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9 May 2013

A royal Hollywood evening with Fred Astaire and John Travolta

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Royal memories of a special evening in Los Angeles, honoring the great film dancer, Fred Astaire. [...]

25 March 2013

Book review: “Hermes Pan, The Man Who Danced with Fred Astaire”

Ginger&Hermes

A book review of “Hermes Pan, The Man Who Danced with Fred Astaire” (Oxford, 2012), John C. Franceschina. Review originally published in December 2012 Dance Magazine. [...]

30 October 2012

Barrie Chase to reminisce about her favorite dance partner … at the Television Academy Nov 1

fred&barrie

Concerns this week’s event at the Television Academy, a revisiting of the great television specials of Fred Astaire. [...]

3 July 2012

Fred & Barrie for the Fourth

Lovely duet between the two slenderinas. [...]

21 May 2012

Gene from Pittsburgh

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Just swilling around in thoughts about Gene Kelly. [...]

19 December 2011

Twentieth century’s greatest male dancers

smcoverlite

My pick of the four greatest male dancers of the 20th century. I gave this a LOT of thought! [...]

18 December 2011

David Hallberg grew up obsessed by Fred Astaire

hallberg riffs with comedy central's steven colbert

CBS “Sunday Morning”‘s feature piece on dancer David Hallberg’s move to the Bolshoi is a pleasure to watch. [...]

18 November 2011

Michael Jackson visited Martha Graham studio

MJ was a creative artist who got caught in the wrong life. [...]

29 November 2010

Aronofsky’s BLACK SWAN: Raw deal for Odile

Natalie-Portman-worried

Seconds into Darren Aronofsky’s psychological thriller BLACK SWAN, the hyperkinetic camera zooms in on a pink pointe shoe. A woman is dancing, but we don’t see her. We see only the impeccable chop-chop of her shoes. It’s a smart directorial move. Cinephiles and foot fetishists are primed for a good time, but dance lovers’ hearts may sink. [...]