Fred Astaire: flights of fancy.(dancer and actor)(Brief Article)

Town & Country | May 1, 2002| | Copyright

When Princess Diana visited the United States, her royal wish was to dance with John Travolta. How sad, I thought, that she was born far too late to have danced with Fred Astaire, the dream partner of tens of millions of women. I can close my eyes and sense in my bones the experience she missed: the anticipatory thrill of feeling his hand clasping my waist as the music begins--perhaps "They Can't Take That Away From Me"--blissfully drifting into an easy foxtrot, soon changing into a lyrical swoop of steps never seen before, my gloriously feathered skirt flying wide and high, ...

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