The song 'Last Dance' by Donna Summer was featured in ‘Thank God It’s Friday’, and it won an Academy Award for Best Song in 1978. This video showcases the trepidation, exhilaration, and physical thrill of dancing, while highlighting some of the best dancers in films. I hope dancers and dance-enthusiasts alike will enjoy watching it. FILMS (in order of appearance): 0:02 Carrie 0:06 All That Jazz 0:10 Flashdance 0:20 The Turning Point 0:23 Footloose 0:26 All That Jazz 0:27 Silver Linings Playbook 0:29 Dirty Dancing 0:34 West Side Story 0:37 Footloose 0:39 Flashdance 0:46 Dirty Dancing 0:50 Saturday Night Fever 0:53 Fame 0:56 Staying Alive 0:58 Flashdance 1:00 All That Jazz 1:03 Staying Alive 1:06 Dirty Dancing 1:12 All That Jazz 1:16 Staying Alive 1:17 The Turning Point (Browne and Baryshnikov) 1:18 Shag 1:23 Footloose 1:26 The Turning Point 1:29 Airport 1:33 The Big Lebowski 1:35 Boogie Nights 1:38 Summer Of Sam 1:42 The Last Days Of Disco 1:45 Saturday Night Fever 1:49 Dirty Dancing 1:54 West Side Story (the wonderful Rita Moreno) 1:59 Grease 2:02 Summer Of Sam 2:05 Boogie Nights 2:10 Thank God It's Friday 2:16 Flashdance 2:20 Dirty Dancing 2:22 Saturday Night Fever 2:25 Summer Of Sam 2:30 Reality Bites 2:36 Thank God It's Friday (Donna Summer sings 'Last Dance') 2:47 Carrie 2:50 Dirty Dancing (the incredible Cynthia Rhodes) 2:59 Xanadu 3:01 Shag 3:03 Saturday Night Fever 3:07 Staying Alive 3:08 Silver Linings Playbook 3:12 Footloose 3:13 The Breakfast Club 3:17 Pulp Fiction 3:20 Reality Bites 3:22 Footloose 3:25 The Last Days Of Disco 3:28 The Turning Point 3:32 Thank God It's Friday 3:36 Staying Alive 3:40 The Little Prince (that's Mr. Bob Fosse, himself) 3:43 Summer Of Sam 3:47 Grease 3:49 Staying Alive 3:51 Flashdance 3:53 All That Jazz (the fabulous Ann Reinking) 3:55 Footloose 4:03 Center Stage 4:10 The Turning Point (the amazing Leslie Browne) 4:15 Carrie 4:19 Saturday Night Fever 4:25 Silver Linings Playbook 4:34 Fame 4:38 Dirty Dancing 4:40 Saturday Night Fever 4:42 All That Jazz (Ann Reinking, nailing it) 4:48 The Turning Point 4:51 Dirty Dancing (Cynthia Rhodes, nailing it) NOTE: For some reason, YouTube froze the view count on this video for years. It was frozen at around 4,000 views when I uploaded it in 2015 when it was getting a lot of views, within the first couple of days it would have had well over 20K views, so I have no idea what the actual view count would be today. You can also watch it on Vimeo: NOWNESS: The Nerdist: Laughing Squid: Dance that dance. MUSIC: Last Dance by Donna Summer. Edited with Adobe Premiere.
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