Darcey Bussell Dances Hollywood
Darcey Bussell steps into the shoes of her Hollywood heroes such as Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly to celebrate the enduring legacy of classic dance musicals.
Darcey Bussell steps into the shoes of her Hollywood heroes to celebrate the enduring legacy of classic dance musicals.
In the age of Strictly Come Dancing and Streetdance 3D, Darcey, one of Britain's greatest living dancers and Hollywood musical superfan, discovers that the key to understanding where this dance-mad culture comes from lies in classic movie musicals. She takes famous dance routines from her favourite Hollywood musicals and reveals how they cast their spell, paying tribute to the legends of the art form and discovering the legacy they left.
Darcey pays homage to Fred Astaire in an interpretation of Puttin' on the Ritz, plays Ginger Rogers in a rendition of Cheek to Cheek, pays tribute to the exuberant Good Morning from Singin' in the Rain, and stars in a new routine inspired by Girl Hunt Ballet from The Band Wagon.
Darcey works with leading choreographer Kim Gavin and expert conductor John Wilson, who has painstakingly reconstructed the original scores, as she discovers how dance in the movies reached a pinnacle of perfection and reveals how the legacy of the golden age lives on.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Darcey Bussell |
Director | Michael Waldman |
Executive Producer | Alistair Pegg |
Broadcasts
- Christmas Day 2011 18:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD & Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two
- Fri 30 Dec 2011 19:00
- Sat 31 Dec 2011 03:25
- Boxing Day 2012 11:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two Wales
- Boxing Day 2012 13:10Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two except Wales
- Fri 28 Dec 2012 17:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ HD
- Fri 12 Jul 2013 19:30
- Fri 28 Mar 2014 19:30
- Fri 14 Nov 2014 19:30
- Sun 20 Mar 2016 21:00
- Mon 21 Mar 2016 23:00
- Sun 9 Oct 2016 22:15
- Wed 12 Oct 2016 02:00