Aaaaaargh! I totally missed this thread!! Where was I??? :bounce
I will have a very very very difficult time pinning down my favorite dance pieces from the thousands and thousands I've seen, danced in, and critiqued (it's the industry I've been involved in for decades now). I'll give it a shot with whatever pieces pops up first from memory.
Hip hop
Modern/contemporary
Minus 16 (above) was a piece I saw back in.....2000 I think?......and it was danced by Hubbard Street. Mind-blowing and fantastic, I became an instant fan of Ohad Naharin.
It's harder for me to pin down my favorite from ballet. I guess the first dancer that pops in my mind right now is Nureyev, and I've got a soft spot for him and for the family holiday classic Nutcracker ballet. So here's the grand pas de deux I have enjoyed immensely:
Ballet
Aaahhh, and musical theatre, the genre of theatre I have most closely been working in for the last 3 years.
A Chorus Line,
Guys and Dolls,
Thoroughly Modern Millie, and
42nd Street all offer VERY memorable dance pieces for the masses. I'm right now combining a couple genres of dance into one here with a childhood favorite star of mine: Gregory Hines. (R.I.P., man) :flower:
Tap/Musical Theatre
And because I'm annoying and want to keep adding another dance into the mix, another Broadway gem of a performer - Michael Jeter - in Grand Hotel:
Musical theatre
Michael Jeter won the Tony award that year, too. His acceptance speech drove me to tears. He's another one that the stage unfortunately lost at such a young age, too. :flower:
Too many dances......my head is about ready to explode....