Busby Berkeley (November 29, 1895 - March 14, 1976), born William Berkeley Enos, was a film director and choreographer best known for his trademark of forming large groups of dancers into intricate geometric patterns, usually filmed from overhead. He is best known for his films produced during the Great Depression. Today any scene depicting large groups of people choreographed into intricate, highly disciplined routines and patterns is an homage to Busby Berkeley.
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| - Busby Berkeley (November 29, 1895 - March 14, 1976), born William Berkeley Enos, was a film director and choreographer best known for his trademark of forming large groups of dancers into intricate geometric patterns, usually filmed from overhead. He is best known for his films produced during the Great Depression. Today any scene depicting large groups of people choreographed into intricate, highly disciplined routines and patterns is an homage to Busby Berkeley.
- Many popular animated films, particularly those from Walt Disney’s production studios allude to Berkeley’s dance sequences in their own animated choreography. For instance, the end scene of The Three Caballeros (1944), set to the tune “You Belong to My Heart” features live-action footage of chorus-line dancers displayed in several kaleidoscopic positions.
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| - Busby Berkeley (November 29, 1895 - March 14, 1976), born William Berkeley Enos, was a film director and choreographer best known for his trademark of forming large groups of dancers into intricate geometric patterns, usually filmed from overhead. He is best known for his films produced during the Great Depression. Today any scene depicting large groups of people choreographed into intricate, highly disciplined routines and patterns is an homage to Busby Berkeley.
- Many popular animated films, particularly those from Walt Disney’s production studios allude to Berkeley’s dance sequences in their own animated choreography. For instance, the end scene of The Three Caballeros (1944), set to the tune “You Belong to My Heart” features live-action footage of chorus-line dancers displayed in several kaleidoscopic positions. Berkeley’s influence can also be seen with the dancing animals during Simba’s “I Just Can’t Wait to be King” sequence in The Lion King(1994) and with the dancing dinnerware in the “Be Our Guest” sequence of Beauty and the Beast (1991). Most recently, Pixar used the concept of spectacle and kaleidoscopic dance patterns to shock and awe audiences in Happy Feet (2006), an animated musical about a tap dancing penguin.
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