| FOOTWORK FANCY Chorus Girls Stretch and Practice Routine | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6770 |
| Catalog #: | 486675 | |
| Clip Number: | 486675-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 224 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | United Kingdom | |
| Year Shot: | 1931 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Theatrical | |
| Description: | FOOTWORK FANCY aka FANCY FOOTWORK Dancers at practice. Chorus girls do limbering up exercises then practice a high kick routine. Tilt down MLS of c.10 young women doing exercises at the barre. They are dressed identically in short checked dresses and all have dark bobbed hair. Some of the girls are leaning forward and grasping the bar, and standing on one leg while lifting the other behind them, and the others are grabbing onto the raised legs and bending them so the foot comes up to the head. MS from end of barre: pair in FG; "helper" - with a wicked grin - is jerking the other girl's leg and making her kick herself in the head! The women switch places and the other one gets to kick herself in the head. MS looking down line of women with their backs against the barre. The helpers raise their legs forward with knees bent, then extend them all the way up to their owners' heads. After the stretch they lower the legs again. The pairs switch places again for the same exercise. MCU dancers watching as their partners push their legs up toward their chests, touching their foreheads. MLS nice shot with barre in center, row of girls on either side with legs up on the barre. They bend forward over their legs, then stretch down to the side to touch the floor. MCU one row of the dancers doing this exercise. MS row of dancers hold onto barre while swinging their outer legs forward and back. Next, the rows of girls face each other on either side of barre and do a routine alternating side kicks w/ bouncy pliTs. LS chorus girls on stage, with curtain in BG. They do a short energetic dance routine starting out with simultaneous cartwheels, then high kicks and cross steps, ending with all the girls doing splits with arms linked. Closer shot panning along kickline. LS dancers go into cartwheel section again. | |
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