Austin Powers dancing makes so much sense to me now. Love this.

@rexnemo

Ай бұрын

Yes he was transported back through time to the set of this film but the footage was cut .😜

@zyxw2024

Ай бұрын

I'm of this era. This is when free style dance began. The 1970s in discos was heaven on Earth.

@starkhorror1776

Ай бұрын

Austin Powers nailed this!🥰

@wplants9793

Ай бұрын

Best comment I’ve heard in a long time

@waterkaren3636

Ай бұрын

I keep waiting for him to jump out 😀🤣

It's strange, stupid and brilliant at the same time. Fosse was a maverick.

@carolcox302

Ай бұрын

He was bloody brilliant.

@amialal4510

Ай бұрын

@@carolcox302 A genius! I was 20 when I saw All That Jazz in 1982 in communist Hungary. I didn't even know what it was but I was mesmerized. It's just grown over the years! Never get tired of his work. I've watched ATJ a zillion times! 😂

@mhm8922

Ай бұрын

You could not have said it better.

@Walkerwitchyworld

Ай бұрын

Yes, it is all those things rolled into one 😊

@CommieBukkakie

Ай бұрын

we here in the homosexual world call that "camp"

Something that i love about oldfilms is that they dont take out the steps sounds. A lot of modern musicals take it out and just play the audio which takes away the impact of a lot of the moves

@itscarolinequeen

Ай бұрын

I think the foley artist actually put the step sounds back in

@TopHatNat

Ай бұрын

It's ASMR before ASMR was a thing.

@insertname1857

Ай бұрын

i mean the step sounds are likely taken out, then added back in by a foley artist to be precise and clean sounding as opposed to squeaking like a basketball court. the "footsteps" may not even be from shoes. could be bricks clacking together. check out what a foley artist is! foley is a really cool and underrepresented part of filmmaking

@ptonpc

Ай бұрын

From what I can tell, based on other videos of this sequence, the step sounds have been put back in. When I do not know.

@user-bu4xd9vf3o

27 күн бұрын

Вы не в курсе, что такое степ?

Great performance by the talented Suzanne Charney as the main dancer. She's 80 now!

@MayimHastings

Ай бұрын

That woman was like liquid - unbelievable! Thank you for sharing her name and age, i hope she's doing okay. Have a happy rest of your week 🤍🙏🕊

@cathybowser3813

Ай бұрын

It’s wonderful to see her!

@doloresbriseno2567

Ай бұрын

She's amazing.

@louisep5178

Ай бұрын

Hard to imagine her being 80 watching this

@doloresbriseno2567

Ай бұрын

@@louisep5178 I read up on her and she is a sculptor.

This number is so stylishly unreal, it almost feels like animation.

Ahhh the 60s. A technicolor fever dream of fabulous choreography.

@texasgigi3684

Ай бұрын

Exactly! I totally agree!

@RichardBarnett-hs1qy

Ай бұрын

Let's hear it for the dancers!

@Gee-xb7rt

9 күн бұрын

This has always been my favorite musical, and so many people think I'm weird for it, its big mad campy genius.

The video shows just how timeless "the little black dress" is.

@daanisch

25 күн бұрын

it looks like she's playing an actress pretending to be an actress from the sixties

@HeatherValentineMsFoodie

19 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂

I unironically love it, not only Fosse's brilliance as a choreographer, it's that 60's swagger infused in their movements, and how Bob painted these pictures that became a cornucopia of intricate shapes the human body can create and how everything flowed and looked harmonious, like kinetic art. If i was a dancer it would be the thrill of a lifetime to perform a Bob Fosse choreo.

@PrimoLife2

Ай бұрын

What you said!!!

@hellyan35867

Ай бұрын

It's amazing. But also, I thought it was a modern parody of 60's dancing at first, which shows you how iconic and timeless the actual performance is.

You know a choreographer is brilliant when you first watched this as an 8 year old and haven't seen it since, but you remember it even after 56 years because of the quirky hand/wrist movements... ❤

@janieroberts8895

Ай бұрын

Same here. I'm 59 and watched this as a little girl. I remember the girl slinging her ponytail around. Very memorable.

