{"id":86144,"date":"2017-01-31T11:10:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T17:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=86144"},"modified":"2017-01-31T11:11:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T17:11:00","slug":"singing-and-dancing-in-filmmaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/singing-and-dancing-in-filmmaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Filmmaking Trends: Don\u2019t Be Afraid to Sing and Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"

From La La Land to The OA, film and television are turning back the clock to honor the golden age of song and dance. Let\u2019s look behind the scenes at some of the best song and dance numbers in film history.<\/h2>\n

Top image via Black Label Media<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Interesting fact:<\/strong> Some of Hollywood’s earliest films where produced as supplemental entertainment to big-number stage shows<\/strong>. If you look through the halls of film history, you\u2019ll find a heavy number of musicals and dance films from Singing in the Rain<\/em><\/a> to The Wizard of Oz<\/em> <\/a>to Saturday Night Fever<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

So, if you\u2019re itching to stretch your legs like Billy Elliot<\/a> and looking to put dance and music<\/strong> into your next project, here are seven classic dance scenes<\/strong> you need to study.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1.\u00a0Swing Time<\/a><\/em> (1939)<\/h3>\n