Thanks for returning me to an era and a culture never to be seen again. Oh, what we have lost.

@user-tc4vx2pq5r

2 ай бұрын

eso es amor el sabe amar quiero enamorarme de alguien que sea un señor se que me va a llegar en mi bella vida amen ❤❤❤❤❤

@larrywakeman4371

Күн бұрын

THankevilBidenandthefilthyILLEGALScominginherenottomentionsthegrossmixing....

It is simply perfection. ❤️

They seem to be flying or floating in the air like the clouds in the spring sky... So light, gracious and beautiful! And it's not professionalism because it comes from the soul, from the depth of their being that's why this dance is so beautiful and magical and makes us cry. Only the things that come from the very depth of one's heart can reach hearts of others....

@user-ey2lj5qu5w

Ай бұрын

Sublime tout simplement❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Every comment below is said with sincerity. The music, the gorgeous Cyd & elegant graceful Fred. Their skills match perfectly. It brings a lump to my throat each time i view this wonderful dance routine. The likes we'll never see again. Thank you

Another era, long gone....simple, flowing, ELEGANT, unseen since.

@marialuizasaboiasaddi2160

12 күн бұрын

Yes ellegance

Thank goodness this has been preserved for posterity via the internet. Thanks to somebody. England, February, 2024.

@user-fc9ff2bc1x

Ай бұрын

Это очень красиво!!! Как хочется побывать в этом мире, где нет войны,ЛГБТ и всей этой мерзости.. которая сейчас...

So sublime. You cannot put into words what this dance conjures. I cannot believe what I am seeing when I see this - it is more miraculous than the planets themselves.

This is truly the most beautiful on-screen dancing number that I’ve ever seen. I’ve watched it probably over 50-60 times and I’ve yet to be able to watch it without getting choked up and teary eyed. The simplicity of the costumes and slow build of the dance and music have never been better displayed than through the long, lean, elegant lines of Cyd and Fred. They are simply…..perfection.

There is nothing more enchanting than to watch Fred Astaire dance and when he does it with Ms. Charisse it is sublime. NOTHING comes close to this by anyone, anywhere today and that is tragic. I am glad I grew up in an era where this was appreciated and I am glad to see it still is today. Every now and then I must come here to see the likes of performers like this so I might, for a little while, return to an era of grace, class and elegance. Thanks for sharing.

@carolabecker8219

8 жыл бұрын

+medford briggs Sadly, you are 100% correct. I'm afraid we have gone past the point of no return. But at least we have KZread to keep the memories alive.

@meredith218461

6 жыл бұрын

I could'nt agree more! this is poetry in motion in its truest form. Astaire and the enchanting Cyd Charisse - what a pairing!

@19gregske55

4 жыл бұрын

One amazing thing that I always notice: Fred Astaire was always as graceful as a gazelle or a swan, but, he never looked anything less-than-masculine in any shot. One of a kind.

@HxhXnin9e

3 жыл бұрын

open our minds and our hearts, our era has its beauties. let's look at this sequence shot, the style is very different but it has its perfections kzread.info/dash/bejne/aaJ-tKl6gtnLhsY.html

@rickblessing2447

3 жыл бұрын

There is great innovation in today's dance choreography, but I think the major difference between dance then and now was the elegance you saw back then.

Cyd Charisse was one of the most elegant and graceful dancers I have ever seen on film!!!

Well, when you get old like me, many odd things choke you up. THIS is definitely one of them for me! What a pair of experts! I really think that Cyd was the most graceful of all his partners.

@Juliaflo

2 ай бұрын

Well, Virginia Katherine McMath--Ginger Rogers to you--did not do too shabbily, either.

Fred Astaire was the epitome of elegance and grace.

Sublime dancers !!! Absolutely wonderful!!!❤

I love the simplicity of the presentation. No fancy costumes or set. Just elegant and expressive dancing.

@anytimeiwake

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed. I, being in my mid-'70s can truly say that her dress and actions are far more romantic, if not sexy than all those Latin costumes and dances.

@lilianagianzone820

3 жыл бұрын

Maravillosa pareja. Vida Chariss que bien baila. Una belleza ambos!!

@merrileemcdonald448

Жыл бұрын

No CGI

@patriciajrs46

Жыл бұрын

It has an acrobatic element, and a ballerina flare. It is just beautiful.

