Dance in Musicals

Study Guide: Dance in Musicals by John Kenrick (Copyright 2004) Gwen Verdon and company are seen doing Michael Kidd's acclaimed dances on this postcard for the original Broadway production of Can Can (1954), a musical named for an inspired by a once-forbidden French cabaret dance craze.	From The Black Crook (1866) and Broadway Melody (1928) to the latest hits, dance has played a central role in the history of stage and screen musicals. In response to the requests of many site visitors, we offer this introductory overview.

Stage Musicals Ancient Beginnings Minstrelsy: Cake Walk Master Juba: Birth of Tap The Black Crook: Ballet Vaudeville Song & Dance Man: Cohan Vernon & Irene Castle Follies I: Julian Mitchell Follies II: Ned Wayburn Albertina Rasch On Your Toes: Balanchine Oklahoma: Agnes DeMille Director-Choreographers Concept Musicals Dance Musicals	Screen Musicals Early Clodhopping The Revolution: Busby Berkeley Dance as Romance: Fred Astaire Manly Élan: Gene Kelly Broadway's Borrowed Magic Dancing or Editing?
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