Shirley MacLaine - Choreographers

[@TheMerFree]

Shirley MacLaine is one heck of a triple threat--multi talented, effortlessly cool, and makes it all look so easy. What a joy she is to watch! I just love her.

[@amyparra1881]

I completely agree! ♡

[@lisapalmeno4488]

So graceful and lithe. She's the standard by which I judge most dancers.

[@Trallalinda08]

Shirley MacLaine could do it all... seriously a great talent for all time!

[@femmeofsubstance]

Linda Kaye And so nice of her to share w/ us her amazing talent at a stopover on Earth during her travel through time and space... (wink)

[@fareshajjar1208]

Well, except be a loving mother... THAT she could not do.

[@RoderickFernandez-bo8pc]

Too bad she was nuts

[@AK-fz2vo]

14 minutes, live....Bob loved her for a reason.

[@stewartruskin6862]

I saw her one women show in Los Angeles back in the early 1980s and remember this very well. A superb performer and dancer I consider myself fortunate to see her in person.

[@whatsthescore1289]

I revisit this video often. We are so missing this kind of talent and you can see the joy in Ms. MacLaine's face as she is performing. .

[@vaskylark]

Agree with ya. Seems that in the past actors had to be able to sing and dance too. They were so much better than what we have today and the standards were so much higher.

[@veeganboy]

@@vaskylark Sadly, fame no longer requires talent.

[@FATBAZ01]

Shirley... Just a class act.. Sooo professional with a great show of timing and class acting. Shirley was always at the top of her game and always belted out a 100%. 45+ years here and still damned professional, classy and top notch. Love this lady...

[@anye76]

Boys and girls this is what real talent is. ❤

[@AndreaBakes]

Ain’t it the truth!

[@alirea3097]

The one & only Shirley MacLaine! Nobody, in modern days has this talent.

[@melanieelizabeth4607]

I know now where Michael Jackson got his moves from: the best coreographers, Fosse, Wilson, Kidd, Holder..terrific McLaine and the dancers who accompanied her, they're just perfect.

[@saramarie8182]

'even if you sit at the front of the bus... you gotta get down like you're going right back there.' wow. this piece is incredible, but maaaaaaaan it says a lot about history...

[@lorrainesterman3269]

This is the best dance lesson around. and the fabulous Shirlet MacLaine, I am amazed from this old dancer's perspective- I am so impressed.

[@do9138]

A wonderful presentation of choreographic styles, and MacLaine nails them. If you think everyone in their mid-40s can do what she does, you haven't reached that age yet. :-D

[@rosemorris7912]

Most people in their mid-20s can't do that.

[@BL3SSed-Bliss]

@@rosemorris7912 Extremely sad statement. 😔

[@ruthnoelmarie...9061]

🤣🤣🤣

[@claranimmer7349]

@@BL3SSed-Bliss That‘s what made her a worldfamous star. You don‘t have to be a marvelous dancer to be lovable.

[@BL3SSed-Bliss]

@@claranimmer7349 That’s not relevant to my sentiment, dear. It is sad if *most* humans in their twenties cannot mobilize in such simple ways. We *must* be better. Treat our vessels- our awesome bodies- much better. 💚

[@ahcornbugs]

Shirley MacLaine - What a talent!

[@SHERETTA123]

Can't dance

[@execelsior999]

Isn't this Gwen Verdon?

[@daytripperhd]

You try it fat ass @@SHERETTA123

[@jaycos4905]

What a no talent!

[@davidlalexander1490]

@@jaycos4905 Who you?

[@Bbcream342]

I have never seen this before and I just cried. Incredible...

[@OBXN]

Professional dancers like these are amazing. They spend years learning to do a very difficult thing with precision and accurate timing in order to make it look effortless. Yet they remain almost always anonymous to the people for whom they're performing.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Like an Olympic athlete team.

[@mariochavez1253]

This is so Real. Like the ladies of the chorus of a huge singers. However, they are prepared to be anonymous. They know it.

[@edreid7872]

My eye always went to background dancers...they seemed to work so much harder, hence more entertaining to observe....

[@coreycox2345]

I am in awe of them, OBXN. It takes dedication to be good. I once met a 19-year old ballerina who had dedicated her young life to dance, made it into the San Francisco Ballet and almost immediately her career was ended. All that work, focus and training lost in an injury.

