New York Times umhlaziyi womdanso, u-Anna Kisselgoff, uthe: "Ubukhulu bokuzuza kwakhe kuyinto enkulu emphakathini njengoba kuyisahluko emlandweni wezobuciko nokuzijabulisa." (i) Ake sicabange ngalokho… Lokho kusho ukuthi i-Astaire ibizodansa lokho amaBeatles ayekumculo othandwayo. Mhlawumbe ngaphezulu. "Kwakukhona isikhathi lapho wonke umfana waseMelika efuna ukuba nguFred Astaire - ngisho noFred Astaire," wabhala. “Waba wuphawu lwesizwe. Cela noma yimuphi umuntu wakwelinye izwe ukuthi aqambe omunye wabalingisi abaphambili bama-movie futhi 'uFred Astaire,' uzophendula kaningi, ” Ngemuva kwalokho ubuza ukuthi, "Ngabe uFred Astaire kufanele abhekwe ngqo ngokubuka" komdanso "? Yimuphi omunye umbono okhona lapho? ” (ii) Umbuzo omuhle ongawubuza! “Indawo yokubuka,” njengoba isihloko sikaKisselgoff sikhombisa, ukuphelela kuka-Astaire komdanso kwifilimu, uhlobo lobuciko alwenzayo. Sekukonke, ithonya lika-Astaire nomthelela wakhe emdansweni, owaqala esiteji sasevaudeville, kwaqhubeka kungavunyelwe iminyaka engaba ngu-80 — nangaphezulu kakhulu kwalokho. Kuliqiniso, uFred akazange andize yedwa. Kepha usenguSuperman wokudansa endaweni yonke ngaphandle kweKryptonite. Mayelana nokufuna kukaKisselgoff kwemibono e-Astaire: kukhona okumbalwa. Kokunye, wayenamathalente amaningi ahlukene, athuthukiswe kakhulu.
Wayengaphezulu kakhulu komdansi. In addition to dancing, history forever links Fred Astaire to his abilities as a singer, actor, musician and composer, artist and entertainer, choreographer, television star, champion horse-breeder, fashion trendsetter, and businessman, not to mention a steadfast, devoted husband and father of 2 children–even a beloved cartoon character! (iii) American pianist and composer Oscar Levant called Astaire “the best singer of songs the movie world ever knew.” (iv) His acting skills also won him numerous awards, 3 Golden Globes among them, in more than 40 films. In 1981, Astaire accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute, which also entitles him the “5th Greatest Male Star of All Time.” He was a TV star winning 11 Emmy’s—the last for a 1978 show just before he turned 80. There were also honors from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Kennedy Center, and the American National Theatre Association for his “immeasurable contributions.” Four more awards after his death included a Grammy for “The Astaire Story,” a musical album Fred Astaire cut in 1952. (v) Fred was also an accomplished pianist, accordionist, and drummer who, it has been said, was serious enough about writing music to take a composing course with George Gershwin. Fred also wrote and performed the music for a “Hit Parade” Top 40 number, “I’m Building Up to An Awful Letdown.” (vi) How’s that for diversity of talent? His sens
Uhlu Olugqokwe Kakhulu Emhlabeni Wonke . (vii) Cishe isigamu sekhulu leminyaka kamuva, I-Atlantic umemezele u-Astaire esengomunye wabalingisi be-2 abagqoke kahle kunabo bonke kwifilimu yaseMelika, eceleni kukaCary Grant. (viii) U-Astaire uzuze umklomelo we-Academy Award ngokuqamba kwakhe kwifilimu yomculo. Okokuqala, wayalela ukuthi yonke imikhuba yokudansa iqoshwe ngesibhamu esisodwa ngekhamera ecishe imile nomdansi ngamunye ebukeka. Okwesibili, uhlanganise izingoma nemidanso kulesi sakhiwo, wenza umfutho wayo yonke imiculo. Ngaleso sikhathi, waguqula lonke uhlelo lokuhola embonini ngokufuna ingxenye yenzuzo ngayinye yamafilimu akhe, umqondo omusha ebhizinisini lamabhayisikobho okwamnika “ukuzimela okuphelele ngokuthi imidanso izokwethulwa kanjani, kumvumela ukuba enze ushintsho kumdanso kwifilimu. ” (ix)
