Description
Starting time code: 01:07:34
Ending time code: 01:08:49
Length: 75 sec
Beginning: during sequence
Ending: during sequence
Outlines: anticipation
Completeness: incomplete & fragmentary (hardly a number)
Structure: simple
Shots: 1
Average shot length: 75 sec
Performance: song+dance
Number directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Performer(s): Cyd Charisse , Fred Astaire
Cast: All White cast
Stars who don't participate: no data
Backstage
Diegetic spectators: no
Diegetic status of the number: rehearsal, casting, recording session, etc.
Diegetic status of the music: musicians are playing but more instruments are heard
Themes
Topic(s): disturbed or awkward or grotesque performance , highbrow
Diegetic place: New Haven (CT)
Imaginary place: none
Ethnic stereotypes: no
Exoticism: not exotic
Music & dance
Song: You and the Night and the Music
Musical ensemble: band or orchestra , chorus
Dubbing: no
Tempo: moderato
Musical styles: Hollywood studio orchestra
Arrangers: no data
Dance director: Michael Kidd
Dance ensemble: duet
Dancing type: moderato
Dance subgenre: ballroom and social dancing
Dance content: no data
Intertextuality
Source: borrowed from another stage show (Broadway, vaudeville, ballet...)
Quotation: quotation