Here's what had AK and I geeking out Friday night:
Who knew that white ladies in bell-bottoms were krumping waaay back in the day? "Bob Fosse was always at least 20 years ahead of his time," I said to Jamie as we were watching this video today.
"Yeah," she said, "but he probably stole those moves from a jazz club somewhere."
Dance is always references within references within references. And damn, the result looks good.
4 comments:
Awesome.
Also, I feel reassured for that brief window of time I was tempted to learn those moves because of this version.
They actually took the choreography for the Beyonce video from that Gwen Verdon version by Fosse. Because after I read this last night I had to go find out stuff about Verdon, Fosse, their daughter, Ann Reinking, etc. I'm nerdy like that.
I LOVE those references! ('member the film "All That Jazz" and Paula Abdul's homage to that with the video for "Cold Hearted Snake?").
Go ON with your nerdy self, TL - Fosse's work is timeless!
I also love Fosse's work because he was not afraid to use aging dancers, the dreaded identity I have been living in for the past few years, LOL
C: As I told AK, "When I was 17, I would have devoted my whole summer to trying to learn those moves."
TL: Great people, all. Ann Reinking was responsible for getting Chicago back on Broadway, right? I loved that revival.
PV: I like Bill T. Jones for the same reason--he uses dancers with a lot of different body types too.
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