
Ginger Rogers aka Virginia Katherine McMath
July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995
‘I do everything the man does, only backwards and in high heels!’
‘You know, there’s nothing damnable about being a strong woman. The world needs strong women. There are a lot of strong women you do not see who are guiding, helping, mothering strong men. They want to remain unseen. It’s kind of nice to be able to play a strong woman who is seen.‘
I don’t remember the first time that I saw clips of Ginger Rogers dancing with Fred Astaire, but I still think that the pair of them were extraordinary. I love to watch dancers, as it’s something that I’m not confident in doing myself, I haven’t the basic musicality to have the self confidence to even attempt the steps. Watching how elegant, and effortless she was, doing everything that Astaire did, but in high heels, and long skirts, it’s wonderful. She evidently worked incredibly hard, regardless of her natural ability.
How could you fail to be impressed and inspired, by such performances?
Clip from the Gay Divorcee, posted by Astairelover
Clip of Rogers and Astaire in Swing Time posted by PepsiPrime
Too Hot to Handle clip posted by CatCORViN
Top Hat clip posted by Bóyáng Wáng
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I'm a thirty something woman who lives in the north of England. I have been a writer for as long as I can remember, creating stories both written and verbal since childhood. While studying at Edge Hill College, I got several poems published by a small publisher in the USA, and in Europe. I have been part of several writing groups, and done quite a few courses in a attempt to hone my writing skills further. I love reading different genres of fiction, knowing that the best way to develop my own writing, and my vocabulary is by exposing myself to the different ways that other people choose to describe things.
The most recent writing course that I've been part of, run by a published author, included a exercise in which we were challenged to read things that we would never usually even look at.
It inspired me to take up a challenge. Namely to attempt to read at least one book by every author which is stocked in my local library. I soon realised that I was being far too ambitious, especially given the fact that every library rotates their stock too often for me to keep track.
I've decided to instead attempt to read a book every day, starting with a author whose surname begins with A, and ending with a author whose surname begins with Z. It doesn't matter what the topic of the book is, or if it's fiction or non fiction, everything is useful for me at the minute.
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