Morning" from Singin'in the Rain. Final scene in Dirty Dancing. And I know this isn't a 'dance' scene, but the final Olympics routine from The Cutting Edge is one of my all-time favorites.
20Gene Kelly's newspaper routine in Summer Stock, the barn dance in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and the final ballet in An American in Paris are pretty tops for me!
21For shows:
22I also love the scene in the OC where Seth says he's gonna show Ryan some moves and does the funniest hand movements ever.
Gilmore Girl- the dance marathon
Gossip Girl- Blair's burlesque dance in Victor Victrola
Oh and Funny Face. Audrey's dance is classic.
23Mary Poppins
24Center Stage
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Hugh Grant as the Prime Minister in Love Actually
Dirty Dancing - specifically when she is trying to learn the mambo
Strictly Ballroom
Dirty Dancing of course! What a classic- especially that scene with Baby and Johnny singing Loverboy to each other in the studio. HOT
25Has to be the final scene in Center Stage
26Most of the ones I would have mentioned are already on here, but I'll add the part in 10 Things I Hate About You when Heath's character sings and dances to "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You". Swoooooon.
27West Side Story- "Cool" god, I love that scene
28Singing in the Rain- the scene w/ Cyd Charisse...omg!
Grease 2- Cool Rider...not much dancing going on, but I love it
Any scene in Sweet Charity or All that Jazz...Bob Fossee is a legend
End Dance in "Fast Forward"
Dirty Dancing numbers
The end number in Cry Baby
The dance off in the original "HairSpray"
Opening and ending number in Step Up 2 ( I just love seeing my home town)
Stomp the Yard numbers
I am a sucker for the Sharpay and Ryan numbers in HSM
The montage in Bring It On
and sooo many others seeing as I tend to be a musical freak
29How could I have almost forgotten Idlewild's club number
30There are two scenes in The Wedding Planner where they are slow dancing in the park under the moonlight. There's another scene in the same movie where they are rehearsing & she's obviously upset w/ him but it's a very sexy scene..you can see the attraction.
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