You might not have seen Elvis Presley’s 1957 film Jailhouse Rock, but you’ve probably seen the title song’s classic dance scene. Choreographer Alex Romero incorporated Elvis’ signature hip shake and body-shimmying moves into this dance routine. The result? Only one of the best music videos ever — and created before music videos existed, no less! Now where is that wooden chair?
Top 10 Movie Dance Scenes
Dance involves movement across space and time—something that the cinema does very well. TIME presents the most memorable dance scenes in film history.
The Prison Dance in Jailhouse Rock
Full List
In Step
- A Wet, Soft Shoe in Singin’ in the Rain
- The Ballet Scene in The Red Shoes
- The Twist in Pulp Fiction
- Fred and Ginger in Top Hat
- ‘No One Puts Baby in the Corner’ in Dirty Dancing
- On the Floor in Saturday Night Fever
- ‘Jet Song’ in West Side Story
- The Madison in Band of Outsiders
- The Prison Dance in Jailhouse Rock
- ‘The Dance of the Hours’ in Fantasia
