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The history of dance depicted on film.The history of dance depicted on film.The history of dance depicted on film.
Anthony 'Scooter' Teague
- 'West Side Story' dancer
- (as Scooter Teague)
Harvey Evans
- 'West Side Story' dancer
- (as Harvey Hohnecker)
Erik Bruhn
- Archival footage from 'Hans Christian Andersen'
- (archive footage)
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- TriviaThis marked the premiere screening of Ray Bolger's deleted dance routine from The Wizard of Oz (1939), an occasion that later inspired the making of That's Entertainment! III (1994), which was comprised of many scenes that had been deleted from their respective release prints.
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Title Card: This film is dedicated to all the dancers... especially those who devoted their lives to the development of their art long before there was a motion picture camera.
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Dance, dance, and more dance.
Jack Haley, Jr. was a driving force behind this film and That's Entertainment, which was released a decade earlier. As the title states, That's Dancing focuses on just that. Compared to That's Entertainment, it takes itself a bit more seriously as a documentary but is highly entertaining. It explores the early history of dance on film including brief footage of Isadora Duncan, and, like TE, showcases great numbers from the 1930's-50's with performances by Fred Astaire, Elanor Powell, Bill "Bojangles' Robinson, Gene Kelly, and the great Nicholas Brothers. TD also devotes a segment to Busby Burkley's signature work of the 1930's and a section on ballet in the movies. None of the footage overlaps with TE which make this a nice companion piece. TD takes things a step further with dance sequences from the 60-80's, including break dancing. The newer eras show dancing that is grittier, earthier, and in some cases, uglier. In a sense, the attempt to be more contemporary makes That's Dancing less likeable than That's Entertainment. However, it's not the movie's fault that newer dances are uglier; it's the civilization's.
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- Feb 14, 2000
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- Gross US & Canada
- $4,210,938
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,506,802
- Jan 20, 1985
- Gross worldwide
- $4,210,938
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
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