Bob Fosse the Music Legend

Bob Fosse the Music Legend

Introduction

In this paper we are focused on the discussion about Bob Fosse the great music legend, actor and choreographer and will analyze his contribution in the dance. This paper also presents the dance style which he had contributed and if it still the dance is being performed in the contemporary environment. Moreover, the paper presents detailed analysis of the dance style regarding its evolution and the reason for its popularity. Since the fifties, with the developing mastery of different types of excitement music jazz dance advanced into another, smooth, up to date Broadway style that is taught today, while Tap dance kept on evoling on its own. Jazz dance is a manifestation of dance regularly utilized within Broadway shows and films. Jazz class has a totally distinctive set of necessities for dance clothing standard and Bob Fosse had great contribution in that dance which we are going to analyze further. Additionally, the type of dance that is being observed today and in what costume it is performed and the response of the public about the dance.

Introduction to Bob Fosse

(This is the picture of Bob Fosse)

Robert Louis "Weave" Fosse was an American performer, dancer, musical theater choreographer, executive, screenwriter, film proofreader, and film chief. He was conceived on June 23, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. Fosse made a stream of exemplary dances. By 1960, Fosse was a broadly known and regarded choreographer, Yet Fosse battled with a large portion of his makers and chiefs, who longed him to tone down or uproot the "questionable" parts of his dances. Tired of subverting his creative vision for the sole purpose of "being fitting," Fosse understood that he required to be the chief and also the choreographer with a specific end goal to have control over his dances.

Famous Dance Style of Bob Fosse

Fosse's remarkable jazz dance style was upscale and attractive, and effortlessly distinguished. In the wake of experiencing childhood in Caberet clubs, the way of Fosse's mark style was sexually suggestive. Three of his dance trademarks included turned-in knees, sideways rearranging, and moved shoulders.

Fosse's dance style is immediately unmistakable. It's a dance for the eye, a dance about the body. The bend of the hips against the slant of a shoulder and the stretched neck, the arm and wrist out to the spread fingers. The slouched upper back and the swinging knocking pelvis. The smooth walk that sinks into the floor. The signals that stay tight around the body, the feet that slide in bends along the floor. What's more the provocative way the dancers venture everything, full into the substance of the group of onlookers or in sharp, precise profile.

Evolution of the Jazz dance

Jazz dance is an American manifestation of dance that created in the early 1900s as both African and European people groups started to blend their dance customs. Africans concentrated on rhythms and middle development and Europeans on musical harmonies, people and social dances. Numerous jazz conventions were transported in from Africa, ...