@paulinazarate997

Жыл бұрын

@@anytimeiwake l

The flow of her dress is mesmerising. Costume designer played a huge part in this scene. Just beautiful.

@leighburville2717

Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing. I know if I had a dress like that I could dance like her too!

@glennyoung1251

Жыл бұрын

Yes, her way with her dress, elegant flare! Elegant burlesque, if you will.

The best dance routine Fred ever did Absolutely beautiful....

ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND ROMANTIC DANCE SCENES IN HOLLYWOOD HISTORY!

@thomasleary2814

9 жыл бұрын

Joseph Yeh You are so right Joseph. I have long thought that this is the most beautiful and elegant dance number in the history of movie musicals. And just listen to that incredible MGM orchestra! Astaire is without equal and Charisse was so sexy and my favorite of all female dancers.

@josephyeh5814

9 жыл бұрын

Thomas Leary Appreciate your rapport. Also totally agree with your last sentence! I guess there must be millions upon millions of people out there who love Cyd and Fred.

@jeanalger686

3 жыл бұрын

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@seaoftranquility7228

3 жыл бұрын

It’s sooo beautiful.

@user-yn7sk1pr2o

3 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Cyd Charisse was sooo graceful! Beautiful girl!

Absolutely perfect dance

Cyd Charisse is elegance personified. Oh what we have lost.

@user-nh1ud9ph2y

Ай бұрын

Это ощущение изысканности движений и чувственности восприятия партнёра

@marialuizasaboiasaddi2160

12 күн бұрын

Yes so much

Not the most famous of either dancer's repertoire or partners - but this is my favorite dance sequence of all time. We'll never see this particular blend of class and talent again. Thanks for posting it.

@user-jt1ii4tx8g

3 ай бұрын

Dlaczego. Taniec jest wow wondefull.

I am just imaging my mum and dad dancing like this. Both long since gone ,but still graceful and dancing in heaven. Thanks mum and dad!!

The leap from the bench... It's amazing how easily it's done with grace and lithe...

Wonderful Just wonderful dancing and the music Cyd and Fred 2 perfect dancers

I come here to prove to myself that there is something left in this world worth watching.

@TheRickie41

7 жыл бұрын

Tracy McMillan right you are, beauty is timeless... this is beautiful.

@alfredobonavera3842

7 жыл бұрын

fred astaire coffee time

@critchley3819

7 жыл бұрын

Brilliance like this is timeless..

@TheEriekayaker

7 жыл бұрын

Tracy, so well put and these days so very true.

@durby48

6 жыл бұрын

Tracy, once there was! You can take great solace inthat!

This type of dancing is timeless, people will still be watching this 100 years from now - and so they should, this scene is perfect.

@jazzriversidedr3743

4 жыл бұрын

My dad as an apprentice actor during the mid-late 40s worked with Cyd Charisse in Theatrical Productions at LA's Wilshire Ebell Theatre 'He was indeed fortunate & would periodically talk about this chapter of his life following WW11

@tobiaztobiaz9355

3 жыл бұрын

Timeless 雋永

@mariaevans7811

3 жыл бұрын

You are so right!!! 🐶🐶🐶🐶

@steveknows62

3 жыл бұрын

It''s already almost 70 years ago that it was filmed (1953) and it's far better than anything being done today

@irishcreamkb1

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, almost as perfect as "Heather On The Hill" in Brigadoon.

I never get enough of this . I have seen this dance several hundred times and it still makes me nostalgic for what used to be. Class and style and incomparable music.

@abevillanueva1974

3 жыл бұрын

agreed! i have to see Cyd Charisse at least once a day!

@batfish2bing

Жыл бұрын

You are so spot on. Incomparable is the word.

@wolfgang4368x

Жыл бұрын

Good words!

@maryanng2744

Жыл бұрын

Same here! So elegant

@stephenroberts5395

Жыл бұрын

Me too

Nothing is more romantic than seeing two people move so beautifully and effortlessly together.

From someone with two left feet and has no love of watching dancing; but Fred Astaire was incredible, the like of which I think we will never see again. But more than that, he was a great actor and a thoroughly decent man as well. We have lost someone very special - it's a great shame! I love this piece of music which I have on an old 78.

Cyd Charisse was splendid in the film Red Shoes!!

Beauty and Grace a dance which elevates the human dignity and character rather than other forms of sad dance which denigrate to human dignity

Cyd Charisse was such an elegant beautiful dancer. She was Fred's best partner, IMO. They both exuded class and style. Watching this fills my eyes with tears - so gorgeous!

