Tag: fred astaire

The 90th Academy Awards Show Needs Fred Astaire

Yo 2018, I’m really happy for you and Imma let you finish, but the 1970 Oscars had the BEST DANCING OF ALL TIME! Despite our disappointment that there’s no Academy Award for Best Choreography, you’d best believe the entire Dance Spirit team will be watching the 90th annual Oscars ceremony tonight to see just how […]

Taptastic #TBT Time: 3 Must-See Classic Tap Numbers

This #TBT, we’re feeling the tap vibes—specifically, the old-school, golden-age-of-Hollywood tap vibes. Because while you’re probably familiar with, say, Gene Kelly’s (literally) splashy “Singin’ in the Rain” number, the glorious internet has (to continue the water metaphor) a much, much deeper pool of jaw-dropping movie routines from the 30s, 40s and 50s. And you need […]

Watch Fred Astaire Dance to…Radiohead

If you’re like us, there was a period of time, a couple of years ago, when you were obsessed with the Radiohead song “15 Step.” First, it has an infectious little melody, which is always great. But it’s also done in a snappy, hand-clappy, totally danceable 5/4 time. Well, it turns out there’s a great […]

Lovely Leslie Caron

Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong era. How wonderful must it have been in the 1950s, when pretty much every major film had an amazing dance sequence (or five), featuring the talents of stars like Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Cyd Charisse? NPR just did a great interview with one […]