Top 10 Dance Scenes of all time

Ok so it's Monday and what better way to start the week than with some dance. There's so many to choose from but here are my top 10 movie dance scenes-

The Rockefella Skank from 'She's All That'

Ok this is one cheesy cheese film without much artistic merit, but I was about 11 when this film was released and I wanted to be doing this dance!

 

 Beatnik Dance from 'Funny Face'

 

Audrey Hepburn as you've never seen her before... and I like it!

 

 

Singing in the Rain from 'Singing in the Rain'

 

To be honest every scene Gene Kelly is in is the best, but I had to pick one and this is definitely the most iconic.

 



Pulp Fiction

Well this is just super cool and that's all I need say...

You Make My Dreams Come True from '500 Days of Summer'

This is so sweet and hilarious.

Roxanne from 'Moulin Rouge'

This is the most dramatic scene ever and I get so involved in watching it.

Canned Heat from 'Centre Stage'

As a tween this was my favourite film EVER. I used to literally just watch this film everyday.

 

Beatnik Dda

America from 'West Side Story'

 

Growing up I so badly wanted to be a Shark (I still do!) Watching this I realise that I actually still know most of the moves...

 



Time After Time 'Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion'

I love this because it's weird, yet beautiful and I've never seen anything like it before.

 

Final Scene from 'Bootmen'

 

This film is seriously underated and this is a seriously amazing dance.

 



 

So there it is. My top 10 dance scenes. There were so many others to choose from but I felt these were my creme de la creme. What other dance scenes have I missed out that you like?

 





Laura Marling and her Beautiful Artwork

I just stumbled across these illustrations for 'The Beast' by Laura Marling, taken from the album "A Creature I Don't Know'. I had to post because they are absolutely beautiful. The art is by the very talented group of artists that call themselves Shynola.

You can see these drawings in use at http://the-bea.st/ . This is probably aesthetically the best website I have ever seen. It is a piece of artwork in it's self and could probably stand alone as an amazing music video.

MASSIVE Style Crush on Debbie Harry!

Debbie Harry is quite possibly the coolest woman to have ever graced this planet. She has the ultimate rock chick style down, better than anyone has ever managed to pull it off before. She always looks like she has just rocked out of bed, yet somehow manages to look incredibly glamorous and sexy. For years I used to rock my way round Camden Town hoping that I was showing off my Debbie Harry Chic look. Of course i never managed to pull it off. When I tried to give myself bed hair, I just looked like I'd been dragged through a bush (and not in a good way!)

Her style mainly consisted of big t shirts, little t shirts, leggings, vibrant bodycon dresses, funky eye makeup and of course her trademark platinum blonde hair.

Check out these photos and swoon!

 

 

Across the Universe

It's been a while since I have loved a film so much, that i can't stop watching it. I absolutely adored this film directed by Julie Taymor. Across the Universe isn't just a film; it is a work of art. I sometimes wish that i could get inside Taymor's head for just a minute to see all the creativity and ideas she has brewing in there.

This is a musical centred around songs of The Beatles starring Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood and Joe Anderson, who were all unknowns at the time. I think one of the reasons it works so well is that it doesn't try to compete with the music of the Fantastic Four, but turns them in to something completely different. Sometimes the singing does sound a bit auto-tuned, but everything else is so well done i can forget about it.

This film really does have it all. Some scenes are elaborate like old Hollywood musical numbers, some are gritty and real, some are romantic and others are just plain crazy. As ever, Taymor is engagingly experimental using puppets, illustration and SFX to dramatise the story. My favourite scene (maybe of all time?) is Strawberry Fields Forever.
I love how they have projected different scenes over the action to blend the whole story together. The Strawberry symbol is amazing. I am so close to pinning a load of bleeding strawberrys to my kitchen wall. I think i'll just have to settle for recreating the strawberry painting though.

Across the Universe was nominated for the Best Costume Design Oscar in 2007 and I for one think it thoroughly deserved it.

Behind all the colours and craziness lies a beautiful love story and a deep and meaningful message. War really is such a waste of life.

I was particularly drawn in by Joe Anderson's stirling performance as Max. I really felt his journey- staring out as an enigmatic Princeton dropout, to having all of his charisma sucked out of him by the war.

There is so much in this film that i can see why you would either love it or hate it. The plot sometimes goes off on crazy tandems and not all of it makes sense. There are a few scenes that don't work quite as well and seem a bit cheesey (e.g. Dear Prudence) but all in all this film has firmly established itself in my top 10 movies of all time.  It is a designers absolute dream to watch. I implore all of you to buy it!

I are some stills of the film. There are so many amazing images i have just decided to include all of them I hope you enjoy looking at them.