Never Gonna Dance (song)

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"Never Gonna Dance" is a song performed by Fred Astaire and danced with Ginger Rogers in their movie Swing Time. Words by Dorothy Fields and Music by Jerome Kern

This dramatic dance was performed at the end of the movie after John 'Lucky' Garnett finds out Penelope 'Penny' Carroll is engaged to Ricardo 'Ricky' Romero, Georges Metaxa. This is a dance of desperation, despair and love. It starts slow, Lucky not wanting Penny to leave. As she is walking up the stairs he begins his serenade to her in hopes that she will understand how heartbroken he is over losing her. After he is done singing he hopes to win her back one more time dancing. So elegantly and desperately he pulls out all the stops in hopes to change her mind. The movement she twirls out of the room and he stand there looking longingly for.