Top 10 Dance Numbers in 2000s Movies

[@MsMojo]

What's your favorite 2000s dance number? Let us know below, and be sure to check out our playlist here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5TQZJuOprGWg6c&ab for more great movie dance scenes!

[@matthewbaduria]

center stage,dance scene was amazing.it's worth watching.

[@hiltrudschulte9515]

öpö

[@FGchannel716]

YOU GOT SERVED 2004 G.O.A.T.!!!

[@anastasialanger5523]

@@FGchannel716 yes yes yes!!! 👏❤️‍🔥

[@alanberent4428]

Stevie Wonder, My Eyes don't cry no more. Makes for a great workout.

[@zakirstocks9514]

It's Finally about time Center Stage got some love around here! It has the Best Dancing Scene I've seen from my Childhood Years!

[@myladynaynay]

I agree! I especially love the "If I Was The One" segment of Cooper's ballet ^^

[@zakirstocks9514]

@@myladynaynay Yep! Ain't that the truth there dude! Cooper's Ballet is definitely and totally one of THE Best of the Best There Is! 😀😄😃😉😁👍👌

[@ELmayberry]

OMG.. Yessss 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽

[@zakirstocks9514]

@@ELmayberry Indeed! 😀😄😃😉😁👍❤️👌

[@ShowdogTiger]

Have you seen The Red Shoes? Free right now on HBO Max. I will peek to see if it is free here.

[@4viewing]

Cell block tango was iconic but catherine zeta-jones’ vocals were mind-blowing. Absolutely love her belts

[@stephieirene1]

I was skeptical about putting the song first, but then I watched the clip and realized how MUCH freaking choreography there was in it.

[@Msdinomite]

Catherine was pregnant when she was filming. That's partly why it was so iconic

[@shaldana]

@@Msdinomite No, not because she was pregnant. Any idiot can get pregnant and use that as a platform for bigger headlines. It's iconic because, despite being pregnant, she worked her ass off and didn't do any less than anyone else. Being pregnant didn't make it iconic: Doing all of that without anyone knowing she was - that's the iconic part. She didn't ask for a pass or slack off or easier dance moves (let's face it: Fosse's routines are hell for dancers). She did them. All. Hours every day of practicing and doing routines, and then she won a fucking award for it. THAT's class, and THAT's iconic, and a well-deserved Oscar.

[@Ghost084]

Tango de Roxanne is def one of my fave numbers and sequences. That whole movie was fabulous

[@shemitch]

His voice how he sang it made it even more mesmerizing.

[@kpopislife1622]

I absolutely LOVE 'Center Stage'!. The story, the cast (especially Zoe Saldana. I had no idea she was classically trained I. Ballet 🩰🥰) & the iconic ending number is amazing. And in the 'Cell Block Tango' my girl Mya (the last inmate) is in the number so that elevates my love for it to a ten. I'll need a part two because there a quite a few incredible routines that didn't make the list including: You Got Served: The Final Battle Save The Last Dance: The Final Audition Mamma Mia: The title dance Step Up 3: The water routine & the finale Step Up Revolution: The Art Exhibit n finale Chicago: They Both Went For The Gun Stomp The Yard: The Club Scene Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights- The competition Shall We Dance: The On The Spot Tango Happy Feet: Boogy Wonderland Burlesque: Express & Show Me How You Burlesque

[@ladybug55]

I love Center stage too

[@andreachaparro3742]

I love Center Stage and Havana Nights so much!

[@laurenp9157]

Solid honorable mention list!

[@amandachilds5290]

I don't think she was that well trained...she was just faking very well. She is a phenomenal actress and reason why she is part of three meg franchises. Pirates of Caribbean, MCU and Avatar. She is amazing in From Scratch

[@shemitch]

Did you know that initially that the producers wanted Britney Spears for the Cellblock Tango in Chicago- which would have been awesome - but they realized that it would have been to much about her and pull focus from the film, so Mya got the part and killed it!

[@trinaq]

The dancing in the "Mamma Mia" movies is just so infectiously upbeat, that you can't help but want to boogie along!💃💞

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Marine Soldier Swan Lake

[@chrystalynnkelly5325]

I agree, along with the closing dance to High school Musical the first one.

