My name is Emily and this is my first blog! I have a youtube channel mainly centered on dancing legends such as Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Rita Hayworth, Cyd Charrise and others. What I'd like to talk about today is what many dance students, Teachers, and acclaimed performers have at one point or another asked themselves, who is the stronger of the two magnificent artists; Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire. First off one of the handful of dancers who partnered with them both (Cyd Charisse) was quoted for saying "It's like comparing apples and oranges, there so different but both delicious! Now maybe that was a little nonspecific but true all the same they were different, the question I'd like to answer as simply as I can is why. I think one difference that defines the two is (of course) how they moved; Gene Kelly was more vertical and Astaire was more horizontal,  this sounds kind of silly but if you watch them dance in many great films such as "Top Hat" "Singin' in the rain" "The bandwagon" and my favorite "An American in Paris", when they use there strengths in the most important solos, Duets and general dancing Astaire had a magical way of moving along the stage while tapping remarkably fast. Gene could tap for sure but also used his strong body type to jump in a balletic fashion; the two can never be in the same category as one another but are grouped in a different way, they both brought entertainment to the public in hard times and depression, bringing a smile to our faces as they defied gravity, danced romantically with there partners, danced on a ceiling or in the rain!