Jazz Blog- 1st year 2019/2020 School Year

Bob Fosse: What are three qualities that make Bob Fosse's choreography unique? According to L.Witkop, Bob Fosse's choreography consisted of working with angles in comparison to long, lean lines in which most dancers strive to create, this quality is immediately recognised as Fosse's style by the public eye . The dance step "erte"- found in his production "All That Jazz" - is a great example of how Fosse used angles within his choreography as it really focuses on the breakage of the elbows, wrists and hands  (Playbill, 2019, 2:50). He created his angles by extending the hips, turning in the knees and breaking the wrists. Fosse was a perfectionist therefore also focused on the angles of their feet and fingers. Another example of this quality would be a movement in "Rich Man's Frug" where the wrists and hands are on the hips like a dancer is "holding an egg".  Fosse also focuses on his facial expressions. Fosse was very ...