Eleanor Powell with Woody Herman & His Orchestra

This is a great dance number from the film, "Sensations of 1945." Eleanor Powell performed several boogie woogie numbers throughout her career, but this is one of my favorites, and the only one that I'm aware of with a partner. Woody Herman's band also sounds great here as always.

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[JudithIN410]

Documentation that her partner in this number is Russian-born dancer and choreographer David Lichine can be found in

Film Choreographers and Dance Directors (1997)

by Larry Billman

pg 392

[ventnor43]

Thanks, Judith. You know, you gotta love the Internet. There's always somebody who has something interesting to add. Thanks very much for sharing that info.

[JudithIN410]

Thanks for posting this. I have the film on dvd but had forgotten about this number. It's certainly a different kind of routine for Ellie.

[ventnor43]

You're welcome. Thanks for posting the comment, Judith. I also appreciate your upload of Eleanor Powell as she appeared in, "Dutchess of Idaho." That was the first time I had ever seen that clip. I thought it was great.

[seachorale]

That's it! I'm addin' as many Eleanor Powell videos to my list as I can. Masterful! Who's the dame with the gun in this video? We gotta stop her before she causes any trouble..see?

[boschdienst]

Eleanor Powell is without any doubt the best dancer I've ever seen. She was a perfect tap dancer and "foot percussionist" (don't know how to explain it ;). So much sense of rhythm and musicality is rare and precious. And talking about precious: She was an extremely charismatic and beautiful woman.

[music1831]

@ventnor43 Agree with you.It's a pity that the so-called STARS of today's crappy music cannot swing & dance like this.

[thestrip]

@lizzyvance Hi - Just noted your comment. Check out 'Ship Ahoy' with Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra.  Great dance number with Eleanor and Buddy Rich.

[potterabbit]

Who ever is playing piano in this Sequence is amazing!!!

What dancing, Totally awesome!!!

[tubeornotube]

Fun dance number I hadn't seen. The tap dubbing right at the beginning around 0:39-0:45 is a bit sloppy. The sounds don't match the steps properly. But they obviously wanted a bigger "drum beat" sound than those steps provided.

[hajune]

Ellie could be risque every once in a while. Once again she danced ever so perfectly to the music in perfect step and interpretation. Noboy like her before nor after. She danced like she came from another world. Maybe she did come from another world. She was almost super human.

[CosmicArdency]

Can't believe how genius this routine is...am I ahead of my time for recognizing this stunning piece of art before my time? If this isn't sold properly on qualified DVD I'm going to use it free of copyright for my own dance routine!

[JudithIN410]

Few of the films are "great", but all of her dances are. :-) I'd recommend that you see all the movies, starting with Broadway Melody of 1936. Her brief appearance in the earlier film, George White's Scandals of 1935, is seen in its entirety here at YouTube.

[lizzyvance]

I have been watching Ellie dance on youtube. I was wondering if someone could please help me out. I have not seen any of her movies and would like to. What movies of her are great or schould I watch all of them? I just get amazed at watchign her dance. I think she is versitle tap dancer. She is one of my favorites.