Fred Astaire Dancing On Ceiling

Also the camera remains attached to the rotating room making it appear as though the dancers are defying gravity.

Fred astaire dancing on ceiling. We kept that secret under wraps at our house for a long time so the kids could create a few of their own theories. 3 june 2000 by tommy 92 see all my reviews of course there is fred astaire s delightful legendary innovative dance on the ceiling and his dance with a hatrack in the gym both of which are great. But then there are also his delightful partnerings with jane powell playing his adele astaire esque sister and dancing partner.

Of course fred astaire doesn t really dance on the walls and ceiling. Royal wedding 1951 an unusual dance number to say the least. Hang on to your chairs and lamps.

The folks over at bigfott studios have done some wizardry of their own to create this composite video which shows how the scenery would have been rotated at intervals timed just so in order for astaire s choreographed dance to make him appear in the right place at the right time or rather in the wrong place like dancing on the ceiling. This is the best illustration i could find. I recently saw royal wedding the fred astaire and jane powell musical from 1951 most famous for the iconic scene in which fred astaire dances on the ceiling.

The film stars astaire and powell as a. This new and improved video shows how fred astaire s famous dance around the room was filmed by stanley donen in the 1951 movie royal wedding now in pub. The room in the video actually rotates as a unit and all of the furniture is nailed to the walls and ceiling.

How did he defy gravity. The movie is apparently called royal wedding and this part is featured on youtube you get.