it's something daring

the Continental. A way of dancing that's really ultra-new. It's very subtle, the Continental, because it does what you want it to do.

I highly recommend The Gay Divorcee. It's totally ridiculous and great at the same time. The Continental sequence is wayyyyy too long but you do have to wonder how long it took them to film it.

It inspires me to look into some Sonia Henie and Esther Williams films (think long, drawn-out synchronized swimming and ice-skating on Hollywood sets).