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Burn the Floor by Anthony Van Laast, David Mallet
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DVD Cover InformationActor: Jason Gilkison, Matthew Cutler, Nicole Cutler, Rebecca De Roche, Tonia Kosovic Director: Anthony Van Laast, David Mallet Brand: Universal Studios Producer: Harley Medcalf Producer: Maria Medcalf DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.77:1 Running Time: 97 minutes DVD Release Date: 2000-04-04 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Burn the FloorMovie Review: Hot, hot hot! Summary: 5 Stars
Prepared to be disappointed, my husband and I were awed by the dancing in this unusual and unique stage performance and too wired to sleep. We were not at all disappointed, though. "Burn the Floor" is a fusion of ballroom dancing with Fred & Ginger, Martha Graham, Bob Fosse, boogie-woogie, Buzby Berkely, Riverdance, ballet and jazz. The resulting amalgam is something entirely new and heart-racing. I cannot recall seeing so many fabulous dancers in one place at one time.
The costuming was sensational, especially for "The Continental" number. It would be hard to get more elegant. The music was pounding but not overly so, the sound rendition was excellent, and the editor, Nick Morris, should get a special award for excellence. While he could have utilized far fewer slo-motion cuts which tend to throw the music track off rhythm just a fraction - enough for purists to be annoyed - he was mercifully judicious about his camera cuts. They were not overdone as in the Michael Flatley DVD's. In future DVD's of new "Burn the Floor" shows, should there be any, I hope Morris is used again -he is an artist in his own right except for a slight overzealousness about using slo-mo.
As to the content, with the exception of the second number, a black-lipsticked punk-rock number that struck a discordant note among an otherwise stellar program, the rest of the numbers were mesmerizing. The variety of themes and choreography are superbly innovative, especially the use of props, and both create a pleasant tension by being unpredictable; you never know what's coming next.
Just as John Curry raised ice dancing to a new level and made it a new creature known as ice ballet, "Burn The Floor" has also taken ballroom dancing, tweaked and enhanced it, made it tell a story, and made it a new creature. Don't expect straight ballroom dancing in this program; it's more, much more, but the ballroom influence is ever-present.
Having said that, the strong sexual nature of bits and pieces of the program, plus some of the costuming, make it unfit for family viewing unless you don't care that young children see nearly-naked butts and a good deal of cleavage. The self-groin-grabbing in the otherwise wildly exciting finale could (and should) have been left on the cutting room floor and for certain, should not have been a deliberate part of the otherwise fantastic family viewing.
All things considered, this is a spectacular dance DVD and will wipe the floor, let alone burn it, with all the others.
Summary of Burn the FloorBURN THE FLOOR - DVD Movie
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