Artist of the Day
This is the first time MKZ features a chereographer for artist of the day. In celebration of Chicago's Best Picture win, I will proudly present Bob Fosse. To put it simply this guy is the rock star of Broadway. Son of a vaudville performer, at the height of his career, dancers both men and women would line up around the block and thensome for a short auditon; even for the place of being a "back-up" dancer for one of Fosse's productions. He's everything you want a genius to be: completely brilliant in chereography, ground-breaking (first one to ever use television advertising for a Broadway show), a complete maniac for perfectionism, and above all else (and what we expect) abuser of every substance availble under the sun and a complete prick.
Taken from the IMDB trivia section.
In 1973, he recieved an Acadamy Award for directing "Cabaret", a Tony for directing "Pippin", and an Emmy for directing "Liza with a Z". He's the only director to win all three major industry prizes in a single year.
Needless to say he is talented, or lucky. He had a film, All That Jazz! made about his life and a Broadway production showcasing his work aptly named "Fosse". A womanizer (he only liked people who looked attractive and could dance good and was married three times), always seen with cigarette in hand and a complete addict to drugs. He once thought that his recovery from his first heart attack in the 1970's he thought it meant another chance for him to snort cocaine, chain-smoke and pop pills to maintain his frantic pace.
To top it off, here's two of his quotes:
"I like attractive people who aren't so terribly aware that they are attractive... people who aren't afraid to roll on the floor and make fools out of themselves."
"Live like you'll die tomorrow, work like you don't need the money, and dance like nobody's watching."
This is the first time MKZ features a chereographer for artist of the day. In celebration of Chicago's Best Picture win, I will proudly present Bob Fosse. