
The Diva Dance
Song by Éric Serra
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Search complete. 2 mentions across 2 episodes found for "The Diva Dance".
Oct 5, 2026
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58:25EmHOST
Yes.
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58:26KatieHOST
Composer Éric Serra created the "Diva Dance," which is inspired by Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor." This piece was written with runs and leaps so extreme that no human being could technically perform them.
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58:40KatieHOST
It was meant to be impossible.
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58:42KatieHOST
Shut up.
Phoenix Downbeat #35: WEIRD MUSIC
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8:20Drew CreasmanHOST
yeah
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8:20Ryan LaneyGUEST
yes so if you don't know for listeners that was from the fifth element it's called like the diva dance scene or like the diva scene And basically the short version of it is, you know, our main character, Corbin Dallas, he, he wins or quote unquote wins this contest to go to this really cool resort location.
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8:38Ryan LaneyGUEST
And they go to essentially an opera house and they see this as a performance plus some more that we cut out from before that snippet there.
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8:45Ryan LaneyGUEST
But there's something about the way that she sings, not even the part where it's like, oh, it's opera plus the techno beat stuff going on.