{"id":3432,"date":"2007-07-04T10:58:09","date_gmt":"2007-07-04T17:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3432"},"modified":"2020-11-24T00:57:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T07:57:16","slug":"invitation-to-the-dance-1957","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3432","title":{"rendered":"Invitation to the Dance (1957)"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Invitation-to-the-Dance-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Invitation-to-the-Dance-Poster-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Invitation-to-the-Dance-Poster-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Invitation-to-the-Dance-Poster-82x128.jpg 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Invitation-to-the-Dance-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nGene Kelly directs three wordless dance vignettes: in &#8220;Circus&#8221;, Pierrot (Gene Kelly) longs for a beautiful dancer (Claire Sombert) who is already in love with an acrobat (Igor Youskevitch); in &#8220;Ring Around the Rosy&#8221;, a bracelet passes hands from a wealthy husband (David Paltenghi) to many others, including a prostitute (Tamara Tournanova); and in &#8220;Sinbad the Sailor&#8221;, a sailor (Kelly) and a young genie (David Kasday) dance with animated figures from the Far East.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dancers<\/li>\n<li>Ensemble Films<\/li>\n<li>Gene Kelly Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Sailors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis creative undertaking by Gene Kelly &#8212; a movie told just through dance and music, with no words &#8212; was filmed in 1952, but didn&#8217;t reach audiences until 1957, when it failed to recoup expenses; today, it comes across as a reasonably enjoyable experiment. The middle segment &#8212; &#8220;Ring Around the Rosy&#8221; (likely inspired by Ophuls&#8217; <em>La Ronde<\/em>) &#8212; is especially well-done, and moves along at a fast clip. The first vignette &#8212; &#8220;Circus&#8221; &#8212; is the artiest, and the least interesting story-wise (though the dancing and visuals are arresting). The final story &#8212; &#8220;Sinbad the Sailor&#8221; &#8212; is guaranteed to appeal to those who enjoy live action-animation combos, but its decidedly &#8220;Orientalist&#8221; bent is dated and mildly offensive. Ultimately, this one is not for all tastes. but remains worthy viewing by all film fanatics as a unique entry in cinematic history. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gene Kelly as Pierrot<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Kelly4.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Kelly4.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3429\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The enjoyable middle sequence<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Middle.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Middle.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3431\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>David Kasday as the Little Sailor\/Genie<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Sailor2.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/Sailor2.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3430\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Creative choreography throughout<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, simply for its historical relevance. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=1784#historical\">Historically Relevant<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0049367\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/79384\/invitation-to-the-dance#articles-reviews?articleId=154948\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Synopsis: Gene Kelly directs three wordless dance vignettes: in &#8220;Circus&#8221;, Pierrot (Gene Kelly) longs for a beautiful dancer (Claire Sombert) who is already in love with an acrobat (Igor Youskevitch); in &#8220;Ring Around the Rosy&#8221;, a bracelet passes hands from a wealthy husband (David Paltenghi) to many others, including a prostitute (Tamara Tournanova); and in &#8220;Sinbad the Sailor&#8221;, a sailor (Kelly) and a young genie (David Kasday) dance with animated figures from the Far East. Genres: Dancers Ensemble Films Gene&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3432\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3432"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54367,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3432\/revisions\/54367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}