[@WitoldBanasik]

OBXN, right ?Are you serious ? Sure you are not....Can you dance a bit ? Dancers just move about gracefully and hardly ever speak and write... So... Cheers to you anyway ha ha ha!!!

[@lass-inangeles7564]

Holy smoke, Shirley is amazing! Never realized her dancing talents. Wow!!

[@ImehSmith]

IKR Same here!!

[@bobloblaw9679]

she wanted to be a ballerina, but was too tall so she went into acting..

[@billiebrown5162]

See Can Can, the movie. McClain was amazing in that.

[@margadam6358]

Fantastic,,,,not like she’s a kid here anymore. What amazing talent and energy

[@dakota23750]

Love Ms. MacLaine then and now...and Fosse was a genius...dance has to be in your soul to make it look good each and every time...it's been in mine and always will be...thank you for sharing this classic...Dakota

[@mijaminadelacruz9276]

2019 and I am watching this incredible woman! Such great talent. The other dancers were terrific too!

[@Sierrahtl]

Mijamina Dela Cruz 2020 and probably more happy to see this now...

[@terrywright7470]

I was fortunate enough to work in the USA for three years, and during that time I managed to see one of her shows. I have always like Shirley, but to see her perform live was simply mesmerising, the way she can move her body parts in different directions is incredible, it is as though her bones are not connected like a standard "Normal" person. The way she interprets the music is unique.

[@autumnskye5882]

She’s a triple threat. Singing dancing and acting! One of the most underrated dancers of our time! ❤️

[@rafaelsierra3269]

Because she got more famous as a writer and actress

[@heathermasters8494]

I could watch Fosse choreography all day

[@Fernanda-d5x2c]

I'm toooo

[@cdgross]

This may well be the best dance number ever made for television. Note how the directer used mostly wide shots because Shirley and co. really knew how to dance.

[@michellestone6021]

I remember seeing snippets of this when she was on 60 minutes. It is such a treasure to see this in it's entirety. A wonderful mix of styles utilizing Sweet Georgia Brown. This, my friends, is entertainment!!!!

[@GayteNorway]

It is a show she made in 1980: Every little movement!Which means she was 46 at this time, only 3 years before she made 'Terms of endearment'.

[@howardkoor2796]

Tor Erik Sørensen not too shabby!

[@do9138]

Her thigh muscles are strong enough to walk a chain up them in a CONTROLLED fashion. That's strength and an a amazing knowledge of what your body can do and how to get it to do it. Dancers are amazing.

[@ruthaponte419]

Tor Erik Sørensen llissa

[@mjrotondi5086]

Just beauty. Those LEGS....WOW!

[@ImehSmith]

GTFOOH 😲😲😲 "she was 46 at this time"

[@robertafatur1110]

A few years ago I was honored to attend Ms. MacLaines "One Woman Show"! The lady has had a most interesting life! With much respect!raf

[@Alessandrapgd]

I simply loooooooove this woman!! She is funny, she's a great actress, a wonderful dancer and incredibly talented!! You rock Shirley!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️💐

[@kallikat42]

She'll be 85 years old on April 24, 2019! Hard to believe.

[@fredrika27]

She is human and wasn't a very good mother, notoriously selfish and narcissistic!

[@troyannbladsacker1811]

@@fredrika27 I agree. She sacrificed her child for her career. But I do admire her talent.

[@fredrika27]

@@troyannbladsacker1811 I feel so sorry for the child! Reminds me of Kellyanne Conway's daughter, Claudia, going on the internet and telling the public what horrible parents she has!

[@troyannbladsacker1811]

@@fredrika27 yes. I read the daughter's book when it came out several years ago. I used to love Shirley but after reading the book I can't watch her anymore. I feel so sorry for the child. Shirley has had a great career but she sacrificed her daughter on the altar of fame and fortune. It's very sad. Some people shouldn't have children.

[@nanny287]

I love Bob Fosse and his choreography. My beloved folks attended high school with him in Chicago, and they were friends. Bob and my mom danced frequently danced together at “sock hops;” which may be where I got my love of dance, along with my musical grandfather. Shirley also uses some Fosse moves when she sings “I’m still Here,” in “Postcards from the Edge,” a must watch film and MacLaine performance.🎶❤️🎶

[@zuzuu999]

wow Shirley! she was 46 here, amazing!

[@ImehSmith]

GTFOOH 😲😲😲 "she was 46 at this time

[@lindas.martin2806]

zuzuu999 incredible! Such beauty and stamina, hard to believe!

