Four Oscar Dance Routines as Imagined By Adam Shankman

An Education

Relaying the subtle, coming-of-age story of a British school girl caught in the rigidly sexist class-system of the 1960s is a challenge for any choreographer, which is why we're thrilled that Shankman has chosen to embolden the themes with the following routine. The essence of the story is still very much there -- he's just made it "pop" for television.

Inglourious Basterds

The risks in turning this material into an Oscars musical number are manifold, starting with the fact that most standards-and-practices departments would not be kosher with a group of muscular Inglourious dancers "jazz-scalping" a line of goosestepping chorus boys. We think the approach they took here, then -- all stiff military maneuvers, berets, and mimed forehead-carving -- was definitely the way to go.

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