No pyrotechnics, no fanfare.... just good, old fashion dance performance by people with talent that you rarely see anymore!

@billwong7420

Жыл бұрын

Movie studios don’t make movie like it used to be. Time has changed, and nothing we can do about it.

@glennyoung1251

Жыл бұрын

@@billwong7420 Taking you in an altogether direction, Bill, I heartened to see the great Anna May Wong finally getting her due. Next, famous cameraman, James Wong Howe? Hopefully! What say you?

This dance duo to the music of Arthur Schwartz and choreographed by Michael Kidd in the 1953 movie The Band Wagon is the most beautiful and graceful one Hollywood has ever produced.

@scottehorn6519

2 жыл бұрын

The melody is by Arthur Schwartz. The beautiful and inventive orchestration Is by Conrad Salinger.

The best dance scene ever. I don't know how often I watched it, but everytime I see it, it is marvelous. Two great dancers 😍

Watching Cyd Charisse is like cinematic poetry, those legs, legs, legs, she hypnotizes the senses, if just walking across the room, with each movement, you are hooked. Audrey Hepburn would be her equivalent, but in voice. With her every spoken word, you are addicted, in love, regardless of what she’s saying. I could listen to her read a phone book and feel the same way. Both had figures built for fashion, looking flawless in anything they donned. Both magical.

Cyd shines here, and her ballet training is very much in evidence. Very fluid, the way she moves her arms and upper body, and how she holds her hands. Stunning grace.

@ccaammiinniiito2

9 жыл бұрын

EandMetal What would Martha Graham say of Charisse?

@johnlorenzen4633

3 жыл бұрын

@@ccaammiinniiito2 bravo

@rchman100

3 жыл бұрын

Cyd was simply the most talented and most beautiful of all Fred’s partners. Incredible woman !!! If someone here is implying Martha Graham would have found fault with Cyd’s dancing ? Then Martha is not so smart.

@judybrooks9906

3 жыл бұрын

Jim Rich .

@tobiaztobiaz9355

3 жыл бұрын

Cyd= Goddess of ballet

Le plus grand moment de toutes les comédies musicales américaines, un pur moment de bonheur. La quintessence du genre!

Cyd = a work of art!!!

Sublime Cyd dancing with Fred, you couldn't get a better spectacle than that.

No matter where I am or what I'm doing, if I see Fred Astaire on the screen I just have to stop and watch. It's like if a piece of velvet or silk could come to life, it would be Fred! So smooth and seemingly effortless. Just wonderful!!!

@TheJohnpandy

5 жыл бұрын

This is so emotional. Jxxx

So smooth, it looks like they're floating. They simply defy gravity. LOVELY!

@arickett68

3 жыл бұрын

That’s what I was just thinking!

What a delight! Cyd's ballet training is magnified here, and Fred capitalizes on it for her. One of the best dancing pair in the movies. Fred made any of his partners shine, as he was so superb, and Cyd just fits with him like a glove.! Cyd is one of the most graceful, fluid dance partners of Fred, ever!! Thanks for sharing with us - the one who uploaded this great piece of art!!

@michaelmullin7941

Жыл бұрын

She was the same when she danced with Gene Kelley. Superb! Cyd is my all time favorite female dancer.

@aliciaferrario150

Жыл бұрын

Excelente!!!!!

An era that can never be replaced, with talent, class, and a story.

@elizzy8754

3 жыл бұрын

Agree. And this is why I never managed to watch La La Land right through to the end!

La légèreté,..la grâce,l'élégance de ce couple mythique étaient,sont et resterons inégalables,un vrai Bonheur

Were did we go wrong.. Oh goodness I hope heaven is like this I can't live into eternity with all the rubbish that's called dance these days..... 💃💕Romantic perfection

Absolutely beautiful. Also love dance scenes with Leslie Caron in Daddy Long Legs. We could definitely use some of the respect, class and elegance today. Thankyou for sharing.

To my mind the most romantic of all the great movie dances

I loved both Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly but Cyd was my very favorite female dancer of all time. And this elegant dance to "Dancing in the Dark" is a classic. I could watch this a million times and never tire of it. Thank goodness for film so the greats are immortalized. The trash passing for talent these days is insulting to watch.

