ZOOM- Dancing in the Dark: A History of Dance in the Movies

This program will also be streamed to our Kingsley Room. Register here if you want to watch it at the library.

The movies and dancing are a partnership born in heaven. From its very beginnings, the new medium of motion pictures turned toward dance as one of the best ways to showcase its unique ability to make movement come alive. And through the decades, it’s been dancing on the big screen that has provided some of the most ecstatic moments in film history—whether it’s Fred Astaire gliding on the ceiling in ROYAL WEDDING, the Nicholas Brothers leaping down a staircase in STORMY WEATHER, Moira Shearer pirouetting through the dreamscape of THE RED SHOES, or John Travolta burning up the dance floor in SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER. Illustrated with more than 75 video clips, join us as we explore 130 years of thrilling movie dance performances and the extraordinary ways cinema brought dance to life.

Brian Rose is a professor emeritus at Fordham University. He’s written several books on television history and cultural programming, and conducted more than a hundred Q&A’s with leading directors, actors, and writers for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Screen Actors Guild, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and the Directors Guild of America.

Like all Southbury Public Library programs, this event is free to attend and open to anyone regardless of town of residency. Registration is required. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Southbury Public Library. For more information about this program, please email Rebecca at rrandall@biblio.org or call the reference desk at 203-262-0626 ext 130.