1940’s dance in film era was performer and choreographer Fred Astaire. Berkeley and Astaire were already contrasting since one had never danced before and the other had danced his entire life, but also, Astaire drew from a completely different motivation than Berkeley when performing and choreographing dance for film. Since Astaire’s background included several varieties of dance, he pursued advanced partnership choreography as opposed to large-scale choreography sets. He also utilized dance numbers
Fred Astaire was an esteemed singer, choreographer, dancer, and actor. He stared in many famous musical comedies such as Funny Face and Band Wagon. He was popular for starring in films and his singing, but what really attracted people to him was the way he moved and how his dancing would instantly bring happiness especially in a time of depression. Fred Astaire started his career as a child actor and was paired up with his sister Adele. They started in Vaudeville and pushed on until reaching Broadway
The group went on to appear in T.V shows and series which Michael hated to do. Michael taught that it was a bad idea to do a T.V. series and felt that it would ruin their singing career. Michael did film with Diana Ross in “The Wiz” and met Quincy Jones at the premier . He then collaborated with Quincy Jones and made another album called “Off the Wall”. It was this album that really stated Michael Jackson as a solo artist . One of the songs from