@DennisTSu-fq5eq

3 ай бұрын

The beautiful music should be credited as well.

Utterly beautiful. The incomparable Cyd and Fred, not so young by this time, yet still able to give us a glimpse of "The moves". Enchanting stuff with romance running through it, which as has already been said. No words necessary.

Wow, what we humans are capable of. Goosebumps. Thank God for KZread.

!!!!!!!!!!+++ Большое спасибо за видео !!!

Esto para es como soñar en ese mundo mágico del baile con el Sr. Fred Aster y esa música es inolvidable con tanto romanticismo maravilloso Gracias por este regalo

I caught this on cable the other day, and this scene made me cry it's so beautiful.

This is just fab beyond fab. Amazing performance we will never see the likes of this again. Ever. End of. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊

Reminds me of the times I'd be with my girl, all alone. We'd hear the music and start dancing spontaneously. Nice memories.

Both awesome dancers!

Танцуют как лебеди просто супер красота ❤❤ спасибо большое вам дорогие друзья желаю удачи счастья вам ❤

@VlFmchv

11 күн бұрын

Сид Чарисс была самая красивая и элегантная балерина в мире. 😊

Quelle élégance et quelle grâce! Tellement beau à regarder! J’aime cette époque.❤ Salwa

I've never seen someone play a dress better than Cyd. Magical!

I love how they walk without talking. He follows her lead, waiting for an invitation from her. Wonderful subtiety. My favorite dancing duo and one of the most memorable scenes in movie history.

@archie977

8 жыл бұрын

refined.

@frankcresta1842

7 жыл бұрын

WELL SAID FRED ASTAIRE WAS THE MOST GRACEFUL DANCER THAT EVER LIVED.

@ccaammiinniiito2

7 жыл бұрын

@Kay...What impresses me with the Astaire technique is that he never attempts to mix athleticism with his work, either in ballet or tap.

@overcamehim

7 жыл бұрын

unlike Gene Kelly.

@ccaammiinniiito2

7 жыл бұрын

@Kay Abel...Indeed. You could've thrown in the Nicholas Bros., who often ruined their ballet by coming up with acrobatics, re "Down Argentine Way." Their ballet was wonderful up until that point. What say you, Kay?

So beautiful, always gives me goosebumps!

@dedehawks2382

Жыл бұрын

They're time is is perfect - so crisp and precise!!❤

Just so graceful, so effortless and oh so romantic.... ❤

Thanks for showing It with the real song and not with other songs that IS always a crime against the work of art . Dancing in the dark is an awesome song, a clássic. And Fred and Charisse fabulos dancers. Don"t ever change It.

I love the opening scene with people ballroom dancing. My husband and I used to go out to dine and dance. No such thing anymore. People are learning to ballroom dance these days in order to dance at a wedding or some such event but that's about it. It was such a lovely and elegant thing to do. Yes, I know I'm showing my age.

As Fred Astaire said, "When you've danced with Cyd Charisse... you've been DANCED with." Stunning. The Band Wagon.Great movie.

Yes! is just what you said. such CLASS! !

Fantástico, inolvidable ... Fred y Cyd ... ¡volved, por favor! ....

Quelle merveille ces deux là !!!Fred Astaire et Cyd Charisse... 👍👍👍

Fred Astaire was the greatest dancer to ever live and with Cyd Charrise is awesome. My favorite of all his dances.

Gives me chills just watching their perfection .

Que magnifica elegancia😮😮🎉🎉👏👏❤❤!!!!!

The most beautiful woman! beauty, elégance, strengh, feminity and masculinity both!

i have never seen anyone equal the great fred on a dance floor he was the best

@lizross9285

8 жыл бұрын

+willie shank I totally agree with you - I could watch him all day, all week, all month! Fantastic.

Romanticismo en estado puro!.Bellezas del pasado.

Cyd Charisse, and yo god I could watch her all day. She was simply sublime, her grace and poise coupled with her beauty and skill unsurpassed. IMHO. Timeless indeed

Beautiful, exquisite, timeless ... I wish they still made movies like these ... Fortunately these are forever alive on film for generations to see🙏🏻

@julianmarsh1378

3 жыл бұрын

Musical taste were changing and Hollywood, under siege by TV, found it economically distasteful to make musicals--they cost about 50% more than a non-musical movie....and then you have the Old Guard coming to an end....how many musicals over the years had been made by the same people, like Vincent M. and Arthur Freed? By the 50s these guys and their cohorts were veritable dinosaurs....about to expire and with not much rising talent to replace them...