[@TheCommenterDragon]

The dancing done in "That's How You Know" was just incredible and marvelously rehearsed! and even though it took them weeks to film it and get right the entire scene is so well executed you could swear that it was all done in one take even though it actually wasn't.

[@1briannaaa]

When i was younger I used to be obsessed with that scene ! That movie was everything

[@DylanRomanov]

And it’s fun to sing, I went to a singing camp in high school and they used this song as our alarm in the morning lol

[@missingbobsburgers]

His adamant “I’ve never heard this how do so many people know this” confusion is perfect.

[@mysticgirl916]

You might not know this, but some of the elderly men on the park bench were chimney sweeps in "Mary Poppins"

[@TheCommenterDragon]

@@mysticgirl916 I see, well given how many years it's been since Enchanted was made i would imagine at least some of those men have passed on by now.

[@MarySunshine25]

Yes, finally some love for Center Stage! 💜

[@antoniabaker7770]

My all time fav

[@Miranda50709]

YES to Take the Lead and Center Stage. My two favorite dance movies.

[@februaryschild0216]

Center Stage is my favorite movie, I love all of the dances but my favorite is the dance class, then the finale. In Step Up 3, I love the Beggin' dance! If anyone hasn't seen that one look it up on KZbin. ETA it's called: Step Up 3D - Battle of GWAI I can't! It still makes my heart thump to this day!

[@myladynaynay]

My favorites were the World Jam Battle, "Club Can't Handle Me" and "Fancy Footwork" montages, and Moose and Camille's "I Won't Dance" performance ^^

[@videosdajess]

Cooper's ballet is my favorite dance scene in any movie ever! Glad you included it on the list :)

[@gmt5664]

I did love Dancing Queen in Mama Mia. It's the women and choreography I could relate to, ie middle aged women who, no shame, danced their hearts out. I went to the same high school as Amanda Schull, although we're a decade apart.

[@maryannehorn2593]

When Max goes into the army in "Across the Universe," that dance number is amazing.

[@kylepierre14]

I can never not laugh at that mean girls clip 🤣🤣. Throwback to my preteen years. Love this list 💞😍

[@celticsanster]

“Cell Block Tango” blew me away the first time I saw it in a theatre. It was stunning and incredibly well done, absolutely powerful. I finally picked my jaw up off the floor and got up to go get some popcorn. As I turned toward the back of the theatre I saw, lit by the screen, just about every man sitting frozen, stricken with shock. They looked as if they’d seen a ghost. I whispered “Surprise!” as I walked on by. I’m guessing that they had a rude awakening as to just how deep and bitter a woman’s fury can be. It’s been 20 years and that mass stricken look remains a vivid memory.

[@johnmoyer4745]

I think Center Stage and Billy Elliot were two of the best films ever made and nothing can top the dancing.

[@marie-anne2062]

I was never into musical numbers or movie musicals as a serious drama film. But when I saw Chicago it opened up mind to a whole new level.

[@kylem519]

cell block tango is iconic....as a young girl who was in a dance company this song was everywhere and choreography so amazing hairspray one of my favorite movies of all time...love it also love i dont dance too for the dancing amazing.

[@kgal1298]

Center Stage using actual ballet dancers really made the movie because even the scenes in the classroom came across as realistic instead of fake.

[@clairestokes33]

Centre Stage is what has got me back into ballet after 20plus years so yeah, about time it got some love

[@redleader7004]

Moulin Rouge is an honorable mention?!?! No way man! I thought it would be number one!❤

[@laurissa1790]

I am so baffled at how it's only an honorable mention. I knew Cell Block Tango would and should be number one, but Moulin Rouge an honorable mention? No. It should have been #2.

[@benjaminbackbite]

Totes

[@mollyhowieson9969]

YES!!!! Billy Elliot -- that dance is iconic.

[@marshmelli2852]

Cell Block Tango will rock our minds forever 🥀

[@ElizabethT45]

I will forever love Center Stage! I do love the dance scenes in Hairspray, especially "The Madison" from the original movie.

