Apr25

flashdance. one more time.

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repost below from 5 years ago, now the 40th anniversary of this film

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35 years ago ‘flashdance’ was released

and it emerged again recently

in honor of international dance day

 i loved this movie

 had the shoes, the ripped up sweatshirt, the perm

though my dancing style

was a bit different  

from this welder by day/dancer by night

and i didn’t live in a cool loft

or have an eccentric dog

or ride my bike to work

or look at all alike

but other than that

we were like sisters.

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Take your passion and make it happen! #InternationalDanceDay

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“let us read and let us dance –

two amusements that will never do any harm to the world. “

-voltaire

 

 

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image credit: paramount pictures, jennifer beals

75 responses »

  1. I saw the film on release, and really enjoyed it. I have never watched it again since, but now I want to.
    Film trivia: In some dance sequences, they used a double for Jennifer. One double was a male dancer. 🙂
    ‘One of the professional dancers who doubled for Jennifer Beals during the iconic audition scene at the end of Flashdance was actually a man. Richard “Crazy Legs” Colón was drafted in to perform the breakdancing elements of the routine which were too difficult for Jennifer’s two regular body doubles.’
    Best wishes, Pete.

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  7. I loved this movie, too. How many of us did that fast two-step, running thing (since there is no way we could bust the other moves)? I remember when a former boyfriend would groan when he heard one of the songs from the album as his neighbour really, REALLY loved it and played it on a loop. He was not a fan…

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  27. Oh what a great movie. Has it really been that long? I remember coming out of the movie theatre dancing with my friends. Of course we all had our off-the-shoulder shirts, leg warmers, and those heavy earrings that made our earlobes bleed. It was a different era filled with simple fun and good energy. Thanks for awakening that memory. 🌸

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  31. That is so funny. Flash dance was mine too. I was a young teacher when it came out and I also saw it at a drive in. I want my daughter to watch it with me but she has no interest.

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  32. Almost identical twins!
    I worked with Jennifer on a movie I did the costumes for. She was a ton of fun.
    It was civil war days. I had her in a hoop skirt. She did some flash dance for us in the beauty trailer. The hoops were boyoyoinging up and down. We laughed for days.

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