Rosabella Murphy Jazz blog 2020
Bob Fosse Bob Fosse is a hugely successful and influential choreographer who changed the world of dance through the creation of his spectacular unique style. His work was extremely enjoyable and popular among the public in which many described as unlike anything seen before, with his style consisting of jazz hands, turned in knees, curved shoulders, and sharp hand gestures (Nicolaou, 2019). Within lots of Fosse’s choreography, there are many small isolated movements making the choreography complex and technical for the dancers (Nicolaou,2019). When watching “All That Jazz” from the musical “Chicago” the dancers execute minimalistic isolated movements such as swift head turns and jazz hands, due to these strong and fast actions the dancers have to be precise and in unison in order for the choreography to look effective, so although the choreography within this piece isn’t overly challenging it is mentally difficult for the dancers as they have to make sure they are hitting ...