Invitation to dance
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Invitation to dance |
| Original title | Invitation to the Dance |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1956 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gene Kelly |
| script | Gene Kelly |
| production | Arthur Freed |
| music |
André Previn Jacques Ibert Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov |
| camera |
Joseph Ruttenberg Freddie Young |
| cut |
Adrienne Fazan Raymond Poulton Robert Watts |
| occupation | |
Invitation to Dance is an American dance film from 1956 by and with Gene Kelly . Kelly depicts the story of a circus clown, a marine and the sailor Sindbad in dance.
action
The film is an episode film made up of three parts. In all three parts, the dance is at the center of the action. There is not a single spoken dialogue in this film, only before each episode Gene Kelly gives an introduction as moderator. In the first episode, titled Circus , Gene Kelly plays a clown who loves a prima ballerina . The second episode is called Ringaround the Rosy and here Gene Kelly plays a marine who follows the path of a bracelet that is constantly changing hands. In the third episode he then plays Sindbad , the sailor who found a magic lamp. This story is told as a mix of real and animated films .
background
The animation part from the episode Sindbad, the Navigator was made by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna . The music Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov was selected for this part .
Reviews
"The very ambitious and lavish, often enchanting, sometimes pretentious production, Gene Kelly's first solo direction, culminates in the third episode."
Awards
The film took part in the competition at the Berlinale 1956 and won the Golden Bear .
Web links
- Invitation to dance in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Invitation to dance. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .