Express Your Love Through Dance
More than movements of the body, dance expresses soul and has long been used to express feelings that words cannot capture.
In the early years of film-making, dance was used to express timeless emotions: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers's iconic dance-partnership in musicals spanning 1933-1939, for example, illustrated undeniable, unbreakable love.
Critically-acclaimed musical Singin' in the Rain (1952) depicts the vitality and humor of infusing the previously silent film industry with color and song. And Gene Kelly's legendary dance number "Singin' in the Rain" epitomizes good spirits amid dreariness. Following WWII, this care-free dance may have appealed to the public's yearning to revitalize society.
In the 1950s, rock and roll represented the rebellious nature of the new generation. The King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley's magnetic dancing inspired the public around the revolutionary spirit, like in "Jailhouse Rock" (1957). The sensual beckoning in The Beatles's cover "Twist and Shout" (1963) further influenced the public to dance themselves.
Amid the social liberation of the 1970s, disco introduced freeform dance and revolutionized individuality and cultural diversity in dance. Film critic Pauline Kael reviewed Saturday Night Fever (1977) in her critique for The New Yorker; "The way Saturday Night Fever has been directed and shot, we feel the languorous pull of the discotheque, and the gaudiness is transformed. These are among the most hypnotically beautiful pop dance scenes ever filmed... At its best, though, Saturday Night Fever gets at something deeply romantic: the need to move, to dance, and the need to be who you'd like to be. Nirvana is the dance; when the music stops, you return to being ordinary."
Hip-hop originated in the streets of the Bronx and spread to studios in the 1980s. The evolution from humble origins to a formalized style of dance represents the American Dream in the Land of Opportunity. Similarly, Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey's electric dance in Dirty Dancing (1987) romanticized self-determination.
Although these iconic dances represent culturally significant social issues, they resonated so deeply with so many people because dance draws out each dancer's personal values, struggles, and aspirations. Indeed, dance is embodied most purely by incorporating personal experience.
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