[@fanchonmoore9604]

Probably older than 46; Hollywood & theatre didn't play that shi...; they always put their age back; makeup wigs danskin character shoes & stockings and a lot of hours in ballet...Shirley could have been 50 when she did this show...bottom line, you are RIGHT she is a BRILLIANT ENTERTAINER OF ALL TIMES...unfortunately, VERY RARE THESE DAYS...

[@omg9261]

What impresses me the most is her discipline. It was clear that she wouldn't much need her dancing skills in her 40s but she still maintened that physique which allowed her to do this presentation. I mean she couldn't know she would do this presentation, first she maintened the physique and then someone offered her to film this. Apart from that she was just working out and stretching on a regular basis in order to stay this fit. Just wow, what a will power.

[@RickCarter-kb6vp]

Her and her brother Warren Beatty are such delight and ingenious cooks.. such talent in one family ... we often forget what an amazing dancer Shirley. Maclaine was because she is such a damn good actress as well.. but this performance from 1980 when she was 46 is such a tour de force ... thank God for KZbin to remind us!

[@jerryboscia9956]

She did that long routine in heels? Are you kidding me??? (What a great talent, and ever-so-beautiful.)

[@theresag1969]

She did everything in her heels.

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

Jerry Boscia and at age 46.

[@troyannbladsacker1811]

Easier to dance in heels.

[@jerryboscia9956]

@@troyannbladsacker1811 What??? On what planet?

[@troyannbladsacker1811]

@@jerryboscia9956 I'm a female and have taken dancing most of my life. It is definitely easier to tap dance especially in heels. The steps are easier to do. Also jazz steps.

[@iuliangeorgescu2415]

I NEVER SEE ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE. GOD BLESS HER.

[@lewismingledorff6417]

An amazing powerhouse of skill, knowledge and heart! She makes me smile. Her backup dancers are also very wonderful.

[@karenronshausen6496]

In the subtitles for the "black choreographers" segment, the name Geoffrey Holden is displayed. That should be Geoffrey Holder, with an R at the end. Pretty sure Shirley said it correctly, just hard to hear. She had a right to be a bit winded. Fabulous dancing. For those who didn't know, MacLaine got her big Broadway break as a chorus dancer in Pajama Game, when she understudied Carol Haney. Haney was famous for never missing a show…until she did. Shirley went on, and a star was born. Sounds like a movie plot but absolutely true.

[@michaelpatrick7888]

unfortunately haney had severe stage fright for some reason and i think even was a drinker but i have seen her dance and cant understand why cause shes awesome!!

[@lolalee7071]

🙏👌👍👏😘🙏

[@georgelong9782]

I LOVE Shirley MacLaine!!! I met her in 1975 when I bought her book "You Can Get There From Here'" . She was VERY nice. I talked to her for about 10 minutes after everyone else left the store. Then I saw her in concert in 1984 in San Francisco. GREAT SHOW!!!!!!!

[@debbieklecan9485]

Every time I watch this I love it even more. Five dancers and through the entire show your eyes never leave MacLaine...lovely form, body, talent.

[@Loverrover]

Never knew Shirley McClaine could move like that! I am now more impressed with her talent and have gained even more respect for her as an entertainer.

[@kilasandra]

LaDaryl Barker wow, really? Have you never seen Sweet Charity? Gotta put that one on your must watch list! I always felt that movie was some of the best dancing Hollywood ever did, and Shirley was the star of it. I hope you enjoy it! Shirley was a dancer before she was ever a Hollywood actress - she originally wanted to be a ballet dancer, but she got too tall. I always admired, though, that she gracefully slid into acting, and never tried to fight the progress of time. She always found roles that suited her as she aged and she excelled in all of them!

[@chrishutchinson2297]

Shirley was and is seriously talented. She has always been one of my favorites.

[@deegeraghty3421]

Extraordinary dancing. Amazing talent. Dancers work so hard to make it look easy. Full of joie de vivre. Thank you.

[@sfperalta]

Just dazzling! This is the Shirley I remember from my youth. 😊

[@diegoperezperea128]

She is amazing.... Good actress, brilliant dancer... and She sings alz so.... I love her..

[@barbarac102]

Shirley is mesmerizing! Can watch her over & over. My favorite dancer!!

[@joaomauriciohackcardozo5590]

Stunning, this is dance this is art!

[@lasbagman1]

I saw her one woman show and I remember this well 30 years ago. a terrific entertainer .

