As Bob Fosse Dance
Initial Starting Points for the Fosse Experience. Bob Fosse .
Robert Louis Fosse Developed his own form of Jazz style in American Broadway and musical theatre throughout the course of the 50’s 60’s and 70’s. He was the choreography behind ‘All that Jazz’, ‘Chicago’ and ‘Sweet charity’. Elements of Fosse’s work can be seen to this day and common characteristics include Soft Boiled Egg cupped hands, the Charleston step, angled joints, the drape and the Fosse walk. For this project, I am studying this unit as a choreographer The selection process . Choreographic style: I have chosen the Fosse style Which offers a different set of skills to what we have previously learnt. We first explored Siobhan Davies which gave us an insight into the new contemporary world which I am most comfortable with, it showed us how to use free flowing movements and an on-going sense of energy, not concentrating on connecting with the audience. We then began to look at Arlene Philips’ work which as a completely different style of dance this time focusing on learning how to develop our relationships with each other and for me personally doing this style of dance brought me completely out of my contemporary comfort zone helped me build my confidence in my performance and connection to the audience. Fosse’s style also let me begin to explore the use of acting and characterisation within dance. Through choosing Fosse’s Jazz style I have been able to further develop characterisation as well as experiment with musicality and the use of storytelling. Furthermore I have had the chance to characterise myself and have the ability to become a new person through a dance. Fosse’s work:
When researching Fosse’s work using You Tube as a resource I noticed his work covered many different characteristics, for example, there was lively,
Robert Louis Fosse Developed his own form of Jazz style in American Broadway and musical theatre throughout the course of the 50’s 60’s and 70’s. He was the choreography behind ‘All that Jazz’, ‘Chicago’ and ‘Sweet charity’. Elements of Fosse’s work can be seen to this day and common characteristics include Soft Boiled Egg cupped hands, the Charleston step, angled joints, the drape and the Fosse walk. For this project, I am studying this unit as a choreographer The selection process . Choreographic style: I have chosen the Fosse style Which offers a different set of skills to what we have previously learnt. We first explored Siobhan Davies which gave us an insight into the new contemporary world which I am most comfortable with, it showed us how to use free flowing movements and an on-going sense of energy, not concentrating on connecting with the audience. We then began to look at Arlene Philips’ work which as a completely different style of dance this time focusing on learning how to develop our relationships with each other and for me personally doing this style of dance brought me completely out of my contemporary comfort zone helped me build my confidence in my performance and connection to the audience. Fosse’s style also let me begin to explore the use of acting and characterisation within dance. Through choosing Fosse’s Jazz style I have been able to further develop characterisation as well as experiment with musicality and the use of storytelling. Furthermore I have had the chance to characterise myself and have the ability to become a new person through a dance. Fosse’s work:
When researching Fosse’s work using You Tube as a resource I noticed his work covered many different characteristics, for example, there was lively,