when you saw this when you were a kid?

- [Mom] Mhmm.

- Yeah.

Hi, I'm Jenna Dewan,

And I'm reviewing iconic dance scenes from movies.

Well this is my favorite dance scene from any dance movie.

Absolutely learned the dance moves off the TV,

while watching this a million times.

I wanted to be Baby, and the dress, the outfit's iconic,

everything about the scene is so dance movie gold.

And that leap, the leap off the stage, the head whip,

all of it, gold.

And Patrick Swayze was the ultimate hottie

at the time, I mean, my goodness.

I've attempted the lift a million zillion different ways.

Most the time and water, 'cause that's where we all

attempt a lift.

I think I've done it successfully once.

Because of the lift in "Dirty Dancing",

every dance movie, therefore feels like

they need to have like a major lift

at the end of every dance.

And so, in "Step Up", we had a big lift,

not as cool as this lift, but our own version of it

all because of "Dirty Dancing."

It's hard because if you go too forward or too back,

you really throw, you gotta like, and she has to commit,

and he has to get right under her

and push her up at the exact same time.

That is good.

Do you see how she jumps and has her arms already out

so she doesn't use the shoulders to push herself up.

That's why that lift is so crazy to people.

'Cause she has to just leap, swan leap into the air,

and it's not easy.

You know what, I was really impressed with this,

I'm not sure what their dance background is

or like abilities but look at Ryan.

Ryan Gosling is really a good dancer.

Those mouseketeer skills are on fire.

Emma's great, she's so graceful.

I really was impressed, I saw this movie in the theater

and I was like, wow, they must have dance backgrounds.

They're really good and the choreography is beautiful.

Mandy Moore, who I used to assist back, back in the day

was amazing, she's always been amazing.

So I love that she got LaLa Land.

They have great chemistry, I can tell that

they move really well together.

I mean, to me, like, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling

can do no wrong.

Another iconic actor dance scene, angry Footloose dance.

Yes.

Whip that head around.

This is the best.

Another dance scene, by the way,

that set the tone for other dance movies.

In "Step Up", Nora has an angry dance

towards the end where I'm fed up.

I can't find the right partner for my ending dance routine,

and I have a solo angry dance, and I remember they said,

like Kevin Bacon in "Footloose."

You gotta release your emotions through dance,

sliding down the poles without your feet like that

I couldn't do that.

I also love that little, so emotional, its great.

This is a really good example of a dance scene

in a dance movie that's simple, but became a classic.

But I sometimes wonder, are they choreographed,

or they just do this?

Like they get in character and freestyle this.

I could watch John Travolta's face in this dance scene

and never stop.

That is dancer face people.

He's very intense and so is Uma.

I didn't see this movie for a while, either.

And I saw it later in life when I was much older.

And now I can watch it and see how good this

whole routine is.

At the time I was like okay he's just disco dancing,

and now I'm like this is an iconic dance scene

and I see why.

It's like, clear that he is a freaking amazing dancer

and also clear that, I mean I don't think this dance

would be the same without this costume.

He needs the tight bell bottoms

and I think the ladies wanted to see this, I get it.

I love disco.

I have never actually really done it.

Like that, how does he do that?

His knee, he goes knees to his feet, knees to the feet,

knees to the feet over and over.

Oh man, I need the energy drink of John Travolta.

"Flashdance", this ending scene is everything.

You've waited for this the whole movie.

Again, dive roll of the world.

Everyone loves this dance scene.

Breakdancing and spins on her back.

Her body double in this was a boy, was a breakdancer,

which I think is actually really cool.

I remember when the judges come in,

and they have to judge, and then she wins them over.

That's my favorite thing about the scene

they come in, they're like, and then she starts dancing

and then they're like clapping and all cheering

for her by the end of it.

And she just 5,000 pirouettes, great editing.

I've had every kind of audition story as a dancer,

I would have a whole wardrobe in the back of my car,

because you would go to like four different auditions a day,

and one would go, your commercial, your girl next door,

and next one is sex vixen, and the next one is salsa.

I would be hiding look like I could do salsa dancing

so I always had to have different looks.

So I'd be in my car and changing my hair,

changing my makeup,

putting on fishnets, taking it off, wiping off makeup,

brushing up the hair I mean it was like a constant rat race.

