Emotion Dance Club- "Lost"

This is a video of Emotion Dance Club's performance of "Lost" choreographed by Meg R. and Courtney L.

DaNcInG iN mOvIeS

"Singin' in the Rain" Information

Everyone seems to enjoy a good dance movie, especially when there is a story behind it. Through the years, several movies have stood out. From Saturday Night Fever (1977) to one of the latest, Step Up 2 the Streets (2008), the dancing continues to get the audience to tap their foot along with the dancing on the screen. Other favorites include Dirty Dancing, You Got Served, Center Stage, Footloose, Step Up, Save the Last Dance, and Shall We Dance?.

If you are looking to find a good dance movie, DanceHelp.com provides an alphabetical list of some of the greatest dance movies from the last fifty seven years. The earliest movie they have listed is Singin' in the Rain (1952).

HiStOrY oF tAp DaNcE

Photo From Flickr.com of the Charleston

Tap dance is a style of dance the comes from a mixture of Irish step dancing, English clog dance, and African drum rhythms. Different styles of tap dance were popular throughout the years. One of these is the Charleston. This consisted of chorus girls doing kicking dances which created a loud noise on the stage. Also, Dutch-style wooden-soled shoes were used to create a light tapping noise on the hard floow.

Tap dance became more popular in the 1900's as it was used more frequently in movies. It had become part of the American dream. Certain characteristics of jazz dance were added to tap including arm movements to make tap a unique style of dance.