september recs, day twenty-five: dance vids!

[meretricula]

I have this whole thesis on how vidding is really kind of a form of choreography (music! motion! telling stories!) which I will spare you for the time being, except to say that I think dance vids, when done right, are kind of the purest form of vidding and are also AWESOME. And this vid was doing the rounds on Twitter a little while ago, which made me think of seeing what others I could dig up!

Dancing at the Movies, by guidomito [various fandoms]
A fabulous compilation of dance clips from all sorts of sources! I don't recognize all of them (and some of them I recognize now but didn't when I downloaded the video -- aramley has made me watch Mary Poppins and Singing in the Rain since then, haha) but it's not really a vid that needs context. It's a dance!

I Wanna Dance, by jarrow [Glee]
DANCING LESBIANS! I have a lot of feelings about Brittany/Santana, considering I've only seen about half a season of Glee. And the dancing is really perfectly handled as well as the shippy theme! jarrow is always great with matching motion to music.

Boom Boom Ba, by charmax [Xena]
I'm stretching my definition of what a "dance vid" is by including this -- there's definitely dancing, but it's the slow, sexy kind. It's not a Club Vivid sort of vid, that's for sure, but I love it.

Party Hard, by Phiz [Community]
Who knew there was so much dancing in Community? I love the clips of Troy and Britta on stage, and I crack up every time I watch Jeff doing his weird routine in his underwear with the pool cue. PERFECTLY matched to the music.

Dance Across the Floor, by littleheaven70 [Scrubs]
Another source where I never realized there was enough dancing to make a whole vid about it! Oh, Scrubs. Nostalgia city.