Every Little Step

Title: Every Little Step
ブロードウェイ♪ブロードウェイ
コーラスラインにかける夢 (Japanese title)
Release Date: 25 October 2008 (Japan)
Genre: Documentary
Language: English

Directors: Adam Del Deo, James D. Stern
Casts: Bob Avian, Michael Bennett,
Charlotte d'Amboise, Ramon Flowers,
Jessica Lee Goldyn, Yuka Takara, and more..


Follows the plight of real-life dancers as they struggle through auditions for the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line". Also investigates the history of the show and the creative minds behind the original and current incarnations.


Watching from the begining to the end of this movie, I had goose bumps so bad. I concentrated watching this very much. As this is a Documentsry movie, I could feel all casts' feeling. Dancers are very nervous and try thier best. Directors judge very seriously to the exam.
At one scean, a young dancer was acting. Although it was only a part of audition, he acted such as perfectly and made all the judges to cry. I even cried. I did not know very much about acting but I can tell that he is a very good actor!

At this broadway audition, one Japanese girl won a place in the examination. I think it is amazing since most of Japanese girls are so small, tiny, and not good at English pronunciation which are usually disadvantages to oversea audition.

A Chorus Line

Release Date: 21 December 1985 (Japan)
Genre: Musical, Drama
Language: English

Director: Richard Attenborough
Writers: Michael Bennett, Nicholas Dante
Casts: Michael Blevins, Yamil Borges,
Jan Gan Boyd, Sharon Brown, Gregg Burge,
Michael Douglas, and more..


A director is casting dancers for a large production. Dancers are hoping to be selected. Throughout the day, more and more people are eliminated, and the competition gets harder and harder.
Eventually, a dozen dancers must compete for a few spots.


This movie shows the way of audition and how difficult its Broadway is. Also it clearly describes whats the defferences between lead dancer and chorus dancers are. Watching it, you will see very large numbers of dancers from all over the world dream about to be in Broadway musical.
I love this movie since when I was very little. It is not only about dancing and singing parts but also acting. Even you are not interesting in these very much, I really would like you to watch A Chorus Live once.

Singin' in the Rain

Release Date: 15 April 1953 (Japan)
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Language: English
Color: Black and White

Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Writers: Adolph Green, Betty Comden
Casts: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, and more..

In 1927, the former stunt Don Lockwood becames a successful actor with the company of his best friend, Cosmo Brown, forming a romantic pair with the actress Lina Lamont.
In the period of transition from silent movies to talking pictures, Don accidentally meets the aspirant actress Kathy Selden while escaping from his fans and fall in love for her.
Lina has troubles with the sharp tune of her voice, and Cosmo and Don decides to dub her, using Kathy's voice, to save their movie..

This movie made me to do Be-Bop dancing when I was young.
Gene Kelly is just amazing! Whenever I see him dancing, he give me a lot of power and happiness about dancing.
I want to be like him, make people happy.

B comme Béjart

Title: B comme Béjart/
Béjart Into the Light
(English title)
Release Date: 8 May 2005
Genre: Documentary
Language: French

Director: Marcel Schüpbach
Writer: Marcel Schüpbach
Cast: Maurice Béjart
and more..

This is the Documentary movie before the movie, Lumiere, is on the show. Béjart made "Lights" as a theme of this movie. I felt Lumiere has something that human being based on.

If you are not interested in ballet very much, this movie might be boring to you. But if there is someone who likes any kind of danceing, I hope he/she would watch this movie. Ballet is based on every kind of dancing,Jazz, Contemporary, Be-Bop, and it is the oldest kind of dancing.
As like studying, we have better to learn basic first.
It is hard to tell with words but I hope you would watch this movie and feel something just like I did!