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The Fosse "style" of dance became a trademark - those derby hats that were gripped between thumb and forefinger, the turned-in knees, the layered bodies with splaying arms that looked like Hindu idols ...
Book Review: 'Fosse,' By Sam Wasson A new biography from Sam Wasson examines the life and legacy of the Broadway, TV and film director Bob Fosse, who is known for such game-changing entertainments ...
The choreographer known for jazz hands and the bump and grind was not afraid of death as much as he feared not being brilliant. Host Scott Simon speaks with Sam Wasson, author of Fosse, a new ...
Bob Fosse was a mean dancer himself–here he is playing the snake in 1974's "The Little Prince." Screenshot/Youtube You might not have heard of Bob Fosse, but you’ve almost certainly bumped ...
The backstage debauchery of choreographer and director Bob Fosse — and subsequent heartbreak of his wife Gwen Verdon — gets a thorough going-over in “Fosse/Verdon,” a new FX limited series ...
Fosse's distinctive style of choreography included turned-in knees and "jazz hands". He is the only person ever to have won Oscar, Emmy, and Tony awards in the same year (1973).
Memory doesn’t serve me well in reviewing “Bob Fosse’s Dancin’,” which opened Sunday at the Music Box on Broadway. I saw the original show, simply titled “Dancin’,” and remember ...
Fosse is filled with the kind of inside detail that comes of substantial research, and vivid descriptions that turn the research into a sort of movie in your head.
The new revival of his 1978 all-dance musical production, now in a limited six-week, pre-Broadway run at The Old Globe, delivers the goods. And then some.
Bob Fosse was a dancer and choreographer who, with his distinct style, reshaped the aesthetics of modern musical theatre. When you see a Fosse dance move, you know it’s a Fosse move. Think ...
To get at the Fosse style, a dance critic breaks down “Who’s Got the Pain?,” the only film number Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon performed in together.