Fred Astaire

Hi! Today I'm going to tell you something about Fred Astaire. I'm not sure if he's well-known nowadays, but I think he's worth meeting. So let's start!

Fred Astaire was born in 1899 in Omaha. Fred began his adventure with a stage at age 7, when together with his sister Adele they started training at the Alviene Master School of the Theatre and Academy of Cultural Arts in New York City. Soon, they began to perform at a stage. They performed as a pair to 1932. They appeared many times at the stage of Broadway and the stage of London.

After Adele's leaving Fred started to build his own success. He's continuing to act at the Broadway's stage and start to consider many offers from Hollywood. His Hollywood debut was the successful musical film Dancing lady, where he appeard as himself dancing with Joan Crawford. After that he played roles in movies like Flying Down to Rio with Ginger Rogers, The Gay Divorcee, Swing Time, Shall We Dance which gave him the status of a star.

Fred Astaires is mostly known as an actor and dancer. His dance style is a combination of step, ballet and ballroom dancing. His very early practise helped him to be one of the best-known dancer in the history. His movement was very natural and comes to him without an effort. It was prized for its elegance, grace, originality, and precision. He took an inspiration from variety of influences, even black rhythms. Fred always prepared his choreography very precisely, he was practising for a long time, even a shorter act. He could retake the set even for 100 times to be satisfied with it. The most important for him was a technique of dance.

He was a great inspiration for a lot of noted dancers like Sammy Davis, Jr., Michael Jackson and Mikhail Baryshnikov. He is also remembered for his unique style. He's a remarkable artist. (check out his video click :))