Rita Hayworth's dancing

I have to agree with ALL dance numbers she has done. I recall being startled because I'd always heard about her starting as a dancer. When I finally saw her movies when I was a teen in the Sixties, I was confused because she looked particularly clumsy many times. Most of the time, she looked like those people who had simply learned dance steps, as if she was counting mentally. She simply doesn't have the flow that so many other actresses and actors do.

In fact, I've never been sure what the fuss was about. I think it must be the red hair and "Gilda", with her sort-of striptease. She's extremely made-over from her dark-haired early roles and comes across fake-looking.

Maybe it's a "guy thing".



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Making sure our fantasies
Do not overpower our realities. ~ RC

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Bloodless, the only explanation.

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I have to disagree -- I think this is easily her best performance (it's such a great, strange movie), and think she moves beautifully here, and in ways that really embody the character as a kind of huntress. The dancing isn't as refined as what she does, for instance, in "You Were Never Lovelier" or in "Cover Girl," but it fits the character of Gilda -- it's a bit more raw to me.

As far as her dancing in general, for what it's worth, Fred Astaire adored her and famously picked her as his favorite of all of his onscreen dance partners. (I'd certainly think he would've been a pretty good judge of whether she was "embarrassingly bad.")

I think she was a gorgeous dancer, and had these long elegant, very fluid lines. I certainly don't think she was bad by any stretch of the imagination.

But -- to each his own. Cheers!

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I keep thinking I'm a grownup, but I'm not.

Is it? Well, I relish her moves. :p


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I liked her dance numbers in this. Swirling hair and long dress moving all about the place. Not classic ballroom I admit but very exciting to watch.

One thing about Rita and other stars of that era: they weren't afraid to sing, dance and act. To entertain.

Most actresses these days can barely act--much less do anything else... So miss Hayworth gets a pass from me, lol.

That being said: those dance numbers did look a bit off. Weird.