Cyd Charisse - The Red Blues

From film "Silk Stockings" (1957)

[@andrestimmermanis7346]

A genuine candidate for the greatest dance scene in a movie….just joy and perfection.

[@kcbh24]

Oh, can you choose just one?!

[@suiterd62]

Cyd Charisse - talent, grace and beauty.

[@KDMDiz]

Cyd is, of course, phenomenal, as always. And the male dancers are mind-bogglingly good as well.

[@mandycat45]

Fred Astaire's comment about this fabulous lady: "Once you dance with Cyd, you STAY danced".

[@robertwiegman1]

Cyd Charisse is just breathtaking here :)

[@MK-bq1hh]

Cyd Charisse...The Queen of dance at her finest!!

[@tlw1950]

One of my all time favorite dance sequences! I LOVE Cyd Charisse!

[@rocketsroar1]

The best female dancer in movie history. She could do ANYTHING.

[@salvadorsempere1701]

No. She could not tap dance. What she did, she did it wonderfully, second to none, don´t get me wrong, but she was not the most complete or versatile dancer of the Golden Age of Hollywood musicals (Vera Ellen, IMHO)

[@abevillanueva1974]

Only Cyd can bring "brightness" to a dull color! Wonderful music/dance scene! Really, I can't get enough of watching her!

[@erthyboy]

*sigh* Cyd was so amazing!! I'll always love watching her!!!

[@TheKyg13]

This is why I love her!!!!!

[@ceb2633]

Oh, the lovely Cyd! I wanted to be her. She had legs that went up to her shoulders, I swear. One of the most beautiful of all. This is GREAT! Thank you! C.

[@paulcatania1315]

This is great. The dancing combines ballet, swing and Russian folk-dancing. The music swings hard! They certainly don't make 'em like they used to!

[@billolsen4360]

I understand she studied ballet extensively as a teenager.

[@djdebbi1]

WOW! I LOVED IT!!!!!! LOADS OF ENERGY!!!!!

[@paulcatania1315]

Amazing combination of Russian folk dancing, ballet, jazz and swing. Creative stuff here. One of my favorite Cyd numbers!

[@iggival1]

and the guys around were not bad as well

[@lostprairiedog]

Awesome number from MGM's golden age. Cyd charisse was absolutely amazing!

[@Elainerulesutube]

We will never see another dancer like her again.

[@kathieludwig4578]

Magnificent dancing!!

[@bellyung2560]

My God she is beautiful

[@Mia7189]

I remember when Janet Jackson paid tribute to Miss Charisse by putting her in her video where she plays the rich woman strutting out of a store and Janet dances along side her before each wave to the other goodbye. Miss Charisse was in her 60's and retired at that time, but she still had those extraordinary legs and was class personified.

[@peterd.9522]

Cyd was in top form in Janet’s “Alright” video. Cyd does a kick ( just one ) in the video and it’s alright a complete 90 degree angle. 📐 Cyd was on another level 😮

[@billolsen4360]

I guess so! Great video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJjIcoibn7qNnsk

[@kapuso7kapamilya2]

This production number of Mr Cole Porter's The Red Blues in 1957 MGM's Silk Stockings was brilliantly choreographed by Mr Hermes Pan and Mr Eugene Loring and was splendidly performed by Ms CYD CHARISSE and the chorus dancers.It's a mixture of various dance styles - modern ballet,swing jazz,boogie,and a bit of rock n' roll.Her agility,vivacity,and ability in dancing were truly crystalline,fluid,and astonishing.She was / will always be one of the most excellent and exquisite dancers of all time.

[@all-world-all-time]

Hermes Pan worked on the numbers in which Fred Astaire appeared, all the rest were Eugene Loring - this is his work. Brilliant choreographers indeed.

[@esmeephillips5888]

@@all-world-all-time Loring had done the (over)long dream ballet and the brilliantly desynchronized duet 'Coffee Time' in 'Yolanda and the Thief'. But 12 years later he refused to work with Fred, saying that 'Old Dad', as Astaire called himself, had become too set in his ways and would no longer attempt ambitious ballet-derived concepts. True or not (and Fred had always blamed 'Yolanda's massive flop for being too arty) 'Silk Stockings' was Astaire's farewell to musicals. Nobody would say it was his best or most inventive film, though 'The Ritz Roll 'n' Rock' is a great one to go out on.

[@melissagoodson7035]

CID CHARISSE IS JUST WONDERFUL 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄

[@stevierayc772]

Cyd blew my mind every time I've seen her dance but I first fell in love with her at about the 2:50 mark.

[@мейзуШОдесса]

уникальная талантливая танцовщица

[@AnaBowlova]

Poor guy at 1:39 frozen in a split, who am I kidding, what amazing dancer to keep on shape! They've got the "Red Bulls" lol

[@DionisosPla]

Maravillosa, incomparable, inolvidable Cyd .... Solo Rita podría colocarse justamente a su altura.

[@cantgethurtnetworkcghn4091]

f digging this.....great form of expression

[@DirtJutter]

The late great Mr. Wim Sonneveld behind the piano. He, Wim Kan, and Toon Hermans are considered The Big Three of dutch cabaret.

[@Palomablanca2008]

Fabulous !!

[@SavealltheWhales]

I love this song!!! It's so uplifting! :) Too bad they dont make these anymore.... :(

[@orchardist1965]

Cyd Charisse one of the most beautiful women ever.

[@Captleon]

yes she is so beautiful!

[@mariaevans7811]

One them yes🤗🤗🤗

[@CATniteOwl]

Fabulous! A real find - thank you.

[@rayva1]

I remembered watching clips if this film when I was about 9.

[@Mickt6]

Fred Cyd Gene and others , there were first perfect athletes and perfect dancers , always wounder how they trained .

