UGinger Rogers kungenzeka abe ngumlingani womdanso esimcabangayo kuqala, kepha uFred Astaire, umsunguli wethu kanye no-namesake, waba nenhlanhla yokuthi adlale futhi adlale nabadansi abaningi abaziwayo nabanekhono, esiteji nasesikrinini ngesikhathi somsebenzi wakhe. Lokhu okuthunyelwe kubhulogi kugqamisa izindaba zabalingani bomdanso abahlonishwayo baka-Astaire - uGeorge Burns noJoan Leslie - bobabili abanezinsuku zokuzalwa ngoJanuwari.
Wazalwa ngoJanuwari 20, 1896: Umlingisi waseMelika, usomahlaya nomdansi uGeorge Burns. Yena (kanye nonkosikazi wakhe kanye nomlingani wakhe wasesteji, uGracie Allen) walingisa futhi wadansa noFred Astaire ngo-1937 i- “A Damsel in Distress”. U-Astaire wadlala umdansi waseMelika evakashele eLondon nomuntu owayengumbhali (uBurns) kanye nonobhala wakhe osanganayo (u-Allen), owathandana neqhawekazi (u-Lady Alyce Marshmorton ovukelayo, odlalwa nguJoan Fontaine oneminyaka engu-18). Amandla aphefumulelwe kaBurns no-Allen angenye yezinjabulo ezinkulu zale filimu. Ngemalimboleko evela eParamount, bobabili babengabadansi abakahle benkathi yevaudeville. Inombolo eyodwa, “Ngivivinye,” lapho uBurns, u-Allen
kanti i-Astaire bonke bahlome ngemishanelo ye-whisk, yaze yaklanywa nguBurns. Ekhumbula isenzo sokumisa isikhangiso ivaudeville esisebenzisa imishanelo ye-whisk, wathenga amalungelo enkambiso wayikhombisa u-Astaire, owayethanda, ngakho uBurns wamfundisa yona. UJoke Burns: "Uyicoshe ngokushesha okukhulu, lowo mfana ungumdansi omuhle impela!" UBurns no-Allen batshele amahlaya ohlelweni lwabo lomsakazo amasonto mayelana nokusebenza ku "Damsel". Lapho ebuzwa ukuthi uzikala kanjani njengomdansi, u-Allen uphendule wathi, “Ngingasho ukuthi ngiphakathi komdansi ohamba phambili emhlabeni kanye nesikhonkwane esibi kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Kumele ngidanse phakathi kukaFred Astaire noGeorge. ” Futhi uGeorge ubalise, “Bengingeke ngilahlekelwe yithuba lokusebenza noFred Astaire. Bheka ukuthi yenzeni kuGinger Rogers. ” Ngo-1996, uBurns washonela ekhaya lakhe iBeverly Hills, eneminyaka engu-100. Jabulela isimiso somdanso ompompi kusukela ngo-1937 “Intombazane Esenkingeni”.
Wazalwa ngoJanuwari 26 ngo-1925: Umdansi waseMelika nomlingisi wevaudevillian uJoan Leslie (owazalwa nguJoan Agnes Theresa Sadie Brodel), owalingisa noFred Astaire ngo-1943 i- “The Sky's The Limit”. Ngesikhathi esemusha uJoan wathola ikhefu elikhulu ngo-1941 “High Sierra” noHumphrey Bogart. Ngasekuqaleni kwawo-1940, uFred Astaire wayekuthola kunzima ukwenza ifilimu eqhathaniswa ne-box-office smashes ayenayo noGinger Rogers ngawo-1930. “ISky's the Limit” (1943) kwakuyifilimu yakhe yesithathu ngaphandle kukaRogers, futhi yanikeza izethameli uhlobo olumangazayo lomlingiswa wase-Astaire. UJohn Mueller, encwadini yakhe ethi "Astaire Dancing: The Musical Films", wayibiza ngokuthi "Ihlaya elimnyama likaFred Astaire". Okunye ukuhamba kwaba ukuthi yonke imidanso yefilimu yayihlelwa futhi yahlonishwa ku-Astaire yedwa (njengoba wayevame ukusebenza nabahlanganyeli). Kule filimu, i-Astaire iyadlala
umshayeli odumile wempi ye-ace lapho, ngenkathi elinde ukwabiwa kabusha e-NYC, eshintsha izingubo zomphakathi ukuze ahlale eyi-incognito. Uyathandana futhi ahlanganyele (lapho ecela) kumthwebuli wezindaba okhangayo, odlalwa nguLeslie. U-Astaire uyenqaba, azi ukuthi maduzane uzobuyela empini - kepha-ke, kukhona ukubuyisana okumangazayo njengoba esezohamba. Abagxeki balithokozile iqhaza lakhe eliqhakazile, kodwa babhala ukuthi “uFred Astaire ungumuntu omncane kakhulu, kodwa kungani ekugcizelela efilimini elincanyana kangangoba ukukhanya kwemini kukhombisa konke okuzungezile - kukhanya nje noJoan Leslie, kuphelele lapho?” Inkanyezi yakhe ayihambanga kahle. “Mnu. U-Astaire no-Miss Leslie basebenza kanzima ukuthola umphumela omncane. Iqiniso elimsulwa ukuthi uMiss Leslie, yize eyiMiss enomusa futhi ekhangayo, akayena uGinger Rogers lapho ezama ukwenza ngezinyawo zakhe. ” Ngo-1946, uLeslie wafuna izindima ezibucayi futhi wathatha uWarner Brothers enkantolo ukuze akhululwe kwinkontileka yakhe. Ngenxa yalokho, wafakwa ohlwini lwabadlali abamnyama abavela kwizitudiyo ezinkulu zaseHollywood, futhi wasebenza kakhulu nezitudiyo zohlu lwe-B ngemuva kwalokho, ethola ukunconywa okukhulu ngokudlala kwakhe. Ngawo-1950, uLeslie wakhetha ukugxila ekukhuliseni amadodakazi akhe, kepha waqhubeka nokwenza okuvela kancane kumabhayisikobho nakuthelevishini. Uthathe umhlalaphansi ngo-1991, washona e-LA ngo-2015 eneminyaka engama-90. Jabulela lesi senzakalo no-Astaire noLeslie, kusukela ku- “The Sky's the Limit”.
Lezi zindaba zinikeza ukuqonda okuhle ngoFred Astaire nomsebenzi wakhe oyingqayizivele. Dlulisa amehlo kulokhu Ibhulogi Yomdanso ukuthola eminye imininingwane yabalingani bomdanso kaFred Astaire - bese uthinta uFred Astaire Dance Studios, bese uqala ukudansa!
