Gregory Hines Tribute to Gene Kelly
This is one of my favourite dance sequences. It’s from the 1982 Kennedy Center Honors and this is my old friend the late Gregory Hines paying tribute to Gene Kelly.
He performs Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm / Fascinating Rhythm” as a tribute to Kelly, who sang and tapped them in the 1951 musical film “An American in Paris.”
It was an inspired choice, asking Hines to honour his great hero Gene Kelly, as in this performance he demonstrates how far tap had advanced since Kelly’s time and how much contemporary dancers owe to the past.
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