[@chrisv.h.2307]

Nice video! Although as a former pro ballroom dance teacher, I'll take Moulin Rouge's El Tango de Roxanne over Take the Lead's final tango any day!

[@chasepeeler9188]

Not going to lie, I saw Center Stage once(my sister and mom rented it) and ever since I can't hear that MJ song without seeing that part of the movie in my head

[@shereebrolaski1791]

I think the dance class higher ground scene in centre stage is better than the finale but what do I know. I just love that scene the dancing and the music is amazing.

[@tomasjephersin84]

That Final Tango In "Take The Lead" Still Gives Me Chills

[@m0t0b33]

the whole movie had great dance scenes... but the Tango between Morgan and Mr. Dulane.... woo-hooo that one made my jaw drop... the others I expected it from because Jenna was in the movie and I had already seen Step Up🙂

[@hiimsopita1335]

the step up 2 dance in the rain changed my brain chemistry

[@kevpeter4633]

"America" from the original West Side Story. Brilliant and innovative choreography as never seen before

[@amberjohnson4820]

What about Save the Last Dance? The final audition as Sara tries out for Juilliard was incredibly well choreographed.

[@m0t0b33]

I thought so too, until I saw the other movies that combined hip-hop and ballet and in those, you didn't see the body double.

[@knsmith91]

Center stage should have been number one! Epic dance movie, she did like 30 fouetté turns at the end!!!! Also honey I feel should have been in the top ten and the you got served should have been on the list as well!!! I lived for these movies growing up! But I do agree that cell block tango is the best Broadway number of all time! Just my opinions 😉 I really enjoyed this video! And how could I forget about dirty dancing Havana nights! Very unpopular opinion but I liked it way better than the original lol

[@donnalichvarcik5588]

This is why we need dance teachers to win awards they need to win critics choice and Oscars for those badass amazing dance numbers

[@birdie-oj9wh]

Big Center Stage love since it came out! 🩰

[@MarcioDAstrain]

OMG! MsMojo, "Chicago" was directed by Rob Marshall (he got his nomination for Best Director with this movie) not by Bill Condon... but Bill Condon wrote the adapted sreenplay of "Chicago"!

[@tjk200081]

Center Stage is my favorite dance movie. The end dance fantastic❗😁

[@ldbarrera]

“Chicago” wasn’t directed by Bill Condon. He adapted the show for the screen. Rob Marshall directed and choreographed the film.

[@dianajean2773]

No CLERKS 2 to Jackson 5's ABC? I mean c'mon! That was amazing. Jay and Silent Bob had pigtails. LMAO!

[@informliza]

Chicago...... Nothing else could've touch it at number 1 !

[@amberw5912]

I don't Dance 100% should have been higher than #10. It is honestly one of the best musical dance numbers ever.

[@crystalpritchard5065]

How is Save the Last Dance not on this list?? Not even as an honourable mention

[@twannifufu]

A missed honorable mention: the final dance battle in You Got Served.

[@erinepperson5062]

I kept screaming “You Got Served”!! I still love Marques Houston. Favorite dance movie after Center Stage.

[@knsmith91]

Should have been in the top ten!

[@beeszus_]

I was literally coming here to comment about the end scene in this movie!!!!!!

[@Showtunediva]

My top 5 1. That’s How You Know 2. Jai Ho 3. You Can’t Stop The Beat 4. We’re All In This Together ( I choose this one over the Baseball Game one tbh) 5. Thriller Line Dance Honorable Mentions from movies I have not seen 1. Angry Dance 2. Cooper’s Ballet 3. Dance In The Rain

[@katherineowl8172]

God, Center Stage is such a great movie. I think I watched it like 20 times when I was in middle & high school. 😂

[@deblopez2571]

Take the Lead & Center Stage are my favorites, however all of these dance numbers are pretty fantastic 'Love your posts MsMojo' 💗 Peace to you from V.A. ✌

[@cynthiaa5160]

No love for Dirty Dancing Havana Nights? I love that choreography - especially with that orange dress!

