Invitation to the Dance

Invitation to the Dance

1956 | 1h 36m | Fantasy, Musical | TV-G

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Brief Synopsis

Three stories told in dance: a circus clown loves a trapeze artist, a bracelet passes from one lover to another, and a sailor enters an animated Arabian Nights fantasy.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Gene Kelly

CAST

Gene Kelly

Igor Youskevitch

Claire Sombert

PRODUCERS

Arthur Freed

WRITERS

Gene Kelly

Related Videos

Invitation To The Dance (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Stage Door
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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.
Invitation To The Dance (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Circus
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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.
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Invitation to the Dance - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
Gene Kelly's bold experiment in choreography - Invitation to the Dance (1956) features 3 stories told in dance.

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