Fiddler on the Roof - The Bottle Dance

[tubetoad]

Wonderful Joy and Blessings to ALL!

[gallaghertg]

I believe these kids! I was in a production of this show in Kingston, Ontario, Canada in 1984, and some of the other men rolled up hankies into a circle under their hats and then nestled the bottle into the indentation on top. I DID NOT, as I wanted to feel the suspense and pure joy when I made it through the "drag on your knees" part without dropping my bottle!!! What a feeling - all these years later, I STILL get goosebumps watching it. Thanks guys!! Tom Gallagher, Toronto, Ontario

[vivtzka]

what;s the song called?

[ShinepawsWinter008]

we just did this in jr high and everyone said it was better than a high school performance... XD but we had the bottles duct taped to the hats...lol cuz we didnt have enough time to practice. and even so one of the guys bottles fell off XD

[frenchhorn333]

MAgnets....

[Nymwe]

It looks amazing!

[VJasanin]

My school just did Fiddler, and the bottle dance was amazing. No velcro or any tricks to keep the bottles on except some water in them. They added Perchik, played by my boyfriend into it and I know that he practiced a lot to be able to keep it balanced. The last dress rehersal before opening night one, first night that judges were there someones bottle fell off, proof of no velcro. This was really well done.

[gibbsisawesome]

Wow . . . . I'm doing this dance in my High School's production of Fiddler on the Roof and the version of the dance we're doing is A LOT less complicated. We're using velcro, too. We're doing the Jr. version of the production but I don't think that affects the choreography. Plus, we're a very small school with a very small drama department and this is the first time ever that we'll be doing a musical, so . . . yeah. This totally trumps us. :D

[TeilerPro]

Sacred Heart did Fiddler in 2008. It was amasing to see in grade seven. I'm now a producer and actress at the Heart. When I saw Sacred Heart's bottle dance I couldn't believe my eyes!!! No offence, but I think SHHS, was a little better. Nothing to hold the bottles on their heads; the hats were not dented either. Thus we are 'the finest professionals in amateur theatre.' But I really love the set, and I would call this second place!

[Chillton]

It makes amazing impression that there's so many of them. Usually there are only four of them like in a movie. Amazing.

[reneejeanne]

Des Plaines Theatre Guild did it in 1992 without velcro and I can assure you, it IS possible!

[rainbowangel58]

very well done! my high school is doing this production atm and I'm in chorus, but watching the dancers do the bottle dance is just amazing :D

[fiatodelvento]

not good in turkey was better

[CrazyPandaCow]

AWESOME! :D

[joeintacoma]

Bravo!!!! This is great dance and music!

[kume27]

they are HIGH SCHOOL kids, please! I think it rocks.

[imprvnana]

It kind of makes me upset that it was obvious the people playing instruments onstage weren't really playing...

But the dance was pretty good. We did this at my high school a couple years ago. They actually put dents into the hats to make it easier to do the dance.

[FunnyGamer5]

While it is clear that they didn't use any "tricks", they obviously didn't use their range of movement to their full potential. You actually have quite a lot of leeway for leaning if you have about two inches of water (note this varies with the dimensions of the bottle). They also weren't very dramatic with their movements at 2:20, which is the dramatic part. There also was mostly up/downward movements, along with spinning, which is easiest, but they had a small stage.

[bklvrinva66]

Very nice!!

[Letterfrack79]

How did they train that? You can't use empty bottles, right?

[pigsrockman]

nice clarinet solo! i played that to when my high school did that, except i couldn't do any of that growling

[TheCandyManCan1]

Good but slow

[MouseProductions660]

my school is doing fiddler too and ours is alot different but it was still really cool good work

[shadowshock64]

I can do that on the clarinet!

[ConvoyScout]

I like the clarinet solo.

[parrotchops]

I just saw fiddler at my local tjheatre in Essex UK and absolutly loved the bottle dance and this brings it all back. Loved it!

[musiqluvr777]

Sweet. My school is doing Fiddler on the Roof right now and i am in the chorus and that is one of my most favorite scenes...it never gets old....to me anyways

[danininjawarrior]

Dang awesome! Bravo!!!!

[j0s3dahedgehog]

i just wish we do that next year in the play!!! NIce one too!!!

[Sumerbabe]

Music was phenominal.

Dancing was pretty good as well. Set and coustumes were amazing too!!

[slimphotog]

Bravo!

[Sk8rJuliet3300]

I did that musical in like 7th grade and I was a bottle dancer with no strings attacted. that takes a heck of a lot of practice, lol. It was so cool though

[hectorlgg]

Realizaron el baile de manera MARAVILLOSA, muchas felicidades, un buen logro.

[logannye26]

Wow, we did this same musical, and after the bottle dance is done, you guys had a way cooler dance. But our bottle dance was much harder. We had the floor slides and moved way quicker. But you guys had cool looking bottles too.

[Littleprincesss623]

Amazing! I love it! These ppl know how to do a good play!! XD

[clearbu2]

amazing set.... It's kind of hard to believe this is highschool

[chaos276]

Agreed. They were pinpoint on the whole thing.

[HeatherChristineCnet]

this is an awesome show with amazing music...i just have one concern....WHAT ON EARTH is the lead clarinet player doing...whoever they are they are not tounging anything. I know for a FACT that they are not playing the music right. We just performed that at the theatre in town and we played the official music and i had the lead part and the music was marked as stacatto not legato. that ruins the whole effect of the dance and i couldn't stand to finish it simply becuase of the messed up music.

[hellibard]

When I did this dance, it was shorter, but the tempo was a lot faster. Me, I didn't have velcro or tape or even a hollowed-out hat. All I had was my bottle and a flat top-hat. Did the whole thing with pure balance and concentration.

