About this episode
The episode discusses the category of choreography in film, including historical Oscar awards and iconic dance moments.
The May miniseries CATEGORY IS… chugs along this week with Choreography! You know we love talking about dance on film, so this was a category we couldn’t pass up discussing. We’re talking about the three (early) years that Oscar once awarded Dance Direction, when the lines might blur between choreography and fight choreography, iconic musical numbers throughout movie history, when there might have been showdowns between dueling worthy dance movies, “Shipoopi,” So You Think You Can Dance, and the ten films we would retroactively honor with a choreography Oscar.
People in this episode
Hosts: Joe, Chris
Topics covered
- Choreography
- Dance Direction
- Oscar Awards
- Musical Numbers
- Film History
Keywords
- choreography
- dance
- Oscar
- film
- musical numbers
- Dance Direction
- So You Think You Can Dance
- Shipoopi
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: So You Think You Can Dance, Shipoopi
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