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AS EASY AS 1 and a: 2 and a 3 and a 4; Dancing like Fred Astaire not as difficult as he thought
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DAILY MAIL STAFF
Fred Astaire never knew it, but he was a big influence on me. I
recall watching his old movies on television when I was growing up
and admiring the way he could make a woman fall in love with him just
by dancing with her. That was a neat trick, I thought. Although I
never expected to dance as well as Astaire, I wished for years that I
could at least hold my own on a dance floor.
Except for a brief set of lessons when I was in my late 20s and
living near Columbus...
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Fred Astaire: flights of fancy.(dancer and actor)(Brief Article)
Town & Country
; 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:
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DANCING TO A NEW TUNE
The Boston Globe
; ... late-night attention. Maybe it is nostalgia alone that draws us to this graceful, flawless star, and that makes his passing Page 1 news. But I don't think so. Fred Astaire did something that seems truly remarkable in our modern eyes. He made dancing -- together ...
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AS EASY AS 1 and a: 2 and a 3 and a 4; Dancing like Fred Astaire not as difficult as he thought
Charleston Daily Mail
; DAILY MAIL STAFF Fred Astaire never knew it, but he was a big influence on me. I recall watching his old movies on television when I was growing up and admiring the way he could make a woman fall in love with him just by dancing with her. That was a neat trick, I thought. Although I never expected
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`Great Performances' salutes Fred Astaire, the singer
Chicago Sun-Times
; The Fred Astaire Songbook (STAR) (STAR) (STAR) 1/2 WTTW-Channel 11, 8 to 9:30 tonight. The name Fred Astaire conjures up visions of great dancing in the grand old musicals of the '30s, '40s and '50s. No one has equaled his debonair grace and dynamic footwork. But before there was the dancing, there
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Serious by day, dancing by night; Workday antidote inspired by TV show- and a chance to let loose.(Business of Life)
Crain's Chicago Business
; Byline: RITA PYRILLIS It all started with a simple question from a woman Richard Baer wanted to impress: Do you dance? Dr. Baer, a psychiatrist and author, had never danced in his life. Sure he replied. I'm crazy for dancing He then promptly signed up for lessons. That was two years ago. Today Dr.
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Something in the way he moved. (Fred Astaire) (obituary)
U.S. News & World Report
; Something in the way he moved Happily, it is all preserved on film,to be savored again and again. There's the face: Eyes alive with wit, mouth curved in a wry, rueful grin. There's the voice: Dry, a bit reedy, but perfectly charming. Once you heard him sing a song, his rendition seemed the class of
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Fred Astaire taught us we could indeed dance on the ceiling
Chicago Sun-Times
; Beyond the exquisite style and technique, what explains the impact Fred Astaire had on so many generations of Americans? From 1933 through 1968, when he appeared in 30 musicals, Mr. Astaire came to symbolize something potent, yet elusive, about American life. The year he started hoofing on the
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Fred Astaire Dies; Superstar Dancer;Roles With Ginger Rogers Became Hollywood Legend
The Washington Post
; Fred Astaire, 88, one of the great dancers of this century and an artist who transported generations of moviegoers into special realms of grace and elegance, died of pneumonia yesterday at Century City Hospital in Los Angeles. In a cinematic career that spanned almost a half-century, Astaire
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Fred Astaire
The Washington Post
; "CAN'T ACT. Slightly bald. Can dance a little." Those words were from one of the studio scouting reports on a young man named Fred Astaire, who was trying to get into the movies. Others in Hollywood saw more promise in him, and so he did get a chance to dance a little. When he danced, he preferred
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DANCING WITH THE STAR OF Dancing with the Stars'; Choreographer takes students for a spin at Mequon studio
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ... final results show When: 7 p.m. Sunday Where: ABC (Channel 12) Copyright 2006, Journal Sentinel Inc. All rights reserved. (Note: This notice does not apply to those news items already copyrighted and received through wire services or other media.)
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