"Dance sequences" refers to a series or scenes of choreographed dance movements performed in a film, musical, or theatrical production.
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• I'm starting to think that the key to making a successful film is to have an animated character perform a completely unnecessary
dance sequence in it.
The
dynamic dance sequences have all the right moves, but there's precious little to hold the attention once the music stops.
Clients are not forced to
remember dance sequences but rather move their bodies in a correct way that feels good and gets their heart rate up.
Its 50 - minute cardio workout cycles between higher and lower -
intensity dance sequences to get you moving, sweating, and motivated.
No realism works its way into the script, which is painfully apparent when everyone has their
own dance sequences — perhaps even more than the recent «Step Up» movies.
The film was initially going to be much longer and more elaborate, with at least ten more songs and several ballet -
style dance sequences.
Oh, and by the way, don't expect any
fancy dance sequences — this is pretty serious stuff with plenty of angst amongst the characters.
Originally commissioned for the Hayward Gallery exhibition, «Spellbound», which marked a century of cinema in Britain, Rego was inspired by the hallucinatory
dance sequences of the famous Disney film — but her works are surely also a homage to Degas» dancers.
The Bonus Features menu (and Disc 2's only menu) showcases the ballroom
dance sequence between Haru and the Baron.
Cole left behind a celluloid track record of outstanding
dance sequences with highly diverse themes (including some with a noir - tinged, nightclubby vibe), all with a recognizable Cole brand that is uncannily contemporary.
Newsies is a revisiting of the Old Hollywood backlot musical, complete with rousing and utterly interchangeable songs and several athletically
choreographed dance sequences.
All the fantasy scenes happen
during dance sequences you don't see and have young girls kicking ass in skimpy outfits.
From La La Land's opening
dance sequence on the L.A. Freeway to the lush romanticism at play as Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling dance in the clouds, Sandgren is working visual miracles.
The story seamlessly interweaves
inspired dance sequences, organized resistance and a little old - fashioned romance while touching on a litany of themes like love, loyalty, friendship and betrayal.
Who can forget the iconic
dancing sequence at a flamboyant dinner between Travolta's character and Uma Thurman, who plays the mob boss's sexy and dangerous wife?
SEX / NUDITY 4 - A young man tries to seduce an older woman: she wraps a towel around his shoulders then moves down off screen and his face suggests that she might be doing something sexual but we see that she had been tying a towel around his waist in the shape of a diaper (there is an extended song and
dance sequence where she refuses him and he chases after her).
Won MTV Movie Awards for Best Kiss (with Jason Biggs) for American Pie 2 in 2002 and
Best Dance Sequence for American Wedding in 2004.
As The River patiently unfolds, our insight into Indian life and culture is minimal save for a scene involving a ritualistic Hindu festival, and later, an expressive
dance sequence involving Melanie that results in one of the film's best moments.
Destined to be a slumber - party staple for years to come, the combination of an engaging young cast, moving and understated melodrama and sensationally staged
dance sequences make for a commercially potent package.
However, with a film like this where even though each of these set pieces start out with these songs they always expand into these elongated tap
dance sequences which I'm sure are fantastic for dance films, but something about them just feel repetitive.
Testosterone fueled plots that sometimes follow epically beautiful women into blood gushing crime films that include
memorable dancing sequences, or perhaps revenge seekers infused with karate nuances or Spaghetti Western's aesthetics; all of these coated with a peculiar dose of dark humor, and political incorrectness to the 10th power.
An
opening dance sequence set in a Cleaver American Fifties features more stunt people, professional dancers, and trampolines than Cirque du Soleil, its artificiality setting the tone for the rest of the film, while the scene's conclusion (with the picture's hero trapping the celebrants in a giant dance hall, dooming them to death should a fire break out) serves as a pretty succinct summary of the film's feckless themes and carelessness.
For those who actually like dance films, and use them as inspiration for creating their own moves, I'd recommend Step Up as it contains numerous and
impressive dance sequences.
Movie One eventually ends up in an ugly bar in Mexico, where Salma Hayak steals the show during a
slow dance sequence.
Director Taylor Hackford shapes some engaging performances (the surly, withdrawn Baryshnikov of the early scenes is an intriguing figure) but never extricates himself from the plot machinery; this 1985 feature takes off only in the brief but well -
filmed dance sequences.
Create a plate labeled SALTATIO and insert it into the golem for a brief, 10 second Para
Para dance sequence.
Imagine 10 - minute stretches with nothing but Wookie dialogue consisting of grunts and howls,
psychedelic dance sequences, and Princess Leia singing.
It still falls back into those traps you see in so many bad animated films...
unnecessary dance sequences, the pop culture references and catchphrases that are two years to late and using real world music in a fantasy world of birds.
Its strongest moments are the dramatic reenactments: inventively choreographed and erotically
charged dance sequences shot by Jo Heim and Félix Monti.
Swedish up and comer Alicia Vikander is an extremely warm and likeable presence, and her quickly established passion for the good doctor, related during a slow
motion dance sequence a la Anna Karenina (of which Vikander stars in the latest version, directed by Joe Wright, as Kitty, who loses her love interest in a similar sequence in that classic tale), has a genuine believability to it.
Gaspar Noé's remarkable psychedelic ride is his most focused achievement, a concise package of
sizzling dance sequences and jolting developments that play like a slick mashup of the «Step Up» franchise and «Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom,» not to mention the disorienting cinematic trickery of Noé's own provocative credits.
Its combination of maudlin sincerity, cruel slapstick, exotic romanticism and boogie -
down dance sequences may befuddle more than it entertains.
In rooftop conversations, an
impressionistic dance sequence that takes place in a parking lot and a devastating conclusion that teeters on the edge of melodrama, Chon finds a tone all of his own.
For all its shortcomings, Idlewild also has something that few films can pull off: Moments of such pure cinematic fabulousness,
breathtaking dance sequences and idiosyncratic 3 - D animation flourishes that we are more than willing to forgive it for all its sins.
While dance sequences are not particularly well edited compared to the new breed of dance flick, Wormald and Hough are exciting hoofers to watch.