Fred Astaire greatest male dancer of the twentieth century
He started his career in vaudeville in 1905 with his sister Adele.
In 1917 Fred and Adele made it to Broadway in the show Over The Top.
He didn't make it to Hollywood until 1933 when appeared as himself dancing with Joan Crawford in the successful musical film Dancing Lady.
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Made 10 flims with Ginger Rogers
Most influential dancer in the history of film and television musicals
One of the first actors to place his hand and foot prints in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
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Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 - June 22, 1987), born Frederick Austerlitz, was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of 76 years, during which he made 31 musical films. He is particularly associated with Ginger Rogers, with whom he made ten films.
According to another major innovator in filmed dance, Gene Kelly, "Category: q - :Fred Astaire#Classical dancers and choreographers on Astaire|The history of dance on film begins with Astaire." Beyond film and television, many classical dancers and choreographers, Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Jerome Robbins among them, also acknowledged his importance and influence.
He was named the fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.
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Dancing is a sweat job.
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Disco is just jitterbug.
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I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity... I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out there.
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I have no desire to prove anything by dancing. I have never used it as an outlet or a means of expressing myself. I just dance. I just put my feet in the air and move them around.
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I just put my feet in the air and move them around.
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The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.
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The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style.
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This search for what you want is like tracking something that doesn't want to be tracked. It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable.
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