Fred Astaire
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Hofstra dance program celebrates 25th anniversary
...alumni professionals, plus "America's Irreplaceable Dance Treasures: The First 100," an exhibit of images and clips of Fred Astaire , Alvin Ailey , Isadora Duncan , Martha Graham and José Limón. When / Where: Concerts Friday and Saturday nights at 8, Sunday... |more
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'Dancing' Pro Tangos With NewsCenter 5 Anchor
...handshake tells you how connected their hand is to their body," he said. Brunner and Dovolani went to the Fred Astaire Dance Studio to learn the tango. "Tango is all about passion. It's about intensity. It's about the subtle movements that create huge volumes,"... |more
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Elixir of Life
...mechanics, and the Karmarkar algorithm. He discussed the Mughal era or the Upanishads with equal ease. He danced like Fred Astaire and loved pre-dinner cocktails. He maintained that any potable liquid other than alcohol was for women. And yet, this God-like... |more
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Frankenstein Knows Baseball
...Sinatra, respectively). Other Leading Men included leadoff batter Peter Lorre, Gary Cooper, Tyrone Power, Errol Flynn, Fred Astaire, Randolph Scott, John Wayne and Roy Rogers, while Paulette Goddard managed the team. Close Type in your e-mail... |more
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Leslie Caron dishes on the men she loved and lost in her memoir Thank Heaven
... The French actress and dancer (who starred in Gigi and An American in Paris) tangoed with Fred Astaire, danced with Gene Kelly, partied with Barbra Streisand, matched wits on screen with Cary Grant and recalls the men (Warren Beatty, Peter Hall) who... |more
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Confessions of a Gigi girl
...French film actress and dancer Leslie Caron tangoed with Fred Astaire, partied with Barbra Streisand and matched wits on screen with Cary Grant. But the girl best known for her roles in the movies “Gigi” and “An American in Paris” had her most extraordinary... |more
