Ukubuka uFred Astaire edansa kwifilimu - nanamuhla - ukumangazwa umusa wakhe, ikhono lakhe kanye nokusubatha. Okungaziwa ngabaningi ukuthi le virtuoso yakwenza kangakanani, yasebenza kuyo… futhi ikhathazekile ngomsebenzi wayo.
Ukukhalipha kuka-Astaire kukhuluma ngomlingiswa othembekile ngaphandle kokunakekelwa. Kepha uFred Astaire, namesake nomsunguli wenkampani yethu, wayevame ukuhlushwa ukuzithemba futhi imvamisa wayenamahloni.
Lokho kungenzeka ukuthi kudlale ekuhlaleni kwakhe kokuqala ukwenza noGinger Rogers. Vele, manje sinenkinga yokucabanga ngomunye ngaphandle komunye, ngakho ngokwaphezulu badansa ndawonye iminyaka eyi-16 ngenkathi bevela kumafilimu ayishumi avelele aseHollywood (iTop Hat, iSwing Time, neShall We Dance? Ukubala nje ezimbalwa.) ngemuva kokubambisana isikhathi eside esiteji nodadewabo (okuningi ngalokho okuzayo), uFred wayengakulungele ukuzibophezela kumlingani ojwayelekile futhi. Ngenhlanhla wakwenza, futhi wayiguqula unomphela indlela cinema eyethula ngayo umdanso. Chofoza lapha ukuthola eminye imininingwane ngalezi zithandani ezidumile.
UFred Astaire (owazalwa nguFrederick Austerlitz ngo-1899), wabhaliswa esikoleni sokudansa ngabazali bakhe eneminyaka emine, ukuphelezela udadewabo omdala u-Adele. Bazoba ochwepheshe, bashintshe igama labo babe yi-Astaire ngo-1917, futhi bazosebenza ndawonye kuze kube ngo-1932, lapho u-Adele ethatha umhlalaphansi ezoshada. Ngemuva konyaka, uFred Astaire wathuthela eHollywood futhi waqala umsebenzi wobuciko owashada ngokulingisa nokudansa. Imizila ebunjiwe kahle ka-Astaire, ehlanganisa izitayela ezahlukahlukene (ithephu, i-ballroom) ohlelweni lwakhe. Ngokumangazayo, amanothi avela esivivinyweni sakhe sokuqala sesikrini awazange abikezele ukuthandwa nempumelelo enjalo. Lathi: “Awukwazi ukuthatha isinyathelo. Ayikwazi ukucula. Ukulinganisa. Ngingadansa kancane. ”
He nakanjani wasina kancane.
Konke sekutshelwe, uFred Astaire wenza amafilimu omculo angama-71 futhi wabamba iqhaza kuzici eziningana ze-TV. Ukudansa kwakhe kwakudlula umsebenzi wakhe wokukhuluma, kepha futhi wayebhekwa njengomculi. Nguye owethula i- “Night and Day,” eyabhalwa nguCole Porter, ngo-1932 i-The Gay Divorcee. “Isihlathi esihlathini” esisukela ku-1935 iTop Hat futhi siyindinganiso yezimboni.
Nawa amaqiniso ambalwa angaziwa ngoFred:
- Phakathi kwamathalente akhe amaningi, uFred Astaire wayethanda futhi ukudlala i-accordion, i-clarinet nopiyano - futhi wayenamakhono amahle ehlezi esihlalweni sedrum, futhi
- Isibongo sakhe kwakungeyona eyase-Astaire ekuqaleni, kwakungu-Austerlitz. Umama wakhe wezwa ukuthi isibongo sabo siyisikhumbuzo seMpi yase-Austerlitz ngakho-ke weluleka izingane zakhe ukuba ziyiguqulele e-Astaire
- I-American Film Institute iqambe uFred Astaire i-5th Greatest male Star yase-Old Hollywood
- U-Astaire wafihla izandla zakhe ezinkulu kakhulu ngokugoba iminwe yakhe ephakathi nendawo ngenkathi edansa
- Njengoba kushiwo ngenhla, uFred Astaire ubizwa ngokushintsha indima yomdanso kumabhayisikobho omculo, egcizelela ukuthi zonke izingoma nezindlela zokudansa zihlanganiswe esakhiweni futhi zisetshenziselwe ukuqhubekisela phambili indaba (kuqhathaniswa nomdanso-njengombukwane, obejwayelekile isikhathi). Uphinde wasungula indlela entsha egqamile yokuqopha ukulandelana komdanso… kufaka phakathi ifreyimu ephelele yabadansi, ngakho-ke umdanso uqobo lwawo hhayi nje ubuso nobuso obuhanjiswayo wethulwa kubabukeli.
UFred Astaire wayefuna ukuphelela ngokuningiliziwe, futhi ukuphikelela kwakhe ngokungapheli emasontweni - kwesinye isikhathi izinyanga - zokuzijwayeza ngaphambi kokuba ifilimu iqale ukushutha (futhi ukuphindaphinda okuningi ngesikhathi sokuqopha) kwakudume kabi. Njengoba u-Astaire ngokwakhe aphawula, “Angikaze ngithole lutho oluyi-100%. Noma kunjalo ayikaze ibe yimbi ngendlela engicabanga ngayo. ” Kepha lokho akukhiphanga injabulo emidlalweni yakhe, nothando lwakhe lokudansa ngokujwayelekile. Lowo mqondo ofanayo wenjabulo kusuka emdansweni uyaqhubeka nokukhanyisa indlela kuwo wonke uFred Astaire Dance Studio, inkampani uFred Astaire uqobo eyasungulwa ngo-1947, ukuhlanganyela amasu akhe nenjabulo yokudansa nomphakathi. Xhumana nathi kuFred Astaire Dance Studios, bese uthola umphakathi ofudumele nowemukelekayo ozokugqugquzela ukuthi ufinyelele ezindaweni eziphakeme, uzizwe ubukeke uzethemba, futhi ukujabulele ukukwenza!