@albertod5594

Жыл бұрын

Es mi preferido, de los bailes románticos de esta pareja imborrable. Y el de Cantando en la lluvia de ella y Gene Kelly (otro genio, el único que armaba sus bailes sin ayuda) en la escena con el largo pañuelo. Inolvidable.

my absolute favorite dancing scene ever! Such a beautiful piece of music and with Astaire and Charisse, it's truly poetry in motion.....what a hole they left behind them, hope they are dancing through heaven!

Lovely, just lovely - two masters at dance

I love to watch this number once or twice a week. It gives me a great feeling of nostalgia for America in the 1950s as i saw it at the movies.

@esmeephillips5888

3 жыл бұрын

I am rereading 'The Catcher in the Rye', whose evocation of rich folks' New York (including a lot of Central Park) reminds me of this episode. Some of the younger people at the open-air dance look like Holden Caulfield's gallery of young phoneys. The novel is set just before Christmas, in skating rather than dancing weather. But the vibe is similar, with its arty, nightclub and movie business connections and Fifties, pre-rock timing.

The best modern duet dancers ever!! I just cant¨t help marvelling each time I saw such an extraorrdinary couple.

The difference in their dance background shows in the way they move their arms and hands - Cyd's ballet training shines here to wonderful (and mesmerizing) effect; her movements are so graceful and fluid.

They were a Masterpiece together Cyd Charisse and Fred Astaire in Central Park Wow and most people would get dress up especially on Saturday night go out, dinner, and dance, was the thing to do, and with other couples.and this was the good old days.

Their synchronicity is amazing. Lots of practice to perfection

I only have one thought every time I see this...WOW!

I think Fred was the most stylishly dressed man who ever lived! Damn, I wish I could dance like him!

@ccaammiinniiito2

7 жыл бұрын

@Jason...Yes, he was. But then again so was the Duke of Windsor.

@kenneth7826

4 жыл бұрын

He was classy..looked what He has on ..you can duplicate that .....

@esmeephillips5888

3 жыл бұрын

When Fred and Adele played London in the Twenties, he exchanged fashion tips with the Prince of Wales, the future Duke of Windsor.

IT Makes me Cry to think that we had the very BEST of Quality and class... and we let it all slip away ... I am glad I am old , and have Been Blessed to have been part of this great American Past ... She was so beautiful , All of them were, we use to scrub white marble steps in the neighborhoods , just to make a nickle to go to the movie's and see them , They gave us Love , Fun, Happiness and Joy , Courage to continue on , and Class... I will never forget them and the Great Once Hollywood that America Enjoyed............. God Bless them all and Thankyou for the best memories of my life

What grace and movement. WOW! Nobody like Syd.

The most elegant dance number ever filmed.

@carmengladyszarza820

3 жыл бұрын

Esta es una película que ALEGRA la vista y el alma

@glmalpica

2 жыл бұрын

yes, it is correct, is the most elegant dance number, for the music, the performance for everything

Beautiful to watch, Astaire and Cyd Charisse in a truly iconic and inspirational dance scene.

I could watch this throughout eternity, as I never tire of romance!

Che musica e che ballerini. Tutto bello.

One of the most prominent scenes in 1953 MGM's The Band Wagon was the dance sequence of Mr Fred Astaire & Ms Cyd Charisse at the Central Park. Performing their memorable number of Mr Conrad Salinger's well-orchestrated "Dancing in the Dark" was scenically-stunning & enchantingly-glowing.He didn't have to sing or to utter amorous words in expressing his feeling toward her.Dancing in romantic music & at the proper setting had spoken louder than words.It's MGM's one of all-time finest scenes

Elegance at its best!!

PERFECTION. Incredible to watch....so beautiful and graceful.....wow.....Cyd is amazing with Fred...Fred is amazing with Cyd.....I'm lost for words xxx

I admired that time when a man is a man a woman is a woman such grace such class

one of the most beautiful dances ever on film

Beautiful lines……..WOW!

So Lovely ... Being in Love!!! Dancing with your lover , on a warm summer night very long ago !! The magic and fun of that feeling ., is long gone in our country .. Very very sad ... Her saffron dress & elegant moves ., makes him love her all the more

So absolutrly bbeautiful.Thank you