The girl looks so sassy and so precise. You can see that even her eyes are so enigmatic. The camera angle are so on point and the oversimplified set (specially the color palette) are insanely hypnotizing!

Omg the male dancers were also phenomenal

Everything is part of the Choroe- the smoke, the lighters, the fingertips, the face - such attention to detail!

For a while, I watched this movie thinking it was a movie in 2024. The costumes, choreography, and dancers' performances never feel old. so cool!!

I know that professional dancers are in tremendous physical shape and have great coordination and stamina but these routines look like a brutal core workout...and the precision and postures throughout it all, sheesh.

@CortexNewsService

23 күн бұрын

That's what always gets me about this scene. The way they move bodies almost doesn't seem real.

@tamagotchiocean

8 күн бұрын

Yes it is brutal. I learned some of fosse’s choreography in my jazz class and let me tell you… it was like bootcamp. That class was the best shape I’ve ever been in my life and i probably lost 20lbs. It’s the entire reason I’m still so muscular now. My teachers were super militant.

The intelligence, humor and satire in this choreography is incredible

Me realizing that the Beyoncé “Get Me Bodied” music video was absolutely a reference to this specific scene.

@tequiness061

Ай бұрын

Great Beyoncé video!

@sustainableedtech

Ай бұрын

Yes. also Beyonce's All the Single Ladies. Moves from 'Something better than this' in same film. Bob Fosse still feels so presente.g. in 'Back on 74' dance routine. All the better for everyone...

@joshuacontreras

Ай бұрын

I’m having a similar realization but with Emma Bunton (aka Baby Spice)’s music video for “Maybe,” it’s so good, check it out and you’ll see the striking similarities in origin :) @msjordanelaine

@eleganceevolved8328

Ай бұрын

Yeeees!!! I definitely noticed that too!!! ‘

@maxoreilly2698

Ай бұрын

Beyoncé has lifted heavily from fosse and others

Fosse the auteur at work here. This scene serves literally no purpose in the movie - doesn't move the story forward, doesn't include any of the main characters. Fosse was just like, "Yes, I'm gonna have a 6-minute scene to showcase music, choreo, and my dancers - because I want it there." Highly unlikely any director today could get that kind of freedom.

@kumaranvij

Ай бұрын

I think you mean, "this scene doesn't develop the plot," not "it serves literally no purpose in the movie." There are lots of great scenes like these in great movies that are like little "story within a story" moments. Especially in musicals - and of course also in novels. They actually do serve to add to the themes of the movies, it's just harder to pinpoint how.

@c.a.savage5689

Ай бұрын

Also highly unlikely is that any film director would Also be a talented and visionary choreographer....

@john-lenin

Ай бұрын

It's emblematic of her being in a completely new social element that seems totally bizarre to her (as the shots of the other patrons that introduce this also show).

@jospenner9503

Ай бұрын

It's an old fashioned dance break that are taken from stage musicals.

@stephenolan5539

Ай бұрын

It shows the contrast of the main character's life of being a dance hall girl.

The choreography is like an impeccably made timepiece that runs counterclockwise.

I never get tired of watching this. So much fun and they throw in Ben Vereen too

@mst3kpimp

Ай бұрын

I don't think that's Ben, he shorter than that.

@doloresbriseno2567

Ай бұрын

That is Ben Vereen. He posted the dance on his IG. Plus I know his voice and those moves anywhere.

@marytheresejacksonlutz2533

Ай бұрын

@@doloresbriseno2567 I knew it was Ben Vereen too

@maxoreilly2698

Ай бұрын

Ben Vereen😍

@aimee-lynndonovan6077

Ай бұрын

Have to watch again. Really great choreography. Love the diversity and brown skin makeup.🙌🏾

Ministery of Silly Walks approved. Brilliant!

The musical numbers in "Sweet Charity" are peak late 60s. If I knew nothing whatsoever about this movie and you showed me any of the musical numbers and asked me "when was this movie made?" I would have said 1967. 😁

@ReesorPark

Ай бұрын

Very close. 1969

Bob Fosse = Genius.

I'm amazed at how people can remember all those moves..incredible.

