The first four movement scenes are dance not skating. This movie gives us a chance to see Belita as dancer. She does some excellent partnering scenes with numerous lifts and dance rhythms. One number displays her classic vocabulary where she dances on pointe and is backed up by 12 dancers also on pointe.
Another number featuring Belita blends both off and on ice with men in top hats and tails. She moves between the two groups of men where she begins with a long black skirt that is removed as the music turns to jazz. As she skates she is backed up by 12 men.
The movie closes with Belita skating in front of the Statue of Liberty to Beethoven's "Fifth Symphony". It is very dramatic performed in a modern/ballet style. All of her signature moves are in the number and this time it has seven axels in the end.
Frick and Frack are featured in two numbers and there are two skating scenes with couples skating in a pond scene.
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