Get Up and Dance

Get Up and Dance is a Sesame Street direct-to-video special released on January 28, 1997.

Big Bird decides to hold a birthday party for Radar in the dance studio around the corner. More kids than Sesame Street Muppets are seen in the video as the plot moves along by the kids suggesting a dance, Celina explaining how to do it, and the song or video plays.

The DVD version includes a CD sampler of "Happy Tappin' with Elmo", "Doin' the Pigeon" and "Lambaba" from the album Platinum All-Time Favorites.

Releases

Songs

A Very Simple Dance
I'm a Little Airplane
The Birdland Jump (with jazz singer Joe Williams)
Do The Dog
Do The Jelly
A Cat Had a Birthday
Doin' the Grouch
A New Way To Walk (celebrity version)
Elmo's Rap Alphabet

Notes

Originally, a sequence of Elmo (on a black background) dancing to ragtime music was seen at the end of the video, which would be replaced by "Elmo's Rap Alphabet," in later releases.

Cast

Muppet Performers

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar
Kevin Clash as Elmo and Kingston Livingston III
Bruce Connelly as Barkley
Frank Oz
Martin P. Robinson
David Rudman
Pam Arciero
Noel MacNeal
John Kennedy

Cast

Annette Calud as Celina
Carlo Alban as Carlo

Child Talent

Lexine Bondoc, Desiree Casado, Morgan De Sena, Mara Feinstein, Kenya Harris, Devon Mack, Wesley Rodgerson, Jason Samuel Smith, Rebekka Santana, Amy Tai, Brandon Nai, Carla Davis, Mathew Kelly, Alexandra Young

Special Guests

Maya Angelou, Garth Brooks, Ruth Buzzi, Michael Chang, Savion Glover, John Goodman, Bill Irwin, Kevin Kline, Cheech Marin, The Neville Brothers, Rosie O'Donnell, Sally Jessy Raphaël, David Shiner, Marisa Tomei, Joe Williams

Credits

Executive Producer: Nancy Kanter
Producer: Karin Young Shiel
Director: John Ferraro
Segment Directors: Ted May, Mustapha Khan, Jon Stone
Writer: Cathi Rosenberg-Turow
Jim Henson's Muppet Workshop: Laurent Linn, Lara MacLean, Stephen Rotondaro
Music Director: Robby Merkin
Songs by: Christopher Cerf, Carol Hall, Joey Mazzarino, Jeff Moss, Emily Perl Kingsley, Sam Pottle, Joe Raposo, Jonathan Richman, Fernando Rivas, Mark Saltzman, Luis Santeiro, Norman Stiles
Music Coordinator: Danny Epstein
Production Designer: Victor DiNapoli
Graphic Designer: Mike Pantuso
Associate Director: Ken Diego
Costume Designers: Bill Kellard, Terry Roberson
Set Decorator: Nat Mongioi
Camera: Frank Biondo, Arnie Giordano, Jr.
Audio: Blake Norton, Carla Bandini-Lory
Sound Effects: Dick Maitland
Special Thanks to: Marjorie Kalins, Ted Green, Wendy Moss, Nan Halperin, Dulcy Singer, Renee Rachelle, Tim Carter, Cher Jung

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