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Dancing is a sweat job. You can't just sit down and do it, you have to get up on your feet.
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But I do nothing that I don't like, such as "inventing" up to the arty or "down" to the corny. I happen to relish a certain type of corn. What I think is the really dangerous approach is the "let's be artistic" attitude. I know that artistry just happens.
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I have no desire to prove anything by it. I have never used it as an outlet or a means of expressing myself. I just dance.
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When working on my choreography I am not always receptive to outside suggestions or opinions. I believe that if you have something in mind in the way of a creation, such as a new dance, a sequence, or an effect, you are certain to come up with inaccurate criticism and damaging results if you go around asking for opinions.
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I don't make love by kissing, I make love by dancing.
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There comes a day when people begin to say, 'Why doesn't that old duffer retire?' I want to get out while they're still saying Astaire is a hell of a dancer.
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I wish I had your confidence... without your viewpoint.
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Born:
May 10, 1899
Died:
June 22, 1987
(aged 88)
Bio:
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and television presenter.
Known for:
Top Hat (1935)
Swing Time (1936)
Shall We Dance (1937)
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
The Band Wagon (1953)
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