[@m0t0b33]

It's probably because the only good Dirty Dancing movie was the one with Johnny and Baby... I mean, sure Patrick had a small cameo in the "sequel", but it was so little, it left us wanting more, and were half expecting to see Jennifer in it too.

[@damiru2.0]

I absolutely love 500 Days of Summer dance scene "You make my dreams come true", it perfectly portrays the feeling of being in love.

[@bluestarzy1767]

For me, I would add Burlesque last scene

[@allisonbergh4429]

I’ve never seen any of the HSM movies, but those clips were really reminiscent of the choreo in Newsies, which I think was by Kenny Ortega. So it seems he really has “always” been into that 😆

[@quinnhen2325]

Anything from the Bootmen. Had some fantastic dancing!!

[@UltravioletStarGirl9]

#1 is on point!! Cell Block Tango really changed a lot of how we see dance and musicals in films. Also as a woman it's somewhat empowering.

[@lilomlly]

Center Stage is #1 forever!

[@saracompanionhomecareservi617]

How could you miss the great dancing in The Greatest Showman. The double dance with Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron was incredibile.

[@ELisa-qf2mw]

I'm not sure it's as old as 2000s, wasn't it the 2010s already? If they do a 2010 movie, the number one is already taken: no way, The Black Swan final dance beats everything.

[@jeannan.barker9662]

The Greatest Showman didn't come out until 2015.

[@hprotz6600]

Another: Richard Gere's tap scene in Chicago is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥...

[@shemitch]

Yes it was!

[@YoMateo.]

Whoever's reading this, i pray that whatever you're going through gets better and whatever you're struggling with or worrying about is going to be fine and that everyone has a fantastic day! Amen

[@thecaptaintaz420]

Guilty pleasure is Center Stage and Mandy Moore. I wanna be with you🎶🤣

[@Damons-Old-Soul]

Not a movie, but the finale sequence in the episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer "The Musical". "I Was In Heaven" from that episode was a great number too.

[@jenniferquackenbush7458]

Billy Elliot and Center Stage are by far my favorites from this list.

[@vorkosigrrl6047]

I’m not sure if you’re including movies that were made after 2010, but my favorite of ALL time is the opening sequence of La La Land, Another Day of Sun. Technically and emotionally, just perfection!

[@krystleb7566]

My top 3: 1. Center Stage - I saw it 4 times in the theater and use to work at a Dance Wear house store. I loved being able to point out all the extras who were in the movie that were professional Ballet dancers because their pictures for dance clothing campaigns were already hanging on the walls. 2. Honey - I actually purchased the song "I Believe" by Yolanda Adams on my ITunes specifically because of this movie and I picture the routine every time I hear it in my car. 3. Step Up ? - I forget which number it is but it's the one with the end routine where Moose is late and he rides in on his bicycle and hits the sprinkler and that bursts so they have to dance it on carpet, I believe, but it's water down now.

[@slywlf]

Excellent selections, and now I need to re-watch several movies and see a couple for the first time! Ranking is, necessarily, a subjective process, so I won't really argue the numbers, but for sheer ferocity the Moulin Rouge Roxanne tango really should have made the official list IMO.

[@missitheachievementhuntres560]

glad to see some moulin rouge :D

[@AlbertaRose94]

Sweeeet!!!!! Thanks for your number 1 choice!

[@janiceweaver6945]

The dance scene in Silver Linings Playbook will always be a favorite (but it's 2012).

[@ladybug55]

Step up was an underrated movie. I loved it because of the 2 main leads

[@anniealford5831]

I'm so happy Center Stage made the list!!! I'm shocked Burlesque didn't, though. Their final dance number gave me chills!

[@gaellegoutain1286]

Loved loved Center Stage! My favorite scene is the informal jazz class with the Red Hot Chili Peppers' song.

[@ritawing1064]

No 1 such a standout: hard to see how it could ever be bettered.

[@kennethferrari5232]

I knew Chicago would have a scene on here somewhere. It was extremely well choreographed.

[@olenaolena9073]

I’d also add an absolutely stunning Fergie’s dance performance with sand in Nine

[@jeden75]

That is the only scene in that movie I like. Absolutely brilliant!

