The excerpt from her new "Suspended Disbelief," to music by Conni Ellisor, is a stormy duet danced to the hilt by Adriana Jacinto and Thaddeus Davis, a guest from Donald Byrd/The Group.
The exception was his famous dance from "Stormy Weather," for which they could not get permission.
Indeed, at one point, the director Irving Cummings wanted to cut away from their dance in "Stormy Weather," as if it were filler, and studio chiefs routinely dropped the brothers' numbers from pictures when they were distributed in Southern states.
Fred Astaire called their routine in Stormy Weather the greatest example of cinematic dance he ever saw.
Other bronze medalists danced solos: "Sweet Sorrow," a stormy piece for Ms. Valentine; "Time," a solo for Mr. Agoudine filled with sudden changes in dynamics; and "Possession," in which Mr. Jordan appeared to explore strange, and possibly dangerous, territory.
Another highlight was their famous "Stormy Weather" number, one of the greatest film dances ever created.
We had hoped to see the Balinese dance concert at the Ubud palace, but stormy weather intervened on the night we were scheduled to go.
Anya is frequently filmed as well, but she is almost always alone: reading by the pool; walking Stormy and Pan, the Arlens' two cocker spaniels; doing a dance step in front of Arlen's newfangled camera.
The crowning achievement of their work the dance to "Jumpin' Jive"—was preserved in the film Stormy Weather (1943).
When his daughter finds him wandering alone on a stormy night, he doesn't recognize her, and he asks her to dance.
She also choreographed and starred in dance sequences in such films as Carnival of Rhythm (1942), Stormy Weather (1943), and Casbah (1947).
