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Mueller sums up Rogers's abilities as follows: " Rogers was outstanding among Astaire's partners not because she was superior to others as a dancer, but because, as a skilled, intuitive actress, she was cagey enough to realize that acting did not stop when dancing began ... the reason so many women have fantasized about dancing with Fred Astaire is that Ginger Rogers conveyed the impression that dancing with him is the most thrilling experience imaginable.

" According to Astaire, " Ginger had never danced with a partner before Down to Rio ".

She faked it an awful lot.

She couldn't tap and she couldn't do this and that ... but Ginger had style and talent and improved as she went along.

She got so that after a while everyone else who danced with me looked wrong.