[@KD-qc6st]

Nothing will EVER top Cell Block Tango

[@doomynytress3869]

I was gonna SCREAM...until Cell Block Tango came in first.

[@allisonbergh4429]

How is Tango Roxanne only an honourable mention??

[@cathieteachout8124]

I agree. The intensity…

[@revolutionsbytylerJ]

These music tracks have vibey drum beats worth dancing to!

[@richardhicks5017]

1. “Be This Alive” from “Shall We Dance”- full of sexual tension 2. “Roxanne” from “Moulin Rouge”

[@benjaminbackbite]

You nailed #1, but oh no no no no.....ROXANNE just an honorable mention!?!? *tears*

[@rocklesson86]

I cannot believe Save The Last was on here.

[@janedoe2817]

Burlesque was pretty good.

[@jkadkin]

Amazing list!!!

[@robertabust]

Center stage is my favorite ❤️

[@kristinskennar9206]

Chicago never would have been made if it wasn’t for Moulin Rouge. Moulin Rouge re-introduced musicals to the cinema, not Chicago.

[@donnahaynes138]

Very happy I Don't Dance made the list

[@andrewoloughlin2659]

Tango Maureen from Rent would have made my list

[@gellerbingsgaming]

I absolutely love dance numbers, I've always wanted to be a dancer and tend to picture myself in the scene 🤣

[@madisonwoodard607]

The number one spot is definitely my favorite.

[@tsippycup3353]

The Jingle Bell Rock robbery!! Nope, can't deal!

[@olliesmith2890]

Its not from the this decade, but a personal favorite of mine is from 90s classic True Lies. Arnie and Jamie Lee Curtis dancing at the end of the movie was short but great, as it mixed in comedy(the late great Bill Paxton terrified again when he sees Arnold), surprising good dancing, that terrific music and the stars looking suave and cool. Back when Arnie was a top guy, and not a whinge bag.

[@SailorG1224]

Chicago was directed AND choreographed by rob Marshall not bill coden, bill was the one that wrote the movie adaptation

[@cadeevans4623]

Love it great video great dance moves

[@christophergarrett7082]

That dance sequence in 500 days is pure gold

[@lynboxer2920]

Number two should be # ONE!!! Cooper is nothing, but the other male lead and I think Jodie, in red ARE AMAZING!!! Also, ZOE SALDINO in other ballet is PERFECT!!!🌹♥🌹♥🌹♥

[@87royalty18]

2010s The Greatest Showman Rock of Ages

[@alos4025]

I finally had to look up what the heck “the noughtiest” were. I’ve never felt so old lol.

[@gordonevans4879]

Chicago was directed by Rob Marshall - who also did the choreography. The "director" you quote did the screenplay.

[@tjskeyblade]

I really appreciate you coming girls performance and high school musical performers I remember that

[@Gettingoffthestrugglebus]

I would’ve swapped out some of these for something from Moulin Rogue (Can Can, Roxanne or Hindi), the Jingle Bell Rock routines from Mean Girls and Julia Stiles Julliard audition freestyle from “Save the Last Dance”…when I think of favorite dance numbers my mind goes to most memorable and these 3 far outrank the inclusions from Step Up2, High School Musical 2 and Take the lead. I don’t even really remember anything about those films. I would rank your honorable mentions of 500 days, 13 going on 30 or Honey over the ones you did include. Yours, a former dance teacher and choreographer.

[@rachelcotton5808]

That's how you know is my favorite part It has awesome dance moves in it and amazing.

[@dorothytenute2710]

Bill Condon was one of the writers of Chicago but he wasn't the director as you stated. Rob Marshall was the Director AND choreographer

[@loscano]

Me watching this video til the end: "Are they seriously gonna just forget about Cell Block Tang.. ? ... Oh.."

[@mwre334]

I was certain Tom's celebrate dance in 500 Days of Summer would be #1😆. Great movie I still watch from time to time.

[@Michelle-DiPalo]

That's my personal favorite scene. I can't hear that song without it playing in my head.