[@foad4067]

Shirley could do it all Sing, dance and act What a package And bundle of energy

[@1239874able]

shirley. thirty five years ago you have guid me on a spiritual path, thank you.

[@Silverfox1600bingo]

This made my body hurt all over just watching it..., I love Shirley! she is fabulous .

[@olgacruces5542]

The best Shirley performance. I have never ever seen anything come close to this performance. Those days are long gone. ❤

[@catherinecozzano2580]

What a dancer ! And funny too. Never takes herself seriously. I just love her. She’s also a great actress in The Apartment or Some came running for example, mythical movies to me. ❤️❤️❤️

[@doriangraye1971]

YESSSSS! More of this please! Lifts my spirits!

[@brendaannedufaur6244]

Wow. She is in such great shape. Tremendous exertion and she never stopped once.

[@oscarjarquin3461]

It's simple, Shirley Mc Lane is a Goddess, that's all. I'm from Mexico city and the first movie I saw was Sweet Charity. I was in shock and I only was 14 years old. I stil love her. I know and I learned all the songs from the movie.

[@rosemorris7912]

Now that's a hell of a workout--and in heels, no less!

[@mariaengracio4849]

Miss MacLaine was a ASTONISHING DANCER!...And a GOOD ACTRESS TOO!...I love so much the movies she do directed by the GREAT BILLY WILDER and with that WONDERFUL ACTOR CALLED JACK LEMMON!...

[@purijohnston]

Shirley MacLaine > so versatile! Is there anything you can't do? Love you!!!

[@sorellman]

She was genuine triple threat: great singer, actress and dancer. Ah, and she was an amazing writer, wrote about twelve books or so. A traveler who was a great researcher of the paranormal. Her book Out on the Limb published in 1983, the same year she go the Oscar for her role in Terms of Endearment is still in print today.

[@paulasuniverse5029]

sorellman Shirley M. was a terrible singer but I do appreciate her other talents.

[@mariarosacorrales1899]

When she came to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to do a one night show in a theater, she opened saying: Hello everybody!! I am Warren Beatty's sister!!! And we laughed and clapped!!!

[@catofninetales3125]

For the longest time I thought Shirley MacClaine was unable to dance: Jazz hands, smiles, and stances for applause we're all I thought she could do -- No kicks. I'm so glad for KZbin to show me otherwise!

[@analissapavin4670]

OMG I didn't know sshe can do this wow.. I already liked her as a grandmother as comedian With this talent at young age wooow

[@teririchardson176]

Ms. Shirley, such a great person, she has always made me, HAPPY!!!!!!!

[@tonitalas1757]

I never realized what a brilliant and exceptional dancer Shirley was!!!!

[@bdinchi]

I remember seeing this special. I'd forgotten that Shirley was a helluva dancer! I think she was in her 40s when this aired. NOT BAD!

[@dudley5533]

Shirley was an enormous talent, from her exquisite dancing, acting and her natural ability to do great comedy roles. Bravo!!

[@nolies9071]

7:52

[@josuequino88]

GRACIAS! Me ha sido sumamente difícil encontrar videos de Shirley. Me siento muy feliz de verla una vez más!

[@rosefinn]

Absolutely fabulous talent, a real STAR ⭐️ 👏👏👏👏👏❤️🌹

[@thergd4582]

I’ve admired Shirley since “Terms of Endearment”....watching this makes me love her even more.

[@fredchapman43]

No one surpasses Shirley McLaine, the little girl from Richmond, Va, who took the world by storm!

[@howardkoor2796]

Shirley was amazing 🙏🙏🙏

[@MrBILLSTANLEY]

Shirley McClain. You're wonderful!

[@annecohen8927]

Shirley MacLaine’s a superb dancer and a singer too. Didn’t know she could do these things aside from acting! She’s phenomenal!

[@shirleylake7738]

Great to see Shirley as I remembered her as a child.

[@jameswilson1360]

I used to see THE BEAUTIFUL.....Shirley MacLaine......when I first moved out to Malibu from Boston......early to mid-80's....when I was accepted to Pepperdine U......!! She drove a Trans Am !!!!! SO COOL !!! I would often see her at Hughes Market.......Such a Cool Lady........She was sweet....talked to everyone who would approach her........!!!

[@jessicalt4121]

James Lavash love your comment! I always liked her movies. I’m from Columbus, Ohio and my brother went to Pepperdine too and drove a Trans Am..... orange if u can believe it. 🤗 memories.

