People are debating the best dance scene in a movie, and John Travolta is everyone's favorite
Don't sleep on Ginger Rogers, Patrick Swayze, and Pee-Wee Herman, though.
John Travolta at IIFA 2014.
One of the great things about the art of cinema is how it captures dancing in a way no other medium can. Sure, you can see people dancing in a theatrical production, but it's all from one vantage point, and you will never see epically-staged scenes such as Busby Berkeley's 42nd Street or close-ups on fantastic footwork like in Flashdance.
Dancing in films isn’t just about movement; great dance scenes capture emotion, help you understand the characters, and allow the actors to express themselves in ways you can’t capture with dialogue alone. From the golden age of Hollywood to today, filmmakers have used dance to inspire, dazzle, and surprise the audience.
Nobody puts Dirty Dancing in the corner.
Kevin Bacon was electric as the boy who taught a sleepy small town to dance in Footloose.
Vera-Ellen and John Bracisa's Tap number in White Christmas was incredible.
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Al Pacino's Tango with Gabrielle Anwar in Scent of a Woman helped earn him the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers in Stormy Weather is known as one of the most incredible dance scenes ever.
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Napoleon Dynamite had the greatest moves of any millennial.
Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner were marvellous in The King and I.
Pee-wee Herman (Paul Reubens) entertained a rowdy crowd of bikers while dancing to "Tequila" in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.
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James Cagney, known for starring in gangster films, rebranded himself as a song-and-dance man in Yankee Doodle Dandy, for which his performance earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor.
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By far, the most popular actor in the thread was John Travolta, who had memorable performances dancing in Saturday Night Fever (1977), Grease (1978), Urban Cowboy (1980), Pulp Fiction (1994), and Michael (1996). Where did Travolta get all of those moves? According to SlashFilm, he trained "like Rocky" to get in shape for Saturday Night Fever.
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