[showtunesfever92]

Jeez. This is better than when my school performed this.

The choreography's amazing. Especially when they take the

bottles off of their heads.

Awesome job!

[Infernoferret256]

oooh mannn we totally just did this at my high school, with no tricks (wouldnt do it any other way, they were balancing the bottles). i was in percussion for pit, it's hella good music, i can just hear the timpani's at 1:59......

B B B B B B B B B F# B F#  B F# B F# B F# B F# B B

hella fucking tight

[LydiaKelso123]

that was pretty good. i really liked the fast dance at the end and the fidlers on stage. very authentic looking

[Culturegirl24]

SOOO great. ;D

[Fleminmythroat]

the dancing is really good! Is this live music?

[kenny1309]

yes this is a live play

[xcamoxgirlx]

Amazing job! My high school is doing this in a week! I'm excited. I'm not in it, but I've done some of the bottle dancing. haha.

[ironiclovex3]

-dies

thats SO HOT! (:

[carecare91]

OMG!! this bottle dance is amazing! i love it.

my school is doing fiddler on the roof, and ours isn't as complex as this.

a bunch of people always joke around saying that during the performace we're gonna hear bottles breaking. lol

[lordninja90]

i acually did the bottel dance for my school and the glasses werent weighed they had velcrow at the bottem of them and the hats were hollowed out so you can just stick them inside

[chengloki]

Hey, I enjoyed this!! I thought it was great!! I am not an actor, I am part of the audience. =Stefan=

[badgeriii]

Bottles were weighted...you can see that one some of the zoomed shots...

[bobbityjack]

Sounds like maybe there was a Jewish guy in the audience.

Good Job!

[nala45]

i love this

well done

[lilmike44118]

O hell naw! Yall did great! Were doing this in november our dances are alot like yours but a little more complicated. GOOD JOB!

[indolegend]

Woot.. Chaffey High is the best!!! XD

[jojulia9]

yup i was in this show...

the good old days

[carloslpz]

that was very good. if no velcro was used, more power to you. also, i have to say that's one of the best looking high school productions I've seen on Youtube. The choreography was spot on, the costumes and sets were great, and the orchestra really sounded good.

[kazekakashi12]

those guys got chotzba (i know i can't spell for my life).

[Gingafro]

Nice job

I finished a show of fiddler on the roof on friday, i was one of the bottle dancers, we did not use velcro, but there were only four of us.

It is extremely satasfying when you dont drop it, at the end. Well done.

[llamalord64]

No, it's possible to do without velcro. Our guys did it at Slippery Rock University in 1981, and at the very end of the dance one night, one guy dropped his. It smashed all over the apron of the stage. I was playing Golde, so as mother of the bride, I went ahead and cleaned up the mess so no one would trip on glass. Most people don't do it with velcro; and you can tell when it's there, because the bottles tip so tackily.

[evanj56]

Cool, I was Mordcha in our local play. today was the last performance. :( I had to balance so many platters with drinks and they were making tapping noises cause i was so nervous i didnt want to drop them..

[Largo64]

Nice job. But I don't believe there was no Velcro. Even in the movie they must have used Velcro. How many takes do you think they could afford?

[MsrEnjolras]

I assure you as the director, there was NO VELCRO. d2dmast

[Largo64]

I have done three productions of "Fiddler," two of them in dinner theatre. I wasn't one of the bottle dancers (I was Mordcha in two productions, Lazar Wolf in the third). In those shows (about 100 performances among them) the bottle dancers always used Velcro because they didn't want to risk dropping one. I applaud your dancers for doing without. That took some guts!

[Largo64]

@MsrEnjolras Even more impressive, then. With my knees, I couldn't do that last move even without the bottle!

[xdancingxQTx]

@Largo64 my high school is putting this on right now and they did not use velcro for the bottles. The hats just have a large dip in them so it's a little easier. But, it's still hard.

[MrOtherthere]

@Largo64 I have danced that part in an other production of the Fiddler of the Roof, and we didn't use velcro. If the bottle is heavy enough, it's not falling down.

[Largo64]

@MrOtherthere I applaud your balance. I couldn't do it.

[atedfordshoes]

ha cool im doing this play but im fruma sarah

[dagdas01]

I am in Awe! That was soooo cool ^^ I was like...AH!!! It was good amazing!!!

[CNFearless]

i loved being a tech

[GhostDragon10]

That is absolutely awesome!!! So well done!

[LittleMissTreble]

are your bottles attached or balanced? ours were balanced... but that's the only thing they every did at rehearsal! nice job!!

[alcastellanos]

Good job, kids!

[jejarrell]

Your orchestra is amazing! I'm a high school theate director, and I have to say, your music sounds like professional caliber. Well done!!

[xamus123]

haha my 7/8th grade clas is doin this play....it rocks!!!! im lazar wolf!!!

we have a class of 12 students!

[TrueJudgment]

yea, we just did fiddler at our school, we used velcro, but the dance was a lot more complicated than this version

[ImmortalBlood69]

that was...awesome...i'm in that production at my high school right now, but we couldn't afford to practice with real bottles, so we just got hats with velcro and velcroed the bottles to the hats...and we only have three bottle dancers, but we are actually a pretty small cast...which is sad...

-amara

[VolubleAce]

not the hardest thing to do, they really simplified their version, I've done it before, and I'm doing it again in another production, ours is more like the theatrical version

[PirateSmalls]

sweet deal

[dsnare2100]

thats alot of dancers

[jer2008emy]

GO CHAFFEY HIGH BEST IN EVERYTHING

[ccdeweese]

It must be hard to have all these people have bottles on their heads and they don't fall down!

[sugar240682]

You bastard! You spoilt it for me!!! I bet you were the smuck you screamed "He's a ghost" during 6th sense