The history of dance on film begins with Astaire

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, …

Except for times Fred worked with real professional dancers like Cyd Charisse, it was a twenty five year war

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

I once said that fifty years from now, the only one of today's dancers who will be remembered is Fred Astaire

I guess the only jewels of my life were the pictures I made with Fred Astaire

In considering our traditional ties with the Commonwealth we should remember that it now differs greatly from the entity which existed 20 or 30 years ago. Many…