For Moira Shearer's Centenary, "The Tale of Olympia" from The Tales of Hoffman (1951)

Moira Shearer was born 100 years ago on this date in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. She remains famous both as a ballerina and an film star. As a ballerina, she was a rival to the great Margot Fonteyn. She danced Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty in 1946, and danced in both  Symphonic Variations and  Coppelia that same year. In 1948, she danced in Frederick Ashton's Cinderella. As an actress in film, she only made a few movies, but they were significant. She worked with Michael Powell in The Red Shoes (1948), The Tales of Hoffman (1951), and Peeping Tom (1960). She played multiple roles in the comedy The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955).

Of course, most of Moira Shearer's roles on film would involve dance in some way, even Peeping Tom (1960). While Moira Shearer's best known dance performance on film remains her first in The Red Shoes (1948), she was also remarkable as Olympia in the sequence "The Tale of Olympia" in The Tales of Hoffman (1951). Fortunately, Turner Classic Movies uploaded the entire "Tale of Olympia" to YouTube a year ago. Here, then, in tribute to Moria Shearer on what would have been her 100th birthday is "The Tale of Olympia."