Gene Kelly discussing his Dance Style

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Gene Kelly discusses his ”American” style of dance, which combines ballet, modern, and athletics. He then illustrates it in a mini-ballet in his Omnibus tv special.

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@cynthiawilliams737 Ай бұрын

Thank you mostlydaydreaming!

@valeriataylor8337 3 жыл бұрын

i dont even dance, but love Gene and it is delightful to hear and learn from someone who has fully knowledge and is in love by his craft!

@ivetastedblood 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine having been able to be his student while he taught at his families studio.

@ratkid6859 3 жыл бұрын

Probably super stressful lmao

@elissaschornstein9399 4 жыл бұрын

Gene was so charming. Love you Gene. 🌹

@rheannemillette9987 5 жыл бұрын

What a legend. Thank you for sharing this clip!

@jamesjube90 3 жыл бұрын

Great! Thanks for getting this collection together for everyone - very educational - his work is amazing

@tonyaeheman1244 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing Mostlydaydreaming. I love Gene🙂❤.

@stevenspenneberg7407 3 жыл бұрын

There are six guys dancing but you can’t take your eyes off of Gene. His every move is breathtaking compared to those regular guys.

@dianeregan4848 3 жыл бұрын

AGREE 100 percent and thought the same thing. Such GRACE and strength he danced with.

@annetteb4930 3 жыл бұрын

He has amazing presence. His upper body carriage is still and each movement is intentional and followed through to extension. This is why we can't stop watching him. 👀

@esmeephillips5888 2 жыл бұрын

In 1958 both Kelly's and Astaire's great days in Hollywood were over. Fred turned to television by producing and starring in 'An Evening with Fred Astaire', the most garlanded entertainment special in that medium's history. Gene, always more didactic and dogmatic, did this well received documentary for public TV's arts strand. Oddly enough, these quite different motives yielded strikingly similar numbers. Gene has an orchestration of a Gershwin Prelude, a barebones urban set, swaggering young guys in tight sweaters looking for fun or a rumble but freezing when a cop strolls by. Fred's 'Man with the Blues' shares these features, with an extra charge of melancholy as he is roughed up by the boys for getting flirty with their women. Fred at 59 thought he was near the end of the road. Gene, 46, was struggling to regain momentum after two flop pictures. He was not only fighting the Lavender Panic of the mid-Fifties about dance being for sissies; he was striving to show that modern forms and subjects could be echt-American, and that his balletic leanings need not mean tights, tutus and capital-A art. Kelly was a later part of the great crossover that people such as Balanchine, Kidd, Massine, Toumanova and Charisse had begun, and which Robbins and Bernstein consummated in 'West Side Story'. Both these short TV works partake of that vibe.

@jamesjube90 Жыл бұрын

A very nice piece of writing - thank you

@tonyaeheman6189 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing ❤️.

@jamesjube90 Жыл бұрын

So clearly undeniably masculine and true, blindingly brilliant!

@AJ-ld5mv 4 жыл бұрын

This is so cool thx for sharing!

@francisalanbeattie4458 2 жыл бұрын

Superb.

@sherylarmstrong998 3 жыл бұрын

DANZ-z!

@puppylove422 4 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful story, Gene, Thank you for telling me. You were in love with Judy Garland, and Carey was in love with Shirley Temple. I appreciate you telling me