Steps in Time - by Fred Astaire (Paperback)

About the Book

Now in paperback, Astaire remembers his 50-year career in dance and allows readers to see through the effortless balletic exuberance to the real man and artist. 46 photos.

Book Synopsis

One of the foremost entertainers of the twentieth century--singer, actor, choreographer, and, of course, the most dazzling "hoofer" in the history of motion pictures--Fred Astaire was the epitome of charm, grace, and suave sophistication, with a style all his own and a complete disregard for the laws of gravity. Steps in Time is Astaire's story in his own words, a memoir as beguiling, exuberant, and enthralling as the great artist himself, the man ballet legends George Balanchine and Rudolf Nureyev cited as, hands down, the century's greatest dancer.

From his debut in vaudeville at age six through his remarkable career as the star of many of the most popular Hollywood musicals ever captured on celluloid, Steps in Time celebrates the golden age of entertainment and its royalty, as seen through the eyes of the era's affable and adored prince. Illustrated with more than forty rare photographs from the author's personal collection, here is Astaire in all his debonair glory--his life, his times, his movies, and, above all, his magical screen appearances and enduring friendship with the most beloved of all his dancing partners, Ginger Rogers.

Review Quotes

"...brimming over with fresh and amusing anecdotes..."--New York Times

"Mr. Astaire's writing, like his dancing, is precise and debonair..."--The New Yorker

"...as easy and as effervescent as his own personable way of dancing."--New York Herald Tribune