Three different stories are told through a notably unusual way - no words, just dance.Three different stories are told through a notably unusual way - no words, just dance.Three different stories are told through a notably unusual way - no words, just dance.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Luigi Faccuito
- Specialty Dancer
- (uncredited)
Diki Lerner
- Thief in 'Sinbad the Sailor'
- (uncredited)
Paddy Stone
- Speciality Dancer
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Gene Kelly
- Joseph Barbera(animation sequences) (uncredited)
- William Hanna(animation sequences) (uncredited)
- Writer
- Gene Kelly(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaGene Kelly's original intention was to make a film that would educate mainstream audiences about professional dancing in the world. To this end, he wanted to cast the greatest dancers in Europe for the four segments in leading roles. He himself would appear in only one - the Popular Song sequence, which ended up being cut. MGM, however, refused to allow the picture unless he appeared in all of them. Many of the professionals who worked in the film agreed that this was one of the film's great weaknesses.
- GoofsDuring the "Scheherazade" sequence, the color of the palace guard's costume suddenly changes from green to blue.
- ConnectionsEdited into American Masters: Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002)
- SoundtracksCircus
Music by Jacques Ibert
Performed by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by John Hollingsworth
Danced by Gene Kelly, Igor Youskevitch and Claire Sombert
Featured review
Artistry Over Audience Appeal
It might better have been called "Invitation to the Pantomime" because there is no speaking, much less singing, in the film, a production much better suited to the stage. The movie does in fact look like a filmed stage production, and the format and ambitions of the film are not what audiences had come to expect from Gene Kelly. But this was his baby, and he wanted to take filmed dance to entirely new levels of artistic achievement. In many ways, it is a testimony to his power as a choreographer and a star that he was able to pull it off. Nevertheless, beautiful as it is, this is not everyone's cup of tea. Watching the first of the three dance sequences, I longed for Kelly to take that white paint off his mime face and stop mooning over the ballerina. He did, and the next two sequences are more enjoyable, the last being rather fun when animation takes over. ---from Musicals on the Silver Screen, American Library Association, 2013
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- Apr 28, 2020
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- Budget
- $1,500,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Invitation to the Dance (1956) officially released in Canada in English?
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