Fabrice Luchini is one of my favorite dancers as of this weekend. This is a scene from Les Nuits de la Pleine Lune, which is a good example of his talents. (Hat tip to Stephane for finding this). I am still on the search for THE scene from Paris (2008) where he dances to some incredible American Rock n Roll aka Land of 1000 Dances by Wilson Pickett. More soon. Je vous promis.
UPDATE:
From NYT
A fluid dancer and passable singer, Mr. Luchini said he was inspired by James Brown, whom he saw in concert at the Olympia when he was 15. He learned how to move not in a classical dance studio but at a nightclub in Pigalle frequented in the late 1960s by African-American soldiers on leave from Vietnam.
Toward the end of the show he strutted to “Stayin’ Alive,” stripping off his jacket and just for a second revealing his soft, white belly. The audience was on its feet by then, cheering and dancing along, a very un-French thing to do at an upscale theater just off the Champs-Élysées.
So much has just be explained to me.