@Angyyyyy

Сағат бұрын

The more you study dance, the more you can memorize. And of course so many rehearsal

My wrists hurt just watching lol. What a brilliant story teller he was. Such un natural movements made to move together. Wow.

Those fluid arm movements are mesmerizing!

This choreography is incredible

Now I know why he's exalted in the dance community.

One of the greatest choreography pieces of all time🎉❤❤❤

Never seen something so ridiculously BEAUTIFUL in all my life… this is absolutely insane I LOVE IT 😻

The ministry of silly walks approved this! Wednesday also!

You just know someone's grandma was freaking out about all the hip movements like, "we didn't do this in the 1910s" 💀

@warriorwinter2233

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂 sick of you already, the accuracy 😂😂😂😂🎯🎯🎯🥂🤣🤣🤣❤️

@paulabarr4239

Ай бұрын

And now that lead dancer is someone’s grandma. 🤗

@debrac1688

Ай бұрын

Actually, grandparents did

@debrac1688

Ай бұрын

I think he got the idea for this choreography after getting his fill of blase, jaded beautiful people nightclubs

@jasminecollins897

Ай бұрын

Prooobably more upset about the mini dresses, but yup. And her generation scandalized their own grandparents just as much. And so on.

This just made me understand 5 movie references all at once

I belonged to the Arlington Va. Players and we did Sweet Charity and Bye Bye Birdie. I was in the chorus and i thought i would go on but know. The director wanted me to sing cry at Wedding but i didn't have the nerve. My voice back then in the 70s was real high and i found out kater when i had voice teacher in California in Atwater her name was Hazel Bentz wounderful lady.she said my voice was the key of f. Now I'm 83 its gone. Mrs. Benz want me to sing in the church on base O Holy Night and chickened out. I did have the power to do it but no confidence i was 20 then in the Air Force at Castle AFB. The thing is I think about often what could have been. My dear Mom sang often when I was young. The show we did was a great success to a sold out theater. Is a great memory.

Kirsten Wiig Liza Minnelli turns on a lamp got me looking at this. Love this .

Fosse... The Dr. Seuss of dancing😂

You can see Wednesday Adam’s dance was inspired by this routine. It’s brilliant.

@Lizwindsor

2 ай бұрын

Or Beyoncé blatantly ripping it off

@cookinma

Ай бұрын

Came here for this comment

@RaquelPereira-fj4kt

Ай бұрын

same ​@@cookinma

@ameliaalastairmoon4145

Ай бұрын

Yes, absolutely. It's from this routine and also I feel quite heavily from the Addams Broadway musical. A few moves are step-by-step from the Ouverture.

@ph8632

Ай бұрын

@@Lizwindsor I would never watch anything having to do with her. So I didnt know she was ripping off old white folks work.

That was incredible. Every single movement was precise. I didn’t know rolling your wrists could look so elegant. 😂❤

No idea how i found myself here but i am so glad i did!❤

I think Ben Verene is one of the dancers. Imagine the hours of practice to get that precision. The choreography for Back on 74 is very similar style. Enjoyed 👍

@mhm8922

Ай бұрын

That is Ben! So cool!!

@akaLaBrujaRoja

Ай бұрын

Ben was Fosse’s male muse.

@banterj

Ай бұрын

Oh you are talking about the chereography…you are not even addressing the videography yet,mind you this is not digital,that would have taken days of them doing this over and over again,if not weeks of those performers wearing the exact same hair,makeup and wardrobe …but this was back in the day when people actually worked hard.

@karinamiddlebrooks2167

Ай бұрын

I love back on 74 because of that.

Absolutely love this! Brilliant. The male smokers in the beginning were a hoot.

Back to 1974 made me want to see what Fosse's choreo is all about. I can see the connection, very cool.

I love how they had cigars. Very unique choreography.

Okay, those kids in my high school were totally wrong! I knew how to dance after all 😂I was just imitating this routine.

THIS IS ART!

GROOVY!!!!! I miss choreography.

