Jacob self
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Male Dancers Verses Female Dancers

In the Golden ages of Hollywood you could find Gene Kelly tapping away with different females and see Fred Astaire going solo while Rita Hayworth danced the Seven veil tease dance. As you can see the dancers have their careers, their fashions, and their talents. First of all, the careers of the dancers are different between the males and the females. For instance, Gene Kelly can be seen playing a sailor, a painter, and a movie star in some of his best roles. While Fred Astaire can be seen playing a supposed playboy and a famous dancing performer and a brother to a princess to be. Also sometimes men were more successful than women and made all the money for their cloths and food. On the contrary, the careers are different for females than males. For example, Rita Hayworth can be seen playing a Femme Fatale in Gilda, The romantic version of Salome, and a gypsy. On the other hand, Ann miller could be seen playing an ex-dancing partner of Fred Astaire, Bianca in Kiss me Kate and a female professor in On The Town. Also women were often able to have only minor careers and able afford things because the men especially if they were actors were kings of the hills. Secondly, the styles of male dancers are different from the female dancers. For instance, Gene Kelly could be seen wearing a variety of athletic suits and cloths. While Fred Astaire could be seen wearing tuxedos and top hats and tails. Furthermore, female dancers styles are different then the males styles. For instance, Rita Hayworth often wore gowns made of gold lame and black satin. While, Ann Miller wore fashionable dresses to emphasize her body's curves and to show off her long dancing legs. Finally, male dancers differ in talent from female dancers. For instance, Gene Kelly did flips and ballet and tapping all in one film. While Fred Astaire did ball room dancing and danced and sang at the same time. At Last, Female dancers differ in talents than male dancers. For Instance, Rita Hayworth often did really fast dances in very long dresses. Likewise Ann miller did really really fast taps and did it in very very long skirts. In summary, I have told you about male and female dancers by their films, their costumes, and their special talents. We owe dancing to these people because if they hadn't danced we couldn't have had dancing as we know it today. I challenge you to watch these people dance.