bob fosse Flashcards
(10 cards)
how did he begin his carrer performing
aged 13 he was on vaudville , burlesque clubs and strip clubs performing solo or in a duet called the riff brothers with charlie grass
how did fosses childhood impact his future works
his exposure to sensuality and women at such a young age gave him his ideologies on women making him a womaniser but also encouraging him to make works that always had a female lead and empowered women
how did fosse get his big break
he was in kiss me kate on broadway and george abbot was the director, he then allowed fosse to chroeograph steam heat in 1954
and then in 1955 they colaberated on damn yankees
who was gwen verdon
she stared in damn yankees and almost all of fosses other works
she became the definative fosse dancer
she had rickets as a child which helped her with thw turned in style
she was his third wife
how did fred astaire influence fosse
his use of props such as a hat , chair and cane
he was fosses number one inspiration and the reason he moved to nyc
how did jack cole influence fosse
father of american jazz
choreography focused on women
angular possitions
female empowerment
isolations
provocative clothing
how did robbins influence fosse
his dark and gritty themes in west side story encouraged him to do the same
he also influenced him to followed the same path from dancer to director when they worked together on the Pajama game in 1957
how did fosses physical apperance influence him
receeding hair line so he wore a hat
veiny hands so he wore gloves
pigeon toed so he choreographed turned in
bad possture so the dancers often lead over props
stylistic features of fosse
broken wrists
turned in feet
splayed hands
music visulaisation
sensual tones
hip rolls
finger snaps
egg cup hands
shoulder rolls
isolations
rolled shoulders due to bad posture
inverted legs
impacts of fosse
recognisable style still used today
made american jazz more varried and versitile
introduced darker tones to chroeography
works still performed today
