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The Fosse Style
Debra McWaters
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Description for The Fosse Style
Paperback. Offers facts about how to execute Bob Fosse's signature movements. This book includes a sample dance featuring Fosse's signature moves. Num Pages: 384 pages, 450 illustrations. BIC Classification: ASD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 176 x 14. Weight in Grams: 512.
Even people with the barest interest in Broadway can recognize the unique, angular, sensual style of Bob Fosse. With its small gestures and isolated movements, it is frequently copied - and often misinterpreted. For there is far more to it than bowler hats and white gloves, which is why choreographer Debra McWaters has put together the ultimate visual and verbal guide to Fosse's way of dancing, choreographing, and teaching.Using hundreds of photographs, as well as descriptions from Fosse himself, McWaters guides dancers and teachers through the process of understanding the intricacies of this style of jazz dance. An assistant to ... Read more
Even people with the barest interest in Broadway can recognize the unique, angular, sensual style of Bob Fosse. With its small gestures and isolated movements, it is frequently copied - and often misinterpreted. For there is far more to it than bowler hats and white gloves, which is why choreographer Debra McWaters has put together the ultimate visual and verbal guide to Fosse's way of dancing, choreographing, and teaching.Using hundreds of photographs, as well as descriptions from Fosse himself, McWaters guides dancers and teachers through the process of understanding the intricacies of this style of jazz dance. An assistant to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813031538
SKU
V9780813031538
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About Debra McWaters
Debra McWaters is a choreographer who has assisted with the choreography in such Broadway productions as Chicago and Fosse and was the director/choreographer on the international company of Fosse. As the artistic director of the Broadway Theatre Project at the University of South Florida, she is often called upon to teach Fosse workshops across the country.
Reviews for The Fosse Style
"The Fosse Style is a MUST HAVE for every dance teacher, choreographer, dance studio, and student of dance." - Victoria Regan "To have worked with Bob Fosse is to have had your hand directly on the pulse of life.... This book is an example and expression of the intricate moves of the Fosse technique." - from the Foreword by Ben ... Read more