This is one of my all time favorite dance scenes on film. The choreography is so innovative and just plain weird it's spot on Fosse even to an uninitiated eye, the dancers are so performative and energetic it's like they all brought their A game to the set, the shots are set up perfectly so that all the key elements of the dance are captured exactly when and how they should be seen, and the energy is just so frenetic and contagious it makes you want to get up and dance along with them! I absolutely love this piece! ❤

The principal dancer OWWW MAMA she ate!!!

Well done to the children and the choreographer, excellent dancing

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I want whatever he was on when he choreographed this complexly brilliant piece of art.

It also brilliantly incorporates popular dance fads of the era into the choreo like The Jerk, The Monkey and The Swim.

Feel tempted to do this dance at a club.

My absolute favorite dance number still to this day. Bob Fosse was a master

I remember watching the Beyonce Get Me Bodied music video with my Aunt and then she introduced me to the inspiration, Sweet Charity. I thank the good Lord for that fateful interaction

The cinematography is fucking incredible too

FOSSE , Force to Reckon in great Choreography

Let me be the judge...this is AWESOME!!!

I absolutely love this ! Could watch this for hours !!

The craziest yet the most dynamic choreography ever seen! Stellar!

Mancini’s music is boss 🤌

Pure expressive genius!

The choreography and dancers are astounding. ❤

I know this film flopped but only bcoz of the length of the scenes,I think it was just slightly before it's time but it's aged like a fine wine 🍷 ❤

Ahhhh!!! So that’s where this style of movement came from!! ❤❤❤ Thanks for the education

@momokoblue8032

27 күн бұрын

It all Bob Fosse

I've always thought of Fosse's work like a simple but amazing dish: the few ingredients are obvious, but admixed perfectly, with no extra anything, just yum.

The most random greatest I've come across

What an oddly enjoyable performance! 🙏🏻

Shirley McClaine does an amazing job of this dance in the movie❤

@Aqualyra

2 күн бұрын

That's not Shirley dancing in this scene. She's sitting in the audience watching.

She’s All That, Bring It On, Wednesday, Single Ladies. Bob Fosse, still relevant.

Robin Williams loved to poke fun at Bob Fosse. Now I see why.

I've seen 3 Fosse revivals on Broadway over the years: Chicago (of course), Pippin, Fosse, Dancin'. Chicago was enjoyable. But the rest, particularly Fosse and Dancin' which were showcasing his style, etc. just missed the mark. The fluidity, the quirkiness, just got lost in translation. Thank goodness he committed so many of his works to film so we can see the original done by him with his picks.

3:13 for Bring It On!!! Awesome

I love this so much and I do not know why.

@aztekspirit

Ай бұрын

Because it's brilliant!

@cheetahslims7849

Ай бұрын

It’s so unlike modern choreography. It’s very cool and strange!

Brilliant!

Bob Fosse es el mejor!

I've never seen anything like this. The cigarette-smoke routine in the first 30 seconds is incredible...

Absolutely stunning. Seriously well done to the choreographer and 'the team' performing it. I wonder how much rehearsal and 'takes' there were for getting to the finished 'product'.

I don’t know why I was recommended this video, but I’m so glad I was!

This is the closest thing I ever saw to a cartoon and it is brilliant 🔥🔥✨

Genius!

Well... It's was... WANDERFULL!!! ❤️

It's showtime, folks!

I don't know how this came into my feed but I'm so glad. Have we gone backwards?

GENIUS! ❤

Edith Head designed the costumes.

This has been the most surprising and inspiring video I have watched in the longest time. Fruity and sour and good. Thank you 🙏.

Some of the most brilliant choreography ever performed on stage & screen. Wonder if this work in particular served as inspiration for the dance scene in Rocky Horror.

It's always been stunning

INSANE. I’m in love.

Fosse magic. 🌟 *bravo.

Classic and Genius! 🔥 🔥 🔥

Bring this back🤗🤗🤗🤗

@c.a.savage5689

Ай бұрын

It never left. It's still on Broadway. You just have to look for it.

I love this so much.

WAY AHEAD of its time💪💪

Amazing!!!

This is so freaking awesome 😎 I loved the whole thing so very cool.🎉

I love this so much!

Incredible!

Imagine how many wrists had to be iced throughout this process 😄

Maravilloso y mágico Fosse