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Bob Fosse dancing on the edge

Title
Bob Fosse [videorecording] : dancing on the edge / A & E Home Video ; CBS News Productions ; produced by Andrew Rothstein.
Publication
U.S. : A & E Television Networks ; New York, N.Y. : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group, c1999.

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Moving imageUse in library *MGZIA 4-4619Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • Fosse, Bob, 1927-1987
  • Verdon, Gwen
  • Reinking, Ann
  • Minnelli, Liza
  • Scheider, Roy
  • Barnes, Clive, 1927-2008
  • Doby, Kathryn
  • Kroll, Jack
  • Simon, Neil
  • Rothstein, Andrew.
  • Arts and Entertainment Network.
  • A & E Home Video (Firm)
Description
1 videocassette (46 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Biography of dancer-choreographer Bob Fosse, with commentaries and assessments by friends, colleagues, and reviewers. Among the topics covered are his childhood dance training in Chicago ; his early performing experience in burlesque ; his partnerships with and marriages to Mary Ann Niles and Joan McCracken ; his first success as choreographer of the musical Pajama game ; his choreography for Damn Yankees, and the beginning of his enduring relationship with Gwen Verdon, later his wife and mother of his daughter Nicole ; his films Sweet Charity and Cabaret ; Ann Reinking's ascendancy as his muse ; the many autobiographical elements of his film All that jazz. Dance excerpts include Fosse's solo in the "Alleycats" dance from My sister Eileen, and the "Steam heat" number from Pajama game. Fosse is also seen on the set of the film Sweet Charity, which he directed and choreographed.
Series Statement
Biography
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Biographies.
  • Video.
Credits (note)
  • Executive producer, Tom Seligson ; supervising producer, Brett Alexander ; editor, Daniel Glucksman ; original music, P.J. Cardinal.
Performer (note)
  • Host: Harry Smith.
  • Narrator: John Roberts.
  • Interviewees: Charles Grass, Marianne Fosse-Dimos, Gwen Verdon, Ann Reinking, Liza Minnelli, Clive Barnes, Roy Scheider, Kathryn Doby, Jack Kroll, Neil Simon.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-4619
OCLC
NYPY00-F882
Title
Bob Fosse [videorecording] : dancing on the edge / A & E Home Video ; CBS News Productions ; produced by Andrew Rothstein.
Imprint
U.S. : A & E Television Networks ; New York, N.Y. : Distributed in the U.S. by New Video Group, c1999.
Series
Biography
Credits
Executive producer, Tom Seligson ; supervising producer, Brett Alexander ; editor, Daniel Glucksman ; original music, P.J. Cardinal.
Performer
Host: Harry Smith.
Narrator: John Roberts.
Interviewees: Charles Grass, Marianne Fosse-Dimos, Gwen Verdon, Ann Reinking, Liza Minnelli, Clive Barnes, Roy Scheider, Kathryn Doby, Jack Kroll, Neil Simon.
Local Subject
Musical comedies. Pajama game.
Musical comedies. Damn Yankees.
Musical comedies. Sweet Charity.
Motion pictures. Pajama game.
Motion pictures. My sister Eileen.
Motion pictures. Sweet Charity.
Motion pictures. Cabaret.
Motion pictures. All that jazz.
Added Author
Fosse, Bob, 1927-1987, choreographer.
Verdon, Gwen, interviewee.
Reinking, Ann, interviewee.
Minnelli, Liza, interviewee.
Scheider, Roy, interviewee.
Barnes, Clive, 1927-2008, interviewee.
Doby, Kathryn, interviewee.
Kroll, Jack, interviewee.
Simon, Neil, interviewee.
Rothstein, Andrew. Producer
Arts and Entertainment Network.
A & E Home Video (Firm)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-4619
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