Dance 101 1st Edition Lecture 14 Outline of Last Lecture I Post Modern Dance II Judith Jamison III Bill Jones IV Test 3 Outline of Current Lecture II The Vaudeville Era III The Golden Age of Movie Musicals IV Busby Berkeley Current Lecture The Vaudeville Era o Americas Early Variety Shows live 1890s 1930 variety acts singers dancers actors comedians Broadway Minstrel Shows DON T NEED TO KNOW THIS The Harlem Renaissance o New York uptown island of Manhattan o 1920 S rebirth interest in black culture known as The Roaring 20s Dresses were shortened hair wasn t long anymore often in a bob women take care of home and family industrial revolution early motion pictures began no sound yet and were called The Flickers Hollywood took the best Vaudeville actors and o Black acts tap dancers singers people on vaudeville tours o The Cotton Club The in club Primarily black people but all the audience were white blacks couldn t watch The Black Crook The Golden Age of Movie Musicals o Starts that couldn t sing or dance were made to sing and dance o 1930s 1950s o Choreography was much more polished and good looking girls were now being filmed Busby Berkeley These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o o Cinematic genius innovated camera shots Trademark Style and Camera Work What he s known for great with camera would film from above Trademark was overhead shots and kaleidoscopic colorful movement motion arrangement Instead of choreographing the dancers they would arrange them in patters and be filmed from above o Choreographer director and camera man on Broadway o 402nd St This street was a haven in the 20 s for people who wanted to make it big in Broadway Also a film on Broadway which Busby Berkeley helped make big because of his filming skills filmed as many dancers as he could Backstage musical Fred Astaire 1899 1987 o Wanted dance to be filmed full bodied with no cuts or weird camera angles wanted it to be filmed in a way where it feels like you re in the audience o Dressed very spiffy very fashionable and elegant style not athletic or boyish o Performer choreographer and director o Performed in musical theatre and was a tap dancer their style ballroom and tap dancing o He and Ginger Roger were stars in movie musicals Class Act o When MGM paired Ginger Roger and Fred America flocked to see their motion picture movies Ginger Rogers 1911 1995 Fred Ginger Royal Wedding The Barclays of Broadway The Gay Divorcee Flying Down to Rio Top Hat Swing Time Holiday Inn Bill Bojangles Robinson 1878 1949 o Elegant African American inspiration to several generations control and balance was legendary o Tap dancer in 1930s and early 40 s when America was segregated their dancing together became hope and promise to America that we can one day be desegregated o Went from Vaudeville to Broadway to motion picture o Paired with Shirley Temple a 6 year old when he was 56 years old The performed in family musicals Shirley Temple o Left acting in adult years a child star later because ambassador of US Nations o Paired with Bill Robinson o The Little Colonel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Movie Musicals Stage Musicals Broadway The West End Off Broadway Off Off Broadway Book Musicals Concept Musicals Musical Reviews Florenz Ziegfeld 1867 1932 o The Ziegfeld Follies George Balanchine 1904 1983 o On Your Toes Babes in Arms The Boys from Syracuse I Married An Angel Katherine Dunham 1909 2006 o Cabin in the Sky Stormy Weather Gene Kelly 1912 1996 o Singing In the Rain An American in Paris On The Town Brigadoon o Performer choreographer director CATEGORIES Entertainers Performers Choreographers Directors Choreographer and directs Busby Berkeley Performer choreographer AND director Gene Kelly Crossovers people that were in other eras we ve studied o From Ballet world George Balanchine o From contemporary world