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I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity... I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out there.


Fred Astaire


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His dance partner was Petula Clark who portrayed his skeptical daughter. The end of the partnership was traumatic for Astaire but stimulated him to expand his range. During 1952 Astaire recorded The Astaire Story a four-volume album with a quintet led by Oscar Peterson.

Beyond film and television many classical dancers and choreographers Rudolf Nureyev Sammy Davis Jr. Gene Kelly another major innovator in filmed dance said that "the history of dance on film begins with Astaire". Michael Jackson Gregory Hines Mikhail Baryshnikov George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins among them also acknowledged his importance and influence.

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