When Ginger Rogers Danced With Astaire, It

When They Do Let Them Sustain On Screen From Head To Toe, Though, Then You Know They Must Think The Person Is A Good Dancer.

You Dance Love, And You Dance Joy, And You Dance Dreams. And I Know If I Can Make You Smile By Jumping Over A Couple Of Couches Or Running Through A Rainstorm, Then I'll Be Very Glad To Be A Song And Dance Man.

Like An Athlete, [dance] Is An Everyday Job. You Have To Stay In Shape - Unless You Just Want To Loaf Through A Couple Of Hoofing Routines. But That Just Didn't Satisfy Me.

In The 1930s There Was This Tendency In Hollywood To Portray Everyone As Rich. Even If They Were Doing A Poor Man's Dance, They Were All So Nicely Clothed, Gowned, Coiffured. That's Why I Decided To Wear White Socks, Loafers, T-shirts, And Blue Jeans. I Had A Sociopolitical Context In Front Of Me: I Was A Child Of The Depression Who Danced In A Way That Would Represent The Common Man.

I Wanted To Invent Some Kind Of American Dance That Was Danced To The Music That I Grew Up On: Cole Porter And Rodgers And Hart And Irving Berlin. So I Evolved A Style That Certainly Didn't Catch On Right Away - But I Had Some Good Mentors In New York Who Encouraged Me.