Fred Astaire. Terpsichorean Excellence.

My favourite Fred Astaire Stills...and a few GIFS

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I Graduated from University recently. I finally openly admitted my obsession with my favourite artist of any genre, and sent this to my mates on our Big and Stylish Day :) May we all fly so high in our own fields

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Fred Astaire and his daughter Ava photographed by Ralph Crane, 1958.

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Life after Phyllis' death .... dances on ...

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Looking “like a knife” in ‘Dancing Lady’

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“A good man knows his limitations” - Harry Callahan- Dirty Harry

He may not have looked or done as many big spectacular moves as Gene Kelly- but Fred Astaire never pushed beyond what was the perfect amount needed in any dance. Subtlety. Perfection. Look carefully and compare the balance of these two. Fred holds his own, and also holds Kelly back from overcooking it.

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In-Flight Entertainment

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Parisian Hat Dance

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Fun with Funny Faces all ‘round

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A little light-footed reading

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Line and Shape and Negative Space

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Selfie with Style

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Before the froth and bubble

And swanning about in the thick of it ….and the mud apparently!

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Air and Sunlight

Back-lot rehearsal

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Feather-light Bullfight.

or-

Fred-inand the Bullfighter?

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Illustration by Rebecca Mock. 

Dancing in the Empathicalist’s Den- Funny Face.

 It always make me laugh.

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Harpo and Astaire- they both said it best without using words

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I love how he looks like a gawpy teenager who got very lucky at the school dance in these bits. Follows Gingers shoulder movements then shakes his hands in glee because of her cheeky joy, and that he is there with her. 

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After the credits- when Fred and Honey have had a little too much Sangria?