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100 Reasons to Celebrate Gene Kelly #14: Those Ballet Numbers

Posted by BrIanna on Apr 13, 2012 in fan participation | 0 comments

This entry is part 14 of 16 in the series 100 Reasons to Celebrate Gene Kelly.Another reason to celebrate Gene Kelly is those brilliant ballet/dream numbers that he conceived, choreographed, and ultimately put onscreen. See, for example, the dream sequence in the middle of The Pirate (1948) – yes, the one revealing Kelly’s legs in those short, tight black shorts. There’s also, of course, the lavish and expensive (it cost half a million dollars!) ballet at the close of An...