One of the strongest reasons why I love musicals belongs to spectacle and dance. I do not know why I never mentioned this on my blog- I never once mentioned what some of my favorite spectacle scenes or dance scenes were. I decided to list some of those below.
- Seize the Day
- Circle of Life
- Friend like Me
- Be our Guest
- Dancing Through Life
- Whole New World
- Magic to Do
- NYC
- Etc…I can add more
There are people who feel like spectacle and dance are in a musical “just be there”, but that isn’t true. They have a reason- it helps in believability, emotion, and the pure joy and spirit of musical theatre.
What are some of your favorite spectacle and dance numbers?
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Seize the day is definitely one of them!! So much strength, physicality and jumping around! I also really like Revolting Children from Matilda, it always amazes me how all those children can dance so well together!!
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“Seize the Day” is my favorite song from Newsies and part of it does come from the dance.
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These are all really good ones! I think my favorite moment of spectacle in a musical is probably in Something Rotten!’s “A Musical”–it’s a really impressive scene and 100% a showstopper!
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Seize The Day is also definitely my number one as well but I also recently saw Cats and I loved all the dancing in that show. I’m also a big fan of Turn It Off from Book of Mormon.
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