This is episode 7 of our My Fair Lady project, using a title or lyric from each song in the original Broadway cast album to inform or inspire a blog post.
What makes you want to dance? What gets you out on the floor, swaying to the music or shaking whatever bodypart you like to shake?
Do you dance out of sheer joy, like Eliza does after her little celebration with Higgins and Pickering? Do you only dance at special events? Weddings are always a good time for twisting to oldies, jiving to Motown, snaking past the tables in a Conga, or circling the newly married in a whirling dervish of a hora.
Where did you pick up your moves? Are you self-taught? Do you watch a lot of videos or TikTok demos? Do you practice, practice, practice in the mirror till every move is perfect?
What is your favorite dance movie? Are you a fan of the classics: The Red Shoes, Singin’ in the Rain? Or did you grow up tapping your toes in the movie theater watching Flashdance, Footloose, or Dirty Dancing? Did Tom Cruise dancing in his underwear in Risky Business turn you on?
Then there are films from Broadway shows with great dance numbers: A Chorus Line and West Side Story (version 1 or 2) come to mind, but there are many, many more. In contrast, The Black Swan is the rarest of the rare–the creepy dance movie. I still shudder every time I think of it.
Now for the hard part. Can you pick your favorite dance song? There are so many, that my head is spinning as if it were on a spike on a DJ’s turntable. Are you a Dancing Queen with ABBA or are you Dancing in the Dark with Bruce and Courteney? Do you Twist and Shout with the Beatles or do you do The Twist, and then Twist Again, with Chubby Checker?
Do you turn up the volume on Land of a Thousand Dances when you do the Pony with Bony Maroni? Or do you love to Dance the Night Away with Van Halen? And when you are tired of all that rocking–do you take it easy and become a Waltzing Matilda?
What does it for you? Comment on the post, on Facebook, or send an email to chidoc@post.com. And then DANCE, DANCE, DANCE!
This is episode 7 of our My Fair Lady project, using a title or lyric from each song in the original Broadway cast album to inform or inspire a blog post.
Previous Posts in the series:
My Fair Lady Project Part 1: Overture
My Fair Lady Project Part 2: Why Can’t the English
My Fair Lady Project Part 3: Wouldn’t It be Loverly
My Fair Lady Project Part 4: I’m An Ordinary Man
My Fair Lady Project Part 5: Just You Wait
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