Most Excellent Moments in Dance

I've never actually seen this movie, but I have known about this dance number for awhile. I still can't quite believe that it's real. Oh, Gene Kelly, you shiny-toothed, muscular-thighed maverick, you.



Now this one is possibly my favourite number from my favourite musical and favourite overall film of all time. I especially like the last 20 seconds when it just gets completely bizarre. Although, I was just thinking that the whole number really highlights the similarities between dancing, especially tap, and poetry; the rhythm, the way the whole body is involved in getting a message across, in invoking a feeling through specialized, other-than-everyday means and making that, and this is the beauty of musicals, something that is everyday.
You cannot fault the comedic genius of Donald O'Connor here either.