Glee The 10 BestChoreographed Performances
Glee: The 10 Best-Choreographed Performances
While Glee had plenty of memorable musical moments during its six-season run, some performances stand out from the rest in terms of choreography.
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Since its premiere in 2009, Glee delighted audiences with its humor and colorful characters. There was always one thing, however, that separated Glee from its television peers: the music. Glee included five to 10 songs in each episode, often correlating to a theme set by Mr. Schuester as a lesson for the club. These songs included everything from show tunes to modern hits and varied between solos, duets, and group numbers.
While Glee had plenty of memorable musical moments during its six-season run, some performances stand out from the rest in terms of choreography. Here are 10 of the absolute best dance numbers that Glee produced.
10 “Toxic”
Performed in season two’s “Britney/Brittany” by the entire glee club, “Toxic” is something of an update of season one’s now-infamous “Push It” performance. The glee club once again has the opportunity to perform for the school, and they once again take the opportunity to sell sex appeal.
Instead of the blatant sexuality of “Push It,” “Toxic” is a bit more subdued in its sexuality, pivoting more in the direction of Fosse. Regardless, the performance excites the student body and lands the glee club in more hot water.
9 “Safety Dance”
Kevin McHale is easily one of Glee’s strongest dancers. However, playing the character Artie and being confined to a wheelchair for virtually the entire season does not often give him the opportunity to demonstrate his skills to the full extent. Season one’s “Safety Dance” is one small window into what Kevin McHale is capable of.
The number is a fantasy sequence inside Artie’s head that ends up including an entire mall of people moving together. Although Glee probably should have cast a handicapable actor as Artie, and the show likely would have had it been made today, there’s no denying that on a choreography level Kevin McHale absolutely killed this one.
8 “Singing In The Rain/Umbrella”
The first mash-up on this list, season two’s mash-up of “Singing In The Rain/Umbrella” is one of the most ambitious production numbers in the show’s history. The song is featured in “The Substitute,” best known as the first episode featuring Gwenyth Paltrow as the free-wheeling substitute teacher Holly Holiday.
When she fills in for Will, the kids immediately love her because she lets them sing more current music instead of the 80s pop and show tunes that Will peddles. This mash-up, featured at the end of the episode, is the perfect synthesis of Will and Holly’s individual styles. Plus, it had a great rain machine.
7 “Jump”
“Jump” is the rare song that is not only impressively arranged and choreographed but is also a pivotal event within the episode. In season one’s “Mattress,” Rachel gets the glee club a gig in a mattress commercial, where they perform “Jump” while jumping on a bunch of beds. The number is a lot of fun, but it also represents the moment where the club has to head into the future without Will beside them constantly.
By performing the number, the club accidentally received payment, thus revoking their amateur status and barring Will from accompanying them to Sectionals.
6 “Halo/Walking On Sunshine”
This may not be the first number to pop into people’s minds when they think of Glee, but it is one of the very best instances of the show blurring the line between choreography and acting.
During a mash-up competition the kids all take caffeine pills to perform better, and the girls perform this number with such intensity one has to wonder if this episode had a budget specifically for neck braces. The energy, the facial expressions, the way Rachel’s last note hangs in the rafters – they all add up to a great performance.
5 “Run The World (Girls)”
There’s no way this list would be complete without a performance from one Brittany S. Pierce. But while most of the time her dancing happens while the other kids sing and move around her (“Valerie” comes to mind) “Run The World” demonstrates what Heather Morris can actually achieve as the center of attention.
This performance is a dancing tour de force, leading the audience all over McKinley High until it culminates in a huge production number in the school gym. It’s no secret that Heather Morris was once a backup dancer for Beyoncé herself, and this song makes it clear how deserved it was.
4 “Rumor Has It/Someone Like You”
The Troubletones were undoubtedly a highlight of season three, and this performance perfectly captures why that is. The mashup of “Rumor Has It” and “Someone Like You” capitalizes on the girl group aesthetic that follows this group, and it also uses choreography to perfectly capture what is going on in Santana’s mind during the scene.
Though everyone in the glee club knew that Santana was a lesbian, she’s just been publicly outed. On stage, the girls swirl around her but she (and the audience) can only focus on Brittany. This performance is among the best examples of Glee’s marriage of story and song.
3 “Any Way You Want It/Touchin’, Lovin’, Squeezin'”
While less technically great than some other performances on this list, this mash-up from season one’s “Journey” ranks highly because it is an excellent demonstration of how the club progressed in the show’s first season and the style they made their own. The number is broadly choreographed, but everyone in the club has the chance to take the moves and make them their own.
This mash-up is something of a metaphor for the show itself: the kids work together to make something great, but it’s even more powerful because we know them as individuals.
2 “Proud Mary”
“Proud Mary” is the epitome of Glee’s ingenuity at the very beginning of its run. As the finale of the episode “Wheels,” the song finds the glee club performing in wheels in a show of solidarity with Artie.
The moment quickly became one of the show’s most iconic and demonstrates what Glee is really about. It wears its heart on its sleeve, and it’s a little goofy, but it will do anything it can to make the club a home for anyone who wants it.
1 “Paradise By The Dashboard Light”
This is the song that won the glee club Nationals in season three, and for good reason. “Paradise By The Dashboard Light” takes the formula the show had been refining over the past three seasons and mixes it to perfection.
The choreography is at once theatrical and cinematic, using different clusters of people and stage levels to tell a story. The performance is high energy and varied and everyone in New Directions gets a moment in the spotlight. In short, it is everything a Glee performance should be, executed at the highest level the show ever reached.
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