FOSSE; DEFINING FAMED CHOREOGRAPHER-DIRECTOR NO EASY STEP.(L.A. LIFE)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: October 18, 1998 | Copyright information

Byline: Reed Johnson Daily News Staff Writer

Fill in the blank: Bob Fosse's choreography is known for being extremely -----.

Dark? Erotic? Humorous? Theatrical?

Yes, to all of the above. But what about ``classy?''

``Oh, I'm so glad you said that,'' Gwen Verdon exclaims. ``Most people don't spot that, they just see sex and eroticism and sensuality and bumps and grinds. He had great elegance.''

Indeed, he did - not that Fosse had anything against bumping and grinding, either.

It was his unique way of fusing dissimilar traits - sensuality with ...

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