Invitation to the Dance

From the opening scenes, a circus in an Italian town, director, choreographer and star Gene Kelly as "The Clown," French dancer Claire Sombert as "The Loved," Russian Igor Youskevitch as "The Lover," from the experimental musical Invitation To The Dance, 1956.

Tommy Rall (as "The Sharpie") with a typically blinding tap number choreographed by director Gene Kelly, awaiting "The Model" (Claude Bessy), who has the bracelet, in the Ring Around The Rosy segment of Invitation To The Dance, 1956.

Gene Kelly's bold experiment in choreography - Invitation to the Dance (1956) features 3 stories told in dance.