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How Movies Changed Dancing: A Brief Talk Wednesday Night on a 130-Year History
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A talk about how the movies changed dancing will be broadcast online Wednesday evening, Feb. 26, by Fordham University professor Brian Rose. The movies and dancing are a partnership born in heaven. From its very beginnings, the new medium of motion pictures turned toward dance as one of best ways to showcase its unique ability to make movement come alive. — an announcement from Darien Library
Through the decades, it’s been dancing on the big screen that has provided some of the most ecstatic moments in film history — whether it’s Fred Astaire gliding on the ceiling in Royal Wedding, the Nicholas Brothers leaping down a staircase in Stormy Weather, Moira Shearer pirouetting through the dreamscape of The Red Shoes, or John Travolta burning up the dance floor in Saturday Night Fever.