Ginger Rogers George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin. Fred Astaire was hired to help the dancers with their choreography. Her appearance in "Girl Crazy" made her an overnight star at the age of 19. Rogers' first movie roles were in a trio of short films made in 1929—"Night in the Dormitory", "A Day of a Man of Affairs", and "Campus Sweethearts". In 1930, she was signed by Paramount Pictures to a seven-year contract. Rogers soon got herself out of the Paramount contract—under which she had made five feature films at Astoria Studios in Astoria, Queens—and moved with her mother to Hollywood. When she
Keith Roberts (dancer) San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Sacramento. Roberts originated the role of "Hank" in Twyla Tharp's "Come Fly Away", which debuted on Broadway at the Marquis Theater on March 25, 2010 after its premiere as "Come Fly With Me" at Atlanta's Alliance Theater in September 2009. Roberts received a 2010 Fred & Adele Astaire Award nomination for best Male Dancer for his role. Keith Roberts (dancer) Keith Roberts is a professional dancer who performed in Twyla Tharp's Las Vegas show "Sinatra Dance With Me", which opened on December 11, 2010 and ran through April 2, 2011 He previously starred as "Hank"