Here we go John Travolta again.

God, he really just owned this dance movie market.

"Grease" is it.

Another dance scene that I've seen a million zillion times.

I love that she has her transformation

into the sexy vixen later that's also in

every single movie now because of that.

And like how happy is this dance?

[hands clapping]

Everyone knows this, right?

This is the best it gets when it comes to studying chemistry

in a movie.

It's like electrifying, they dance so well,

the way they look each other all the time when they dance.

You can't make this stuff up.

It just happens, and you have caught lightning in a bottle.

Well this is just classic.

The way he's in control of his body, the way he hears music,

the way he is with the umbrella, like all of it,

the rain, it's classic.

This is just the dreamiest of dance scenes

that ever happened.

I had a dance in rain on my very first music video

which was Toni Braxton's "Is He Man Enough for Me."

We danced in rain in chainmail dresses,

and mine decided to snap at the neck

and completely fall off

while filming.

And I'm in pouring down rain with nothing underneath,

you're trained as a dancer, the show must go on,

so I reached down and grabbed my dress

and just held it over me and did the whole dance

in the pouring down rain.

And then I got moved to the back, so.

No choreographer.

That's why this is so good,

you can tell us his own freestyle, it's amazing.

This is just him doing him, like living his best life.

And the shirt, the costume iconic,

remember when everyone had that shirt?

This makes me happy, like I feel happy watching this.

And the like, four, the huh huh, whatever those were.

I did many a talent shows, I did one one time in sixth grade

I went to a Catholic school for one year.

It was all girls school, and one played the piano,

one was the cello, one did the violin.

I decide to come out and do a dance to Whitney Houston's

"I'm Every Woman."

I started off slow, and you know when it's like

♪ I'm every woman ♪

I ripped off my shirt and had red bra

and booty, like hot shorts, sequin hot shorts on.

And I started like, I was like a fly girl, you know,

I was like out there.

By the end of my dance, I had every nun on their feet

clapping and cheering me on and for the rest of the year,

they called me the fly girl.

So, let's just say I shook it up a little bit.

Oh yes.

Great example again of wardrobe complimenting a dance

and making it iconic.

If he had done that slide and sweat pants,

we would not be talking about it.

He came out and was like, this is me and my house,

and I'm in underwear and I'm feeling good and having fun,

and so good.

Also, completely freestyle.

I expect nothing less of Tom Cruise.

Oh "Little Miss Sunshine."

This was cute.

I remember crying my eyes out in this movie,

see the power of dance.

You don't always have to speak, develop a character

well enough and have a really good payoff of a dance scene

at the end of the movie, and we're all in tears.

And there's something about her

that just reminds me of my daughter, so much.

Just very free spirited, doesn't want to choreograph,

just wants to live her best life up there.

I've had dance competitions my entire life, all kinds.

You name it, jazz, tap, ballet.

That costume has been recreated times 20 for me,

but generally mine had arm poofs and way bigger hair

and way more makeup, fully understand this life.

Another OG dance movies, "Save The Last Dance."

This was very much like "Step Up",

it was like the street dancer and the ballet dancer

and coming together and,

oh yeah, all about that part.

Yeah, here we go, street dancer, ballet dancer,

comes together fusion dance ballet hip hop style.

Nowadays, after World of Dance,

you literally see every mashup that could happen,

they do to tap with ballet, tap and jazz,

hip hop in every style put together.

Hardly does anyone ever do traditional jazz

or traditional ballet anymore, its always mashup.

When they get it right, they get it right.

The costumes are iconic, I think I was Romy or Michele

for Halloween one year.

I could watch Lisa Kudrow do everything and anything.

This is like comedy gold.

I also feel like when I'm watching this,

I can tell they had the best time ever while filming this.

This just looks fun.

Mira just did a little tour jeté, I caught that.

I had a group of girlfriends in high school

and we would all choreograph dances together

and do them at parties, and I'm from Texas,

so we did a lot of line dancing that we made up.

Yeah, that's why this movie speaks to everybody,

every girl that watches this movie and has done this

at a asleep over 1,000 times.

Those were some of the most iconic dance scenes from movies.

Tell me what you think.

I just had a blast, see you later.