{"id":2077,"date":"2015-05-08T17:06:53","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T17:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/morristown\/?p=2077"},"modified":"2015-05-08T17:06:53","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T17:06:53","slug":"2077","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/morristown\/blog\/uncategorized\/2077\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Fred Astaire!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Sunday, May 10th marks the 116th birthday of Fred Astaire!<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are so lucky to be affiliated with this great, inspiring & talented man
\nwho has had a profound and lasting effect on the art of ballroom dancing.<\/p>\n

Fred Astaire Franchised Dance Studios continues to honor his legacy
\nwith the same standard of excellence that he achieved on the dance floor.<\/p>\n

Happy birthday, Fred!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF FRED ASTAIRE\u2026<\/p>\n

On May 10, 1899 a boy by the name of Frederick Austerlitz was born in Omaha Nebraska.<\/p>\n

This boy would later on go on to become one of the greatest male stars of all time,
\na dancing prodigy and change the history of dance on film.<\/p>\n

This boy would go on to become none other than Fred Astaire.<\/p>\n

Astaire\u2019s career spanned over 76 years of his 88 year life.
\nDuring that time he made 31 musical films and changed the
\nway the country looked at dance on screen. He won three Emmy Awards,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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one Academy Award and three Golden Globes in his lifetime among many other accolades.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

This from a man who\u2019s Hollywood screen test claimed,
\n\u201cCan\u2019t act. Can\u2019t sing. Slightly Bald. Can dance a little.\u201d<\/p>\n

He originally began his career partnered with his sister, Adele, as a vaudeville act.
\nThey performed together until the 1930\u2019s when Adele got married and retired from the stage.
\nIt was then that Astaire paired with who would become his most well-known partner, Ginger Rogers.
\nTogether they would make ten films and become known as
\nthe greatest dance pairs to have ever graced the stage.<\/p>\n

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Astaire was known as a perfectionist. He would take weeks to rehearse his routines, ironing out every detail.
\nHe once said, \u201cI never yet got anything 100% right.\u201d Though in watching his routines it would be hard
\nto say what he ever got wrong. After the filming of the Belle of New York in 1952 the directors wanted
\nto reshoot a scene with Astaire to change the costume and the setting. In watching the two scenes
\nside-by-side in a split screen they are identical. Astaire was so rehearsed his timing was perfect
\nin the retake compared to the original.<\/p>\n

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Astaire passed away on June 22, 1987, but left us a legacy of music and dancing that is still alive today.
\nA performer of his caliber has not graced the stage since, but he has influenced the works of many
\nwho have come after him. His work shaped the way dance was seen on the screen and his influence is still felt today.<\/p>\n

In 1947 he co-founded the Fred Astaire Dance Studio company. He took the elegance and glamour
\nof Hollywood and made it accessible to everyone as a way of preserving his dancing and passing it on.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSome people seem to think that good dancers are born,\u201d Astaire once observed,\u00a0<\/strong>
\n\u201cbut all the good dancers I have known are taught or trained. To me, dancing
\nhas always been fun.\u00a0<\/strong>I enjoy every minute of it. I am glad that I can now put my
\nknowledge to use in bringing personal\u00a0<\/strong>confidence and a feeling of
\nachievement to so many people.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This Sunday, May 10th marks the 116th birthday of Fred Astaire! We are so lucky to be affiliated with this great, inspiring & talented man who has had a profound and lasting effect on the art of ballroom dancing. Fred Astaire Franchised Dance Studios continues to honor his legacy with the same standard of excellence […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/morristown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/morristown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/morristown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/morristown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/morristown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/morristown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/morristown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/morristown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/morristown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}