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Dancing in the dark: Astaire and Rogers made sweet screen magic.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-DEC-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Dancing in the dark: Astaire and Rogers made sweet screen magic.(DANCE MAGAZINE RECOMMENDS)

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Astaire & Rogers Collection, Volume 1. DVD; set $59.92; each 19.97.

Top Hat RKO, 1935. Directed by Mark Sandrich. 100 minutes.

Follow the fleet RKO, 1936. Directed by Mark Sandrich, 110 minutes.

Swing Time RKO, 1936. Directed by George Stevens, 103 minutes.

Shall We Dance RKO, 1937. Directed by Mark Sandrich, 109 minutes.

The Barkleys of Broadway MGM, 1949. Directed by Charles Waiters, 109 minutes.

Argumentative types can raise objections to Shakespeare or Picasso--even Balanchine. They were mere geniuses, so their work leaves room for interpretation. But it's impossible to argue with perfection of craft, and the dances committed to film by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are, quite simply, beyond cavil.

This is no lucky accident. Astaire, a professional dancer from the age of 7, did all of his own choreography, and he was as exacting about corrections as the most persnickety repetiteur. He was willing--and able--to work until the screen image was without visible flaws. Rogers, another consummate...

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