NgoMgqibelo kusihlwa e-FAWC (Fred Astaire World Championships) 2014 Competition e-Las Vegas, ukusola kwanda njengoba uMongameli / umphathi wethu (manje, owayengumphathi), uJack Rothweiler, eqala ukwethula isivakashi sakhe esimangele ezilalelini. Ubalule amaFred Astaire TV Specials, wakhuluma ngomhlangano wakhe wokuqala nalesi sivakashi nengxoxo yabo yamahora amane nangaphezulu. Noma kunjalo, akazange asho igama. Wonke umuntu wahlala, walalela futhi ezibuza, 'ubani lo wesifazane esizohlangana naye' ?! Ubuso obuthandekayo, obujwayelekileyo baseHollywood bagcwalisa isikrini ngemuva kukaJack futhi izwi laqala ukuchaza indlela kaBarrie Chase eya estardom. Sibonile ukudutshulwa kwamakhanda kanye nama-candid asethiwe, wabe esengena - uBarrie Chase ngokwakhe! Isixuku besimile, sishaya ihlombe, silwela ukumbona. Lapha phakathi kwabo kwakukhona umlingani womlingani omthandayo ka-Astaire, ngamazwi akhe. Yeka isasasa lokumbona ezinza esiteji ngengxoxo engahlelekile noJean Marc Casanave, umzukulu ka-Astaire owayengumlingani webhizinisi lesitudiyo sokuqala, uCharles L. Casanave!
Yize azalelwa eNew York City, uBarrie Chase wakhulela eLos Angeles. Ufundele i-ballet kusukela eminyakeni emithathu ngenkathi futhi ebhukuda kakhulu futhi egibela amahhashi. Uthando lwakhe lwamahhashi kwakuyisibopho sesibili abelana ngaso no-Astaire. Umhloli wethalenta wamthola eseneminyaka engama-20, futhi waqala ukudansa ngezenzo ezithandwayo ze-nightclub zika-Igor Dega. Ngo-May 1954, uBarrie wahlobisa isembozo se- Focus umagazini. Usendleleni eya emsebenzini othembisayo njengomdansi kaJack Cole futhi esebenza njengomsizi kaCole Les Amantombazane ngo-1957, wabamba u-Astaire ngomnyango wesitudiyo sokudansa.
Ngokwesicelo se-Astaire, uCole ukhansele inkontileka kaChase ukuze akwazi ukudansa naye Amasokisi KaSilika. Ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokho, waba ngumlingani kaFred Kusihlwa noFred Astaire - umbukiso oqhubeke nokuwina ama-Emmy Awards ayisishiyagalolunye. UBarrie uphinde wabalingisa no-Astaire kuzinhlelo zakhe ezine ze-TV kusuka ngo-1958-68. UBarrie Chase udume njengomuntu wokugcina ukuzuza isithunzi njengomdansi esikhathini esiyiminyaka engama-20 kuze kube uDebbie Allen ahlonipheke kakhulu ngo-1980. UBarrie unamakhredithi efilimu acishe abe ngu-40 nokubonakala okuningi kwe-TV kubandakanya Bonanza, Cape Fear, Futhi NguMad, Mad, Mad, World Mad. Ngo-1964, wadansa no-Astaire I-Chrysler TV Theatre kaBob Hope. Bahlanganyela okokugcina kwi-NBC ekhethekile ngo-1968.
Ku-FAWC, uBarrie ubenomdlandla njengoba ephendula umbuzo kaJean Marc othi, “Zazijwayeleka kanjani izivivinyo ngoFred?”, UBarrie akazange agodle. Waphonsa izinwele zakhe zethusi ezidumile kuye engakholwa. “Hawu, Gawd, kunjani ukuzilolonga? Kungumsebenzi omningi! Usebenza uze wehle, akunjalo? ” Waphendukela ezilalelini zakhe, wagcwala ihlombe, abadansi abanokwazisa. “Bese uqhubeka nokusebenza! Uma ufuna ukwenza okuhle, yilokho okwenzayo! ”
Barrie went on to speak about her life with Jack Cole, Bob Fosse, Gwen Verdon and Hermes Pan. She spoke of how much she learned from Astaire and, though she described his legendary perfectionism as “difficult” at times, said rehearsals with him were “the best she experienced.” When Jean-Marc complimented her as Fred’s choice after a mere glimpse through a door, Barrie’s wit took center stage again: “Well, I was the only girl – it wasn’t too hard!”
Ngesikhathi ebuzwa ukuthi iyiphi ingxenye ayithandayo yomcimbi we-FAWC, uphendule ngokusobala wathi, “Anginalutho engiluthandayo. Angiyena nje umuntu 'wezintandokazi'. ” Uqhubeke wathi, "Ngicabanga ukuthi uma kufanele ngithathe into engiyithandayo ngayo, bekungukuthi nje ngithole ithuba lokuya khona." Uzwakalise ukubonga ngokumenywa emcimbini kaZwelonke, emnika ithuba lokusiza ukwenza uFred Astaire “abe ngowangempela kubantu.” Isipho esiyingqayizivele kubo bonke abalandela ukuhola kwakhe, noma kungenjalo ngendlela efanayo naleyo enza ngayo.
UBarrie ungowokuqala ukuvuma ukuthi uphile impilo ethandekayo kepha uyakwazi ukuhlala phansi phansi. Lapho isikhathi sakhe nathi e-FAWC sesiphela, wakhulumela phansi wathi “benginenhlanhla ngempela, futhi ngiyakwazi lokho) ukusebenza nomuntu onekhono elimangalisayo, onomlingo. Ngicabanga ukuthi kuyathakazelisa ukuthi namhlanje kusihloko [ingqikithi] Magic ngoba uFred wayenomlingo ngempela. ”
Abantu abaningi abebehambele i-FAWC balinde ngokulangazela ukuthi izithombe zabo zithathwe nale nkanyezi kanti uBarrie uphoqelekile ngenjabulo. Ngemuva komcimbi uBarrie abelane ngawo, “Abantu abaningi beza ngemuva kwalokho bangibonga ngokuxoxa izindaba abangakaze bezizwe ngoFred Astaire. Wonke umuntu wayenomusa kimi. Kwezwakala kukuhle futhi konke bekukuhle impela. Bengicabanga ukuthi bonke abadansi bayesabeka. ”
NOTE: Born on October 20, 1933, Barrie Chase was Fred Astaire’s last dance partner. In the mid-1950’s, while she was working as Jack Cole’s assistant choreographer at MGM, Fred Astaire asked her to be his dancing partner on his “An Evening with Fred Astaire” TV show. On working with Fred Astaire, Barrie offers, “Dancing with Fred Astaire and not learning anything from him would be the same as working with Michelangelo and saying you’re becoming pretty good as a stone chiseler.”
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