Throwback Thursday and Shirley Temple
This week the world lost a wonderful talent and a great human
being. Shirley Temple Black, famous
child star from the movies of the Depression era, died Monday at age 85.
She helped lead a generation through the Great Depression
with her charm, her smile, and her face surrounded by ringlets of curls. She danced on screen with many legendary
performers, including Bill Robinson. At
the time, he was 57 and she was six years old.
Together, they created a groundbreaking moment in the movies where two
races came together and gave us some of the most wonderful minutes of
choreography ever recorded.
Shirley Temple retired from performing at age 22, and in
1969 President Nixon named her ambassador to the United Nations. Later, she became ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia,
working under several different U.S. Presidents.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Dance History Factoid #16
:
“Shirley Temple was a child star of the Depression era, who helped change the face of American movies and dance.”
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“Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle
feelings.”
-Agnes Martin
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