Never Gonna Dance finale

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"Never Gonna Dance" is the emotionally charged, climactic dance sequence performed by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the 1936 musical film Swing Time.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dance sequence
film scene
appearsNearEndOf Swing Time
associatedWith Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers RKO musicals
surface form: Fred Astaire–Ginger Rogers film series
associatedWithEra Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
basedOnSong Never Gonna Dance
choreographyBy Fred Astaire
Hermes Pan
cinematographyStyle black-and-white
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
emotionalTone bittersweet
melancholic
featuredInFilm Swing Time
featuresCharacters John "Lucky" Garnett
surface form: John Lucky Garnett

Penelope Penny Carroll
filmDirector George Stevens
filmReleaseYear 1936
genre musical film sequence
romantic dance sequence
hasDanceStyle ballroom dance
foxtrot elements
tap dance
hasFilmFormat 35 mm
hasMusicGenre popular standard
hasTheme heartbreak
romantic longing
unrequited love
language English
lyricsBy Dorothy Fields
musicBy Jerome Kern
narrativeFunction climactic sequence
emotional resolution
notableFor complex choreography
emotional intensity
iconic Astaire–Rogers partnership
long continuous takes
partOf Swing Time
performer Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
portrayedBy Fred Astaire
Ginger Rogers
productionStudio RKO Radio Pictures
sequenceType song-and-dance number
setting art deco penthouse set
visualMotif spiral staircase
visualStyle elegant staircase set

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Swing Time featuresDanceSequence Never Gonna Dance finale