Although Gene Kelly (1912-1996) established his reputation as an actor and dancer, his contribution to the Hollywood musical also embraces choreography and direction. Gene Kelly's experiments with dance and with ways of filming it include combining...

A dancer and choreographer of enormous grace and indefatigable vitality, Gene Kelly created a new synthesis of music and dance in American movies. In 1942 he made his first film with Judy Garland. In the next decade he made an unprecedented series of...

Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996), better known as Gene Kelly, was an American dancer, actor, singer, director, producer, and choreographer. Kelly was a major exponent of 20th century filmed dance, known for his energetic and...

Today is Friday, Feb. 2, the 33rd day of 2007. There are 332 days left in the year. This is Groundhog Day.Today's Highlight in History:On Feb. 2, 1943, the remainder of Nazi forces from the Battle of Stalingrad surrendered in a major victory for the...

David McCullough, whose next book will be a history of Americans in Paris, remembers when he first laid eyes on the French capital. He was a freshman at Yale University — young, in love, "impressionable."And at the movies."I went to see 'An American in Paris,'"...

It looked a collision between the Grammys and the Oscars — Jennifer Lopez, Tony Bennett, Charlize Theron, Quentin Tarantino, Beyonce, Usher and dozens of other stars at the Kodak Theatre.The Kodak normally hosts the Academy Awards, but Sunday' night's occasion was "Movies Rock," a special...

You've heard of feast or famine? City Ballet's Spring Gala gave us feast and famine. Five courses were dished up, and in a curious order: first, a heavy entrée; then, three hors d'oeuvres; finally, a fallen soufflé. You were left stuffed and stupefied-and hungry.The program...