{"id":2483,"date":"2014-08-05T16:39:32","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T16:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/?p=2483"},"modified":"2014-08-05T16:39:32","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T16:39:32","slug":"put-on-your-dancing-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/?p=2483","title":{"rendered":"Put On Your Dancing Shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For years, my gold standard for dance in movie musicals was Fred Astaire,\u00a0 a favorite of my mother&#8217;s who passed along her appreciation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Astaire-Fred_09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2484\" src=\"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Astaire-Fred_09-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"- Astaire, Fred_09\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Astaire-Fred_09-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Astaire-Fred_09-817x1024.jpg 817w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/> <\/a>Years ago, I did the same, relying on Swing Time, Top Hat and the rest of the cannon to get through a long week with my younger daughter, both of us laid low by flu.<br \/>\nBelow you can <a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mxPgplMujzQ\">watch Fred with Ginger Rogers<\/a> (and remember the remark, &#8220;Ginger did everything Fred did but she did it backwards and in heels.)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Swing Time - Rogers and Astaire\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mxPgplMujzQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Then I went to an evening devoted to Gene Kelly, presented by Patricia Ward Kelly, his third wife, a woman forty-seven years (yes, you read correctly) his junior. My impression was of a certain kind of love in the relationship but sensed that Ms. Ward Kelly was as much amanuensis as wife, on hand to capture Gene&#8217;s every word and memory in longhand, on videotape and even scrawled on sugar packets. Wearing fancy gloves to protect her hands as she&#8217;s an enthusiastic pre- and post- event greeter, Ms. WK showed film clips a<a href=\"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Singin-Genes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2485\" src=\"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Singin-Genes.jpg\" alt=\"Singin; Genes\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>nd reminisced about her life with the dancer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I had never fully appreciated Kelly&#8217;s tremendous versatility. With Astaire you got precision, elegance and classy style&#8211;always. Kelly, trained in gymnastics, tap, Spanish dancing, modern dance, ballet and more, had a distinctive, muscular quality&#8211; not surprising as he was a superb athlete who originally wanted to play shortstop for his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates. (Little known facts: Kelly went to the U. of Pittsburgh Law School. At that time, he began teaching dance at a local synagogue, a gig that lasted seven years.) Here is a video of him tap dancing on roller skates from <em>It&#8217;s Always Fair Weather.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aZYS2rKh01U<\/p>\n<p>Both men were perfectionists although Astaire is said to have been self-punishing in his quest for exactitude while Kelly wanted everything right but was less difficult. Astaire&#8217;s work is all elegance; Kelly&#8217;s exudes joy. How lucky we are to be able to watch the fancy footwork of both men thanks to technology!<\/p>\n<p>Instead of a typical recipe, here are three healthy snacks for dancers (or anyone else) who burns calories like mad. The material comes courtesy of health and nutrition coach Kathi Martuza :\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.danceadvantage.net\/healthy-snacks\/\">http:\/\/www.danceadvantage.net\/healthy-snacks\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1. Avocado Toast: toast 1 slice whole-wheat bread (gluten free if you must.) Smear 1\/2 ripe avocado on top, lightly salt and pepper.<\/p>\n<p>2. Nut\/fruit Combo: Combine almonds, cashews, walnuts, sunflower seeds, dried cranberries, mango, pineapple with a few dark chocolate chips. Make a very scant handful. This is high calorie but if you&#8217;ve been rehearsing for hours&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>3. Protein and Veggie roll: Lay flat a slice of oven-roasted turkey or chicken breast. In the center add 1 slice of &#8220;quality&#8221; cheese (i.e., no Kraft singles!) , a slice of avocado and a few slices of cucumber. Roll up and eat.<\/p>\n<p>Now get out those tap shoes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years, my gold standard for dance in movie musicals was Fred Astaire,\u00a0 a favorite of my mother&#8217;s who passed along her appreciation. &nbsp; Years ago, I did the same, relying on Swing Time, Top Hat and the rest of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/?p=2483\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[244,368,366,367],"class_list":["post-2483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-avocado","tag-dance","tag-fred-astaire","tag-gene-kelly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2483"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2492,"href":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483\/revisions\/2492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}