Girl Hunt Ballet

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Girl Hunt Ballet is a celebrated, film-noir–inspired dance sequence choreographed by Michael Kidd and performed by Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse in the 1953 musical film "The Band Wagon."

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instanceOf ballet
dance sequence
musical film sequence
appearsInFilm The Band Wagon
associatedChoreographer Michael Kidd
associatedPerformer Cyd Charisse
Fred Astaire
basedOn Mickey Spillane–style detective stories
choreographer Michael Kidd
costumeDesignFeature glamorous gowns for femme fatale
trench coat and fedora for detective
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception celebrated
danceStyle ballet
theatrical jazz
era Golden Age of Hollywood musicals
featuresCharacterType femme fatale
private detective
filmDirector Vincente Minnelli
filmGenreContext musical comedy
filmStudio MGM
genre film noir parody
film noir pastiche
jazz ballet
hasCulturalStatus classic Hollywood dance number
hasSequenceType dream ballet
influenced later stage and film noir-inspired dance pieces
inspiredBy film noir
hard-boiled detective fiction
language English
lyricsBy Howard Dietz
medium Technicolor film
musicBy Arthur Schwartz
notableFor Cyd Charisse’s femme fatale role
Fred Astaire’s private-eye character
integration of dance and narrative
stylized film-noir visual motifs
partOf The Band Wagon
performedBy Cyd Charisse
Fred Astaire
positionInFilm climactic production number
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseYear 1953
setting New York City
surface form: New York City (stylized)
visualStyle high-contrast lighting
urban nightscapes

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The Band Wagon notableSequence Girl Hunt Ballet