Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion,
et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem.
Exaudi orationem meam,
ad te omnis caro veniet.
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Iconic dancer Cyd Charisse died yesterday.
If you don’t know who Cyd Charisse is, you fail.
-“Svet, can you upload an assload of Ms. Charisse’s dance videos here for those who fail so they can study for extra credit? Make sure that you use The Band Wagon with the humping skeleton on the sign (on YouTube somewhere). Thanks. You can leave this part in here so people know how much work you do accomodating me.”
-“Yes, of course Michael”
the humping skeleton:
singing in the rain:
meet me in last vegas:
and …party girl:
Also, here is an F for people who deserve it.
it was REALLY hard to pick the clips. REALLY, REALLY HARD.
the woman was a physical genius.
goddamn. can I be her when I grow up?
June 18, 2008 at 4:11 pmfirst Gwen Verndon, now Cyd
one of my swing dancing, vintage film enthusiast friends called me Beautiful Dynamite, i didn’t know what he meant till he introduced me to Cyd, if only i could be in the same sentence as her
you missed these beauts:
More Singing in the Rain, with the white scarf and wind machine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc16m2B2K1g&feature=related
Silk Stockings: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rvbS5LJND8
with Montalban:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykivlKJQHWE&feature=related
Now that he can see them, approves wholeheartedly of Svetlana’s choices.
And not to denigrate her choices at all, but because of her choices, here’s a Peel session of Ballboy performing Frankie and Johnny (used in the Meet me in Las Vegas clip):
http://www.ballboymusic.com/downloads/frankie&johnny.mp3
June 18, 2008 at 5:10 pmdidn’t know she did lightening bolt kicks
starting at 1:06 in meet me in vegas and at 6:20
falling in love with her more and more
is that debbie reynolds who follows after?
love how Cyd was always so light on her feet
must have been the Ballet Russe training
best Cyd Charisse tribute evar.
June 18, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Wow. Thanks for the enlightenment, that Vegas clip is something else…
June 18, 2008 at 2:41 pm