chicago Flashcards
(18 cards)
describe music visualisation for “ im gonna rouge my knees and roll my stockings down “ in all that jazz
they are stood with their weight in their left hip and their right leg is bent to the side.
as they bend the supporting leg they rub their right hand down their leg and then run their fingers down
aural setting of all that jazz
trumpet
drums
sound effects - whopie , inhale
music visualisation
what is chicago based on
a play by maureen dalas watkins from 1926 which she made based on the murderesses she interviewed
how did the prohibition era help women
it meant that they no longer had to go out with chaperone so they could get involved in the elicit activity that was taking place
origins / influences
prohibition era
womens crimes in the 1920s being glamourised
fosses heart attack making the work darker
speak easies
vaudville
fosse in the strip clubs and burlesque bars
powerful women
how was fosses habits an influence
he was a womaniser
a heavy smoker and heavy drinker
how was jack cole an influecne
he used theatrical jazz
his dancers wore figure hugging costumes
why was chicago relevant to the times it was made
there was a desire for sexual freedom for women in the 60s / 70s
second wave femininisum
how was brecht an influecne
he broke the 4th wall
which the women do in cell block tango when they tell their stories
who was roxies character based on
bulah may annan
who was velmas character based on
belva gaertner
impact of chicago
different from pajama games showing his progression of style towards more provocative movement
what is the atmosphere in all that jazz
smokey and dark
velma is welcoming the audience in to a speak easy for a drink
what is the section all that jazz based off of
the vaudville star texas guinan
how is each section described
they are all vaudville acts
what does cell block tango show
female empowerment because the women are not showing remourse for what they have done
how can corruption in the media be seen in cell block tango
the women who own their crimes and glamourise it get aquited but the hungarian who pleads not guilty is hung
cell block tango motif
the murderesses take slow saltry walks to move to a different chair
in unison facing the audience the dancers stand in a wide second and flick their arms closing their hands in fists on their hips
they repeat this one hand at a time , right then left in quick sucession before folding forward to a flat back angled diagonally downstage left and slowly turn their torso to diagonally downstage right
