Best Jazz Dance
“Defiant Jazz” is a pivotal episode within *Severance*’s main series. The innies stage an unauthorized jazz performance, defying protocol and revealing unsettling details about the Overtime Contingency. This sequence highlights the characters' suppressed desires and psychological struggles within th...
Swing Time is a 1936 musical comedy film directed by George Stevens for RKO starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The story centers on a gambler attempting to finance his marriage through dance, leading him to a romance with a dance instructor in New York City. Jerome Kern’s music accompanies the...
Shuffle Along is a landmark 1921 Broadway musical with music by Eubie Blake, lyrics by Noble Sissle, and a book by Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles. It was among the first Broadway shows written, produced, and performed entirely by African Americans, and is credited with helping to reopen Broadway t...
An American in Paris, released in 1951, adapts George Gershwin’s “An American in Paris.” The film, directed by Vincente Minnelli, features Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron set against the backdrop of Paris. Music for the production was composed by George Gershwin with contributions from several other mus...
"Runnin' Wild" is a 1923 Broadway musical that holds historical significance in American theater for introducing the Charleston dance craze to a national audience. The production featured music by James P. Johnson, with lyrics by Cecil Mack, and was produced by the comedic duo Flournoy Miller and Au...
Stormy Weather is a 1943 American musical film noted for its major all-Black cast, featuring performances by Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, and Cab Calloway. The film is structured as a showcase for prominent African American entertainers of the era, presenting a series of musical and dance numbers. It...
Joe Frisco was an American vaudeville performer known for his distinctive jazz-influenced dance style and trademark stammer, which became an integral part of his comedy routine. Rising to prominence in the 1910s, Frisco performed in major vaudeville circuits and became associated with the jazz dance...
