Gene Kelly
Gene Kelly
Eugene Curran "Gene" Kellywas an American dancer, actor, singer, film director, producer and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, his good looks, and the likeable characters that he played on screen...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth23 August 1912
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
thinking dancer
When they do let them sustain on screen from head to toe, though, then you know they must think the person is a good dancer.
country dancer
America now has more and better dancers than they have ever had in the history of the country, but that won't account for the public wants to see.
athlete college dancer
I didn't want to be a dancer... I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally.
art dancing dancer
In film, a dancer should always be shot from head to toe, because that way you can see the whole body and that is the art of dancing. Nowadays they shoot the nose. Left nostril. Right nostril. Hand. Foot. Bust. Derrière. The film prevents you from determining who is a good dancer and who is not.
kids thinking dancer
I saw Mikhail Baryshnikov do Twyla Tharp's Sinatra Suite on PBS. I have no numbers to prove it, but I bet that kids who saw that loved it. I think you will see younger dancers, who certainly have the artistic sense and capabilities, start going back to romantic numbers.
pirate dancer pittsburgh
I never wanted to be a dancer. It's true! I wanted to be a shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
men dancing dancer
Any man who looks like a sissy while dancing is just a lousy dancer.
dancer trying fit
It fit into my scheme of things for many reasons. At the time it was true that male dancers were looked down upon, and it was true that a lot of the male dancers were effeminate. But what I was really trying to do was develop something that would be American.
mgm
MGM didn't know what they had with Cyd, did they?
anger car definitely driver drunken hand mixed rage sadness
On the one hand there is definitely rage and anger for the drunken driver of the car mixed with overwhelming sadness for the survivors.
came work
I didn't want to be a dancer. I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally.
chicago job studied taught worried
I'd studied dance in Chicago every summer end taught it all winter, and I was well-rounded. I wasn't worried about getting a job on Broadway. In fact, I got one the first week.
arm dancing discovered time
At 14 I discovered girls. At that time dancing was the only way you could put your arm around the girl. Dancing was courtship.
art film point-of-view
I don't understand the whole concept of doubles. They used to do that in the early sound films in Hollywood, but I thought we had gotten rid of that. Now not only do you have doubles, but as in Flashdance, you have triples, quadruples. From my point of view it is bad for the art.