E nānā iā Fred Astaire i ka hulahula ma ke kiʻi - a hiki i kēia lā - he mea e kahaha ai i kona lokomaikaʻi, mākaukau a me ka haʻuki. ʻO ka mea ʻaʻole ʻike ka hapa nui i ka nui o ka hana a kēia virtuoso, hana ai… a hopohopo e pili ana i kāna hana.
'Speakslelo ka nani o Astaire i kahi ʻano hilinaʻi me ka mālama ʻole. Akā ʻo Fred Astaire, ka inoa a me ka hoa hoʻokumu o kā mākou ʻoihana, ua hoʻopilikia pinepine ʻia e ka manaʻo kānalua a hilahila maoli nō.
Ua pāʻani paha kēlā i kāna reticence kumu e hana me Ginger Rogers. ʻOiaʻiʻo, pilikia mākou i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i kekahi me ka ʻole o kekahi, no laila, ua hulahula pū lākou no 16 mau makahiki i ka hōʻike ʻana i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni he ʻumi Hollywood (Top Hat, Swing Time, a e hula paha mākou? No ka inoa wale nō.) Akā ma hope o ka pili lōʻihi ma ke kahua me kona kaikuahine (ʻoi aku ka nui e pili ana i ka hiki ʻana mai), ʻaʻole mākaukau ʻo Fred e hoʻopaʻa iā ia iho i kahi hoa maʻamau. Laki nō kāna hana, a ua hoʻololi mau ʻo ia i ke ʻano o ka hōʻike ʻana o ka kinima i ka hulahula. Kaomi ma aneʻi no ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i kēia pālua hulahula kaulana.
ʻO Fred Astaire (hānau ʻia ʻo Frederick Austerlitz ma 1899), i kākau inoa ʻia i ke kula hulahula e kona mau mākua i kona wā ʻehā, e hele pū me kona kaikuahine ʻo Adele. E lilo lākou i poʻe loea, hoʻololi i ko lākou inoa iā Astaire ma 1917, a hana pū a hiki i 1932, i ka wā i haʻalele ai ʻo Adele e male. I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua neʻe ʻo Fred Astaire i Hollywood a ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kahi hana stellar i male i ka hana a me ka hulahula. Ua hana maʻamau ʻo Astaire i nā choreographed i nā hana maʻamau, ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i nā kaila like ʻole (tap, ballroom) i loko o kāna papahana. Kupanaha, nā memo mai kāna hōʻike pale mua ʻaʻole i wānana i kēlā kaulana a me ka kūleʻa. Wahi a ka leka: "ʻAʻole hiki ke hana. ʻAʻole hiki ke hīmeni. Balding. Hiki ke hulahula iki. ”
He maopopo leʻa hulahula iki.
Ua haʻi ʻia, ua hana ʻo Fred Astaire i 71 mau kiʻi ʻoniʻoni mele a komo i kekahi mau kīwī kīwī. ʻO kāna hulahula ʻana i waho i kāna hana leo, akā ua manaʻo nui ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mele. ʻO ia ka mea i hoʻolauna i ka “Po a me ke Ao,” i kākau ʻia e Cole Porter, ma ka 1932's The Gay Divorcee. ʻO "Cheek to Cheek" mai ka Top Top 1935 kahi kūlana ʻoihana pū kekahi.
Eia kekahi mau ʻike i ʻike ʻole ʻia e pili ana iā Fred:
- Ma waena o kāna mau tālena he nui, ua makemake pū ʻo Fred Astaire i ka hoʻokani pila, ka clarinet a me ka piano - a he mākaukau maikaʻi ʻo ia e noho i kahi pahu pahu pū kekahi.
- ʻAʻole ʻo Astaire kāna inoa ʻohana, ʻo Austerlitz ia. Ua manaʻo kona makuahine he hoʻomanaʻo ko lākou inoa i ke Kaua o Austerlitz no laila ua aʻo ʻo ia i kāna mau keiki e hoʻololi iā Astaire.
- Ua kapa ʻia ka hale hōʻikeʻike ʻoniʻoni ʻAmelika ʻo Fred Astaire ka hōkū kāne kāne nui ʻelima o Hollywood kahiko
- Hūnā ʻo Astaire i kona mau lima nunui loa ma ke ʻōwili ʻana i kona mau manamana waena ʻelua i ka wā e hulahula ana
- E like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna, ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Fred Astaire me ka loli ʻana i ke kuleana o ka hulahula i ka hale kiʻi ʻoniʻoni mele, e koi ana e hoʻopili ʻia nā mele a me nā hana hulahula āpau i loko o kahi papahele a hoʻohana ʻia e neʻe i ka moʻolelo i mua (me ka hula-ma ke ʻano he mea nui, kahi maʻamau no ka manawa). Ua hoʻolālā ʻo ia i kahi ala wiwo ʻole o ke kiʻi ʻana i nā kaʻina hula ... me nā mea hulahula ʻelua piha, no laila ke hōʻike nei ka hulahula iā ia iho a ʻaʻole wale i nā helehelena a me nā neʻe hapa ʻana i ka poʻe.
ʻO Fred Astaire kahi mea hoʻopihapiha kikoʻī, a me kāna koi ikaika ʻole i nā pule - i kekahi manawa he mau mahina - o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni (a he nui nā kiʻi hou ʻana i ka wā o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni). E like me kā Astaire i nānā ai, "ʻAʻole i loaʻa iaʻu kekahi mea 100% pono. ʻAʻole naʻe ia he maikaʻi loa e like me kaʻu e manaʻo nei. ” Akā ʻaʻole ia i kaohi i ka hauʻoli i kāna mau hana, a me kona aloha ʻole i ka hulahula ma ka laulā. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa kēlā ʻano hauʻoli like mai ka hulahula i kēlā me kēia Fred Astaire Dance Studio, ka hui ʻo Fred Astaire ponoʻī i hoʻokumu pū ʻia ma 1947, e kaʻana like i kāna mau hana a me ka hauʻoli o ka hulahula me ka lehulehu. Kāhea iā mā ou ma Fred Astaire Dance Studios, a ʻike i kahi kaiāulu pumehana a hoʻokipa e hoʻonāukiuki iā ʻoe e kiʻi i kahi kiʻekiʻe, manaʻo a nānā wiwo ʻole, a leʻaleʻa i ka hana ʻana.