Umqondo webhizinisi lika-Astaire ongajwayelekile wamholela, ngo-1947, ukuthola uhlobo olusha lwenkampani okuhloswe ngalo ukufundisa umphakathi ukudansa: IFred Astaire Dance Studios. Kusobala ukuthi uFred wagcina amathalente akhe amaningi – cishe yonke into yempilo yakhe, empeleni-yaqiniselwa ukuphelela. Ngisho nokuzilibazisa kwakhe ngokukhulisa amahhashi omjaho kwaba nemiphumela emihle lapho iTriplicate inqoba i- $ 100,000 1947 Hollywood Gold Cup. (x) Usizi olukhulu luka-Astaire ukulahlekelwa ngumkakhe ayemazisa kakhulu, uPhyllis, wangenwa umdlavuza wamaphaphu ngo-1954. Wayeneminyaka engama-46 kuphela. Noma kunjalo, kunombono wesithathu ngaye, ocebile ngokulinganayo, obonwa ngama-accolades akhe nezincwadi eziningi ezibhalwe ngaye, kufaka phakathi ezakhe. Lo mbono ngokaFred, okusikisela ukuthi yena uqobo, akakaze azizwe enele “uFred Astaire”! Naphezu kwempumelelo enkulu, uFred akazange azibone eyisithonjana samasiko esikhazimulayo. Eqinisweni, wadlala ngamabomu impumelelo yakhe, kwesinye isikhathi wadlula ukuzithoba:
"Ngicabanga ukuthi ngikwenze kwabukeka kulula, kodwa-ke, ngabe ngisebenzile futhi ngakhathazeka." "Uma kuziwa ekuthengiseni amarekhodi angikaze ngibe nosizi ngalutho ikakhulukazi ngaphandle kwento yomqoqi." "Ngiyinselo nje enomsila oyisipele." (xi)
Kungenzeka yini ukuthi uFred Astaire uqobo abe nomuzwa wokuthi akenzanga ngokwanele futhi akenele ngokwanele, ngaphandle kwerekhodi lakhe lalokho akufezile? UFred waqala ukuba inkanyezi yokudansa eVaudeville nodadewabo, u-Adele, lapho eneminyaka emihlanu kanti yena wayeneminyaka engu-5. Izinyathelo ngesikhathi , ubalisa ukusebenzisana kwabo kweminyaka engama-27 nezingcaphuno zabagxeki ezinjengale: Ngaleso sikhathi, kwakungamakhono ka-Adele, hhayi kaFred, aholele ekutheni idumela elikhanyayo le-duo lidume. UFred empeleni waba nomuzwa wokuthi “ulimaza udadewethu.” (xii) Igama lesidlaliso lika-Adele ngoFred kwakungu “Moaning Minnie.” UFred wenza isizathu sakhe sibonakale ngendlela yakhe yokuzichaza: “omnene, ongenasineke, onzima ukujabulisa nokugxeka” —okuhluke kakhulu kulokho okushiwo ngabanye ngaye, ngaphandle kwabambalwa abangavamile. (xiii) Umholi weqembu, u-Artie Shaw, uphawule uhlangothi olugcwele ukungabaza luka-Astaire, lowo, ngesikhathi sokuzijwayeza okungapheli, ephoqa u-Astaire ukuba "ajuluke ngempela - wakhandleka: okuphambene nomfanekiso wakhe wobukhosi." (xiv) Ku Izinyathelo ngesikhathi , UFred uqinisekisa lokho uShaw akubona: “Abanganaki, abagqoke kahle, owe-debonair Astaire! Inganekwane engaka! ” UFred uhleka kakhulu, kusuka ekhasini 8. “Izigqoko zami zincane kakhulu, amajazi ami amafushane kakhulu, ukuhamba kwami kukhululekile, ngigcwele amaphutha. Nginamahlaya, kepha ngeke kungisebenzele njalo. Ngihlala ngishaya phezulu kwami ngezinto ezingalungile. Ngiyakutshela, ngingumuntu ocasulayo kakhulu. ” (xv) Umqondisi uVincente Minelli ukhulise u-Astaire ngale ndlela: "Akazethembi ngezinga elikhulu kunabo bonke abantu emhlabeni.. Ngeke aye nokuyobona ama-rushes akhe. Uzohlala ngaphandle emgwaqeni ahambele phezulu naphansi akhathazeke futhi akufake ikholomu lapho uphuma uthi 'Bekulunge kangakanani kanti futhi?'…. Uhlala ecabanga ukuthi akalungile. ” (xvi)
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i-Kisselgoff, u-Anna. (Juni 28 1987). Ukubukwa Komdanso; UFred Astaire Uphelelise Ifomu Elisha Lobuciko. I-New York Times. Izinqolobane. http://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/28/arts/dance-view-fred-astaire-perfected-a-new-art-form.html
