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Bollywood was fun – technically hard and stylistically weird ... And Broadway I got to learn about the whole history. I was spending all night watching videos on YouTube of Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. It's very pleasing to watch, their style, which is really messy, but looks good. It's a messy clean.
SOURCE: The Orange County Register -
The art is to make it look easy, and when you do that, people think you're not doing anything ... It's like the difference between Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. When Kelly danced, you'd think, I couldn't do that. When Astaire danced, you'd think, I could do that. I'm in the Fred Astaire school.
SOURCE: Variety -
My dad used to show me Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies, and Gene Kelly, and I just knew that that was my calling
SOURCE: Boston Channel.com -
He's like Fred Astaire on a surfboard
SOURCE: The Orange County Register -
My mom was a dancer and ran a dance school, and I got my first pair of tap shoes at the age of three ... I was a hyperactive kid and a quick study. I would stand in the back of my mom's classes and pick things up immediately. And I would watch TV and see the Nicholas Brothers or Fred Astaire or a Bob Fo...
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If Fred Astaire is the Cary Grant of dance, I'm the Marlon Brando.
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I would watch films – Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire – but we never went to the ballet. We were always at the racetrack instead. To me that was normal, to go to the track, watch Dad race and be surrounded by these incredible cars. I loved it.
SOURCE: The Independent -
Because the estate of Fred Astaire has been so tight with the control of his image and performances, the reputation of the music of Irving Berlin, which provided the late singer/dancer with signature pieces, can be argued to have been compromised
SOURCE: Christian Science Monitor -
When we started to put the show together and began to see the dancers performing the routines, we thought, Wow! ... We were able to work through the Fred Astaire estate to be able to use the dance numbers.
SOURCE: Southern CA Press-Enterprise -
There are a variety of ways to improve your social dancing at Fred Astaire
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com -
He's kind of the 21st century John Travolta and Fred Astaire wrapped into one
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My dad found these Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers movies and Danny Kaye, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor. Every Sunday we had movie night. And we watched musicals. It was so amazing because I was addicted to it as a kid. I couldn't wait to come to America to see some of this live.
SOURCE: Fresno Bee -
Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backward and in high heels.
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle -
My dream growing up was I wanted to be as athletic a dancer as Gene Kelly and as smooth as Fred Astaire, but I wanted the cool of Frank Sinatra
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There is no question that Michael Jackson is one of the greatest talents the world has ever known ... The way he moved had the elegance of Fred Astaire and packed the punch of Muhammad Ali.
SOURCE: Access Hollywood -
He talked about how wonderful it was to have Elizabeth Taylor as an aunt figure and Fred Astaire showing him dance moves. How he loved singing and dancing with his family, travelling the world with the Jackson 5.
SOURCE: OH NO THEY DIDN'T
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Waxworks of actors Fred Astaire (L) and Ginger Rogers are on display at the opening of Madame Tussauds Hollywood in Los Angeles July 21, 2009.
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Showcased at Fred Leighton Beverly Hills is Paul Flato's sensational aquamarine and ruby belt necklace. This piece belonged to Mrs. Cole Porter, who later gave the necklace to Fred Astaire's daughter, Adele.
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Bollywood was fun – technically hard and stylistically weird ... And Broadway I got to learn about the whole history. I was spending all night watching videos on YouTube of Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. It's very pleasing to watch, their style, which is really messy, but looks good. It's a messy clean.
SOURCE: The Orange County Register -
The art is to make it look easy, and when you do that, people think you're not doing anything ... It's like the difference between Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. When Kelly danced, you'd think, I couldn't do that. When Astaire danced, you'd think, I could do that. I'm in the Fred Astaire school.
SOURCE: Variety -
My dad used to show me Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies, and Gene Kelly, and I just knew that that was my calling
SOURCE: Boston Channel.com -
He's like Fred Astaire on a surfboard
SOURCE: The Orange County Register -
My mom was a dancer and ran a dance school, and I got my first pair of tap shoes at the age of three ... I was a hyperactive kid and a quick study. I would stand in the back of my mom's classes and pick things up immediately. And I would watch TV and see the Nicholas Brothers or Fred Astaire or a Bob Fo...
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times -
If Fred Astaire is the Cary Grant of dance, I'm the Marlon Brando.
SOURCE: OH NO THEY DIDN'T -
I would watch films – Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire – but we never went to the ballet. We were always at the racetrack instead. To me that was normal, to go to the track, watch Dad race and be surrounded by these incredible cars. I loved it.
SOURCE: The Independent -
Because the estate of Fred Astaire has been so tight with the control of his image and performances, the reputation of the music of Irving Berlin, which provided the late singer/dancer with signature pieces, can be argued to have been compromised
SOURCE: Christian Science Monitor -
When we started to put the show together and began to see the dancers performing the routines, we thought, Wow! ... We were able to work through the Fred Astaire estate to be able to use the dance numbers.
SOURCE: Southern CA Press-Enterprise -
There are a variety of ways to improve your social dancing at Fred Astaire
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com -
He's kind of the 21st century John Travolta and Fred Astaire wrapped into one
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My dad found these Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers movies and Danny Kaye, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor. Every Sunday we had movie night. And we watched musicals. It was so amazing because I was addicted to it as a kid. I couldn't wait to come to America to see some of this live.
SOURCE: Fresno Bee -
Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backward and in high heels.
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle -
My dream growing up was I wanted to be as athletic a dancer as Gene Kelly and as smooth as Fred Astaire, but I wanted the cool of Frank Sinatra
SOURCE: CBS2 Chicago -
There is no question that Michael Jackson is one of the greatest talents the world has ever known ... The way he moved had the elegance of Fred Astaire and packed the punch of Muhammad Ali.
SOURCE: Access Hollywood -
He talked about how wonderful it was to have Elizabeth Taylor as an aunt figure and Fred Astaire showing him dance moves. How he loved singing and dancing with his family, travelling the world with the Jackson 5.
SOURCE: OH NO THEY DIDN'T
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