Dance in Film - Movies With Memorable Dance Scenes

Movies With Memorable Dance Scenes

• The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) - Rudolph Valentino dancing Tango.
• After Seben (1929) - short film starring George Snowden and featuring Breakaway.
• Flying Down to Rio (1933) - Carioca dance and more.
• A Day at the Races (1937) - featuring lindy hop and Frankie Manning.
• Keep Punching (1939) - featuring Frankie Manning in the Big Apple sequence
• Cottontail aka Hot Chocolates (1941) - Soundie featuring the Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, including Frankie Manning and lindy hop.
• Hellzapoppin' (1941) - a film remembered for its lindy hop scenes and Frankie Manning dance performances.
• Never on Sunday (1960) - scenes of Greek line and solo dancing.
• Zorba the Greek (1964) - the origin of Sirtaki.
• The Sound of Music (1965) - has a scene of Ländler danced; however choreographed in an American ballroom way, rather than in an authentic Austrian folk way.
• El Bolero de Raquel (Raquel's Bolero) (1967) - The movie star Cantinflas featuring a bootblack, who, in one episode, feebly joins a professional dancer during her performance to Ravel's Bolero producing both comical and highly artistic Spanish dance. The title is a pun for Ravel's Bolero.
• Urban Cowboy (1980) - featuring John Travolta.
• Flashdance (1983) - Jennifer Beals' character doing a breakdance routine during a prestigious dance school audition to the Academy Award-winning song "Flashdance... What a Feeling".
• Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) - Pee-wee goes to a bar and does the "Peewee Dance" while listening to Tequila by The Champs.
• Hairspray (1988) & (2007) - featuring line dance.
• Scent of a Woman (1992) - Al Pacino as blind Colonel dances Argentine Tango.
• Addams Family Values (1993) - featuring Raúl Juliá in a stunning scene of Tango.
• Pulp Fiction (1994) - featuring John Travolta and Uma Thurman in a twist contest.
• Chicago (2002)- There is the most famous Cell Block Tango number.
• The Fighting Temptations (2003)- Cuba Gooding Jr. as Darrin Hill, successfully does a backflip while directing his church choir. He is later seen breakdancing during the end credits.
• Toy Story 3 (2010) - Buzz Lightyear and Jessie (Toy Story) do a dance before the cr