When I was in the Soviet Union recently I was being interviewed by a newspaperman and he said, 'Which dancers influenced you the most?' and I said, 'Oh, well, Fred Astaire.' He looked very surprised and shocked and I said, 'What's the matter?' He said, 'Well, Mr. Balanchine just said the same thing.'

He was not just the best ballroom dancer, or tap dancer, he was simply the greatest, most imaginative, dancer of our time

The history of dance on film begins with Astaire

He's a genius...a classical dancer like I never saw in my life

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