Stanley Donen directed and choreographed this number from, his film, Give a Girl a Break (1953) for Bob Fosse and Debbie Reynolds. It’s known as the Balloon Dance.
I’ve placed the images in reverse order in tribute to Donen’s shooting
and editing method. Much of the sequence was shot in reverse motion in
order to create certain magical effects, such as balloons magically
appearing out of thin air and dancers making impossible leaps. He then
intercut it with footage shot in conventional forward motion, but so
smoothly one is halfway fooled by the illusion of continuity. One is
drawn in even more forcefully by the athletic dancing.
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