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1 online resource (1 electronic resource (56 min.)) |
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Dance in video.
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| Summary |
Hermes Pan began choreographing Hollywood musicals in 1933, when his long-standing collaboration with Fred Astaire began. For over three decades he was the man who made the stars dance - Ginger Rogers, Betty Grable, Rita Hayworth, Cyd Charisse, Shirley MacLaine and many others. Assimilating elements from the multitude of cultures that co-existed around him, Pan created a style of dance that was truly American. In this program, Pan introduces a dance extravaganza which takes viewers back to the days when the musical was all the rage, with extracts from "œMy Gal Sal"#x9D;, with Rita Hayworth and Hermes Pan himself; "œRoyal Wedding"#x9D;, with Fred Astaire; "œKiss Me Kate"#x9D;, with Bob Fosse, Ann Miller and Carol Haney; "œSombrero"#x9D;, with Cyd Charisse; Pal Joey, with Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak; "œSilk Stockings"#x9D;, with Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse; "œExcuse My Dust"#x9D;, with Sally Forrest; "œThree Little Words"#x9D;, with Fred Astaire and Vera Allen; and the scene from Joseph L. Mankiewicz's "œCleopatra"#x9D;, starring Elizabeth Taylor, when she makes her entry into Rome. This is the last program made with Pan before his death in 1990 and is a fascinating combination of irresistible archive film of the best of Hollywood's dancers, and the unique viewpoint of one of cinema's greatest choreographers |
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Recorded in Los Angeles, CA |
| Notes |
Original language in English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Jazz tap.
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Jazz tap.
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Internet videos.
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Internet videos.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Kuperberg, Robert.
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Pan, Hermes, 1905-1990.
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