[@daisycocoa2557]

thanks for the story

[@maryrouzer9004]

I had forgotten what an amazing dancer she was and such high energy.

[@jeanb5143]

Her feet must have been killing her in those heels. I never realized how great Shirley was.

[@margadam6358]

I mean she;s truly amazing

[@andyjay9346]

Great stuff. Shirley MacLaine one of my top heroines of modern jazz dance. Brilliant.

[@DeanLeonard1]

She's got legs!

[@AnotherSpecialEdMom]

And she knows how to use them!

[@larissalora3647]

Happy Birthday Dear STAR of Dance Art!!! Wishing You Health, Longevity and that Inspiration never leaves You!!! Thank you very much!🐻 (April 24, 2019)

[@elizmal533]

watching this 12/22. Awesome!! Beautiful women, beautiful dancer and actor. Wow!!

[@ironbutterfly565]

Wow look at those long legs they go on forever...

[@valentenaupton8223]

Ironbutterfly God how many times have I've been told this. Comes in handy tho, all the skating and dancing I do.

[@katherineroche2429]

uyyu

[@cherylkoski7184]

Ann Reinking's are much longer!

[@1958dbc]

they go up and make a ass of themself

[@sueheather5203]

Oh, that's a GROANER!

[@tinasan3870]

I loved her in "What a Way To Go". She danced in that one too. The whole movie was a blast...showing off all her talents with some of the biggest male stars at the time: Gene Kelly, Robert Mitchum, Paul Neuman, Dick Van Dyke, Dean Martin.......But my all-time favorite Shirley McClain movie is "The Apartment". Great actress!

[@susanhartmann5301]

Me too

[@napdaw]

I'll have what she's having.

[@Marlowekay]

The Classic REPLY!!!

[@jasminea1417]

She is crazy! Love it!

[@roblewis3565]

The brilliant Shirley MacLaine--she can do it all.

[@barbarawenger7161]

Truly an ICON FOR DAnce!!!

[@pointillismjazz]

Love your work, Shirley! Precision & heart!!!

[@giadaniel8549]

It’s amazing how only relatively recently background dancers became integrated again, ethnically. For much of my life, they were always White or ambiguous, at least if they were featured enough so that they were identifiable. THIS is “making the dancing world great again”!

[@oravenoboo]

What year is it, searched and searched and can't find...just breathtaking xxx

[@eltondennie6114]

Go shirley you truly represented the stars of the 1940s and 1950era.such as betty hutton judy garland doris day betty grable rita hayworth fred astaire gene kelly and my beloved child star shirley temple.you showed my generation souls have no color.ive always none a entertainer was a entertainer.if we as a people could evet get over this thing of race we would be better.we all was born in the funk.we all can get down with the funk.

[@miachichi]

Dancing has come all long way since then. I DO believe professional dancers now a days are better and much more diverse in their dance moves!

[@wisdaniel]

This was fabulous and Shirley looked flawless.

[@margretsims1322]

I saw her do her one woman show in the 70's.....she was beyond phenomenal!

[@anyaamasova6607]

OMG, She must have the most perfect proportionate figure ever!

[@trafikuty]

I wonder why people do not know that she is a real good dancer. She knows everything what a dancer must know... A great comedian of our time!

[@jimrick6632]

ALSO A FINE ACTRESS....

[@TobeornottooB]

I had no idea.

[@johnnyj0104]

Her stamina is absolutely remarkable!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@jasoncrow118]

You'll see her why Shirley MacLaine is one of my favorites - and not just because she looks like my late wife Marty . . .

[@blue_jay31]

I was lucky enough to see her show on broadway , I enjoyed it so much ! It was over and I wanted to see it again.

[@NestorSigalesnestor]

Grande , muy talentosa Shirley. Completa y con una gracia maravillosa. Una belleza total!!!!!!

[@george00719]

Freakin love this ..full of life colors...the black thing...hahha..just shake it! love it!

[@sarahjackson1258]

Fantastic!! Shirley’s the greatest...

[@bookgirlny8511]

Shirley MacLaine. Loved her in everything from The Apartment to Postcards. And who could forget her opposite Jack Nicholson in Terms of Endearment? But her musical talent! WOWWW!!!

[@annettefournier9655]

Shirley was lucky to be a performer and dancer in her time. Her back was so inflexible. Never get away with that now. Always liked her as a performer.