How Did Bob Fosse Contribute To Dance

Bob Fosse, one of the most influential choreographers of the 20th, was born on June 23, 1927, in Chicago, Illinois. He was born to a vaudevillian, a person who from Chicago. At a young, age he began dancing and was considered a child prodigy. By the time he was in high school, he danced professionally on the vaudeville stage. He began emceeing at burlesque houses at the age of 15 and at age 13 he joined a dance group called the Riff Brothers. When he finished high school in 1945, he enlisted in the Navy, but World War II ended that same year. After his discharge, he created a dancing team with his first wife, Mary Niles, and performed in variety television shows and the musical stage. He career really began to take off in 1953, when he went to Hollywood and got a signed. That year he made

He created a new style of jazz dance inspired by his role model Fred Astaire and the style of vaudeville and burlesque dancing. His style was characterized by being deceptively complex, turned in toes and knees, shoulder rolls, hip rolls, smooth finger snaps, angled boulder hats, and black fishnet stockings. He was also a big proponent of jazz hands. Dance also had a massive impact on his own life. Since he was a young child, his whole life was dance and his true passion was dance. Fosse was very fortunate to not only find his passion at such a young age but also to find a fulfilling career out of it as well. Through his numerous productions, Bob Fosse helped shape modern musicals with his unique style of dance and choreography. His most renowned pieces are "Bells Are Ringing", "Big Deal", "Chicago", "Damn Yankees", "Little Me", "New Girl in Town", "The Pajama Game", "Pippin", "Redhead", and "Sweet Charity". All of these shows are considered his best because of the success that followed each one and the creativity behind the