Quote #19

The history of dance on film begins with Astaire

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  1. 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…
  2. Except for times Fred worked with real professional dancers like Cyd Charisse, it was a twenty five year war
  3. He was not just the best ballroom dancer, or tap dancer, he was simply the greatest, most imaginative, dancer of our time
  4. There is no setup in Hollywood that compares with an Astaire picture
  5. He's a genius...a classical dancer like I never saw in my life
  6. As a dancer he stands alone, and no singer knows his way around a song like Fred Astaire
  7. What do dancers think of Fred Astaire? It's no secret. We hate him. He gives us a complex because he's too perfect. His perfection is an ab…
  8. He has a remarkable ear for intonation, a great sense of rhythm and what is most important, he has great style - style in my way of thinkin…

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