JUST LOOK AT HER FLAWLESS TECHNIQUE. If you took a snapshot of her dancing every nanosecond, every photo would be perfection. I don't think any dancer had this kind of all-around talent, in every conceivable style. She never ceases to amaze.
Vera Ellen was no doubt one of the most versatile dancers ever to grace the silver screen in Hollywood. She could do ballet, tap, ballroom and jazz dancing all with equal ease, and she had a lovely face as well. She was simply phenomenal!
She was Gene Kelly's favorite partner. No women dancer on film from that era can quite match up. She was known for having the thinnest waste in Hollywood at the time. There isn't a dancer in this era that I've seen who can come close to her lightness of execution. In my mind, she was the best female dancer that Hollywood ever filmed, bar none.
I watch a movie she tapped in when I was a child with my grandma - don't remember which one - but the next week, mom went out and bought me my first pair of taps. I've been tap dancing ever since, thanks to Vera Ellen.
Today's dancers cannot even come close to Vera Ellen's dance talent. She has the fastest nerve taps that I have ever seen! Doing nerve taps as quick as she does is extremely hard. I think Vera Ellen is the most underrated dancer ever.
Vera is certainly the most talented dancer. There’s just something about her style that is so different from all other dancers. It’s probably because she can combine tap and ballet and look unusually graceful while hoofing. I could watch her for the rest of my life and never tire of it.
JUST LOOK AT HER FLAWLESS TECHNIQUE. If you took a snapshot of her dancing every nanosecond, every photo would be perfection. I don't think any dancer had this kind of all-around talent, in every conceivable style. She never ceases to amaze.
Tap dancing en pointe without pointe shoes- mind blown. She was so beautiful and an Immensely underrated talent.
What a talent! I don't understand why her name isn't up with the best dancers of her era because she was anyone's equal or better.
Vera Ellen was no doubt one of the most versatile dancers ever to grace the silver screen in Hollywood. She could do ballet, tap, ballroom and jazz dancing all with equal ease, and she had a lovely face as well. She was simply phenomenal!
5 camera cuts in 194 seconds; unheard of in modern film. This is one of the all time great individual dance performances.
She was Gene Kelly's favorite partner. No women dancer on film from that era can quite match up. She was known for having the thinnest waste in Hollywood at the time. There isn't a dancer in this era that I've seen who can come close to her lightness of execution. In my mind, she was the best female dancer that Hollywood ever filmed, bar none.
When you actually had to have talent to be in movies.
Anyone noticed? the scenes are often long shots. Today they would use many and fast cuts to do that kind of musical scenes.
Tap dancing and ballet?! She must have had toes of steel
As they used to say - "The fastest feet in Hollywood…" Amazing.
Im blown away by her stamina. A testament to her rigorous training, no do doubt.
I watch a movie she tapped in when I was a child with my grandma - don't remember which one - but the next week, mom went out and bought me my first pair of taps. I've been tap dancing ever since, thanks to Vera Ellen.
Today's dancers cannot even come close to Vera Ellen's dance talent. She has the fastest nerve taps that I have ever seen! Doing nerve taps as quick as she does is extremely hard. I think Vera Ellen is the most underrated dancer ever.
The timing on these stunts had to be impeccable! One slip and you'd have broken bones. It's terrifying and amazing at the same time lol.
Wow I am a dance professional and I thought I had seen a great deal of Vera Ellen’s work. This is just sensational!!!!!
Vera-Ellen and Eleanor Powell are two of my favourite dancers from this era. Incomparable talent.
I didn't realize I was holding my breath until the end. This kind of dancing is still breathtaking and amazing, it's kind of sad it's such a lost art.
Vera is certainly the most talented dancer. There’s just something about her style that is so different from all other dancers. It’s probably because she can combine tap and ballet and look unusually graceful while hoofing. I could watch her for the rest of my life and never tire of it.
Vera Ellen at long last is getting the recognition she deserves as one of the greatest dancers ever filmed anywhere.
Vera-Ellen was by far the most talented yet underrated female dancer in films.