Tag: Fred Astaire

December 29, 2013 /

Because I’m invited to step out this evening

December 29, 2013 /

Nothing now could take the wind out of my sails

 

December 29, 2013 /

A top hat, a white tie and tails

December 29, 2013 /

Your presence requested this evening, it’s formal

December 29, 2013 /

I just got an invitation through the mails:

November 20, 2013 /

CYD CHARISSE ON DANCING WITH FRED ASTAIRE

“If I didn’t have a scratch it was Fred.” Cyd Charisse –

November 20, 2013 /

BODY AS INSTRUMENT – CYD CHARISSE

Check in later today to see what Miss Charisse had to say about dancing with Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire…
July 7, 2013 /

FUNNY FACE – AVEDON AND HEPBURN

February 22, 2013 /

SWING TIME AND THE INESTIMABLE: HERMES PAN

Hermes Pan choreographed everything from “Swing Time” in 1936 to Elizabeth Taylor’s “Cleopatra” (including the spectacle – dancers, warriors, witch doctor’s, elephants, and zebras – that was Cleopatra’s procession into Rome). Pictured above with Ginger Rogers, he was a soft-spoken gregarious man who was loved by his dancers. Recently a…

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January 26, 2013 /

“LIGHTHEARTED GRACE” – FRED ASTAIRE

We used to have National Geographic dating back to 1924, and LIFE magazine back to 1939, a magic portal to other times up two flights of stairs to the attic. Most of the magazines are gone, cleaned out in a massive Spring Cleaning. Now I wish I had realized what…

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