Kevin Bacon Surprises Students of ‘Footloose’ High School

Four decades after Kevin Bacon shouted “let’s dance” in “Footloose,” students at Payson High School where the movie was filmed are on an all-out mission to have the star attend their prom. In a TODAY exclusive, NBC’s Kaylee Hartung reports on their viral campaign — and Bacon’s live response!

Kevin Bacon Reprises His Epic Dance Scene From Footloose After Jimmy Fallon Bans Dancing On The Tonight Show

Last night, host Jimmy Fallon declared, to much audience consternation, that dancing had been banned on The Tonight Show. In protest, actor Kevin Bacon impressively reprised his epic final dance scene from Footloose, the 1984 film that shot him to stardom.