[@esmeephillips5888]

Orchestrated by Conrad Salinger IIRC. The chord modulations in the opening theme are wonderful. To think that within a few years MGM's great orchestra and music department would be kaput.

[@richardhindley3196]

Actually it was SKIP MARTIN who did the best swing arrangements at MGM

[@miyukiTS]

WHAT A SUPER AWKWARD MOVIE 1

[@1001orpheus]

These routines always end up with people on the floor laughing. Happy days.

[@marcelmaas6977]

Dutch singer/actor Wim Sonneveld (the man at the piano) was Holland's first Henry Higgins in MFL.

[@unclealand]

The first half of the number is kind of embarrassing, but as soon as Cyd Charisse starts to dance it catches fire. If we can take our eyes of the most beautiful legs in the world, we notice how light the woman was on her feet.

[@milesmontemore5060]

You gotta remember, the director was going to use the shots where Cyd Charisse looked her best, so the chorus dancers had to be perfect on every take. A lot of pressure on them!

[@mcbdpb]

the BEST !!!!!! : )

[@55chh]

Best case ever for black tights.

[@lyricrogersofficial]

I'm here because Wim Sonneveld is in it. I freaking love him.

[@Kimkommer]

Me too 😁

[@TheRobterry]

I love this scene. I watch it at least once a day! Part of her dancing reminds me of Audrey Hepburn's in Funny Face. I did a little research and they are both choreographed by the same person.

[@esmeephillips5888]

Eugene Loring. He was a little ballet dancer, like Wayne Sleep, who went into choreography bc he felt his height barred him from the top roles.

[@kcbh24]

That's interesting. Thanks for sharing!

[@mca1218]

Ms. Charisse- yikes!! She does not show an inch of skin, yet she makes this clever mesh of Hopak and break dancing completely sexy. The pirouettes towards the camera @ 4:15 show off the talent of a real, trained ballerina. Everything about Cyd was amazonian- this number further proves such. "Beautiful dynamite" indeed.

[@HeatherGlen33]

Charisse was a ballet dancer, but because of her beauty...she was used in films.

[@unclealand]

This number springs to life around 2:52 and Cyd just soars, taking everyone else with her. Even this stupid song can't hold them back, though it appears to be trying.

[@hebneh]

Since the USA and Russia were enemies in the '50s, this dance number satirizes life in the USSR - different people have to live in curtained enclosures in one large room, and American-style music and dancing have to be kept secret.

[@oldcaretaker]

Brilliant!! I can tap dance but I am a plumber

[@pondeflauers]

Спасибо!

[@frankorr7843]

pondeflauers could we see an old video of cyd dancing an exotic dance on the old Dinah shore t v show

[@nallo69]

I love freedom and democracy...!!!!

[@sian2337]

2:44 and 2:56 how did she get her skirt do that?! It was as if it were in slow motion! Amazing

[@Easybreathing1]

Здорово используются элементы русского народного танца. Интересно!!!

[@rolphartieda9314]

Isn´t it nice to act silly for a few minutes? I like this scene where I witness happiness and gusto! It shows me that sometimes we gotta give our 100% and beyond for the sake of comaradery and what have you...

[@pauljung3534]

"Subversively divine.. and of decadent define."

[@cantgethurtnetworkcghn4091]

def a few replays

[@Lillibet60]

Does anyone have the clip of the Ritz Brothers singing "When we get back to Siberia" and dancing on roller skates at the same time? If so, PLEASE put it on KZbin--great fun! It is from this film also.

[@kcbh24]

Did you ever get your wish?

[@smichelle65]

I'm totally obsessing on her skirt! It's like dancing with her. 2:45--perfect!

[@cantgethurtnetworkcghn4091]

ppl were wholesome then

[@unclealand]

If you can get through the really corny first half of this, Cyd Charisse will knock you out.

[@мартынвайсман]

Super! Ни единого русского комента.

[@tommyrall3]

I would like to know those eight brainless who given dislike...

[@mayermargolis8990]

This scene came out in 1957, the year that Joseph McCarthy died. McCarthyism, at this time, was on the way out or it couldn’t have been included the movie. (Silk Stockings - 1957). This was a way for Hollywood to thumb its nose at Joseph McCarthy.

[@bubu10435]

God bless those legs of hers!

[@TXejas19]

Its like the sexy version of fiddler on the roof

[@woodspiritsherrill7483]

In the first one, I saw neither Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers nor Gene Kelly

[@MrFalconford]

It's not dynamite it's Cydamite!

[@LusineGevorgyanabsolut]

режиссер наш Рубен Мамулян

[@cantgethurtnetworkcghn4091]

yeah im crying and getting shitty todAY

[@MrFalconford]

We sold this, MGM copyrighted it so it couldn't be taught but sold. Mr. Multi re:education, The Classics are taught here but as far as modern you can't find one educational institution ie: college that offers modern as a career opportuntiy. I take that back there is one, only one. Is that clear enough?

[@danaehrh]

se parece a la escena de los aristogatos, todos quieren ser un gato jazz

[@jimbobaroobud]

Watch for the mistake of the male dancer (front right) as he almost kicks Cyd and then backs off at 4:09.

[@graciameliamonsell9458]

X

[@MrFalconford]

Along with most of these innane comments, this is considered modern dance. Born in the USA. But sold as an export. 100 univ. offer Masters degrees in ballet in the USA but only 1 offers a Masters in Modern. Sold to the highest bidder, China wins and the USA teaches Ballet to it's youth and few notice and few care as long as capitalism reighns and the gas tank is full.

[@СветланаКоломыйченко-ц1ж]

Возможно я ошибаюсь, но я смотрела этот эпизод с другой мелодией...

[@MrFalconford]

show offs

[@archimedes3518]

Ну и хрень...