MONTAGE: „Dancing In The Street“ – Wie Motown das Tanzen lernte

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Ein Abend über den Choreographen Cholly Atkins, der 1964 von Berry Gordy verpflichtet wurde, um Vokalgruppen, die bei Motown unter Vertrag standen, zu helfen, u.a. den „Graystone“ Tanz erfand und 1989 einen Tony Award für seine Arbeit für das Broadway Musical „Black And Blue“ erhielt.

„They didn’t know his name. 
But Friday night, when the Funk Brothers got to that point in „Stop! (In the Name of Love)“ — the point where the Supremes plant their feet and defiantly thrust their arms forward – nearly every person in the Detroit Opera House joined in with the choreography.
„You saw 2,000 people doing a Cholly Atkins move,“ said Brian Pastoria, a partner in the Harmonie Park Creative Group and a longtime friend of Atkins. „It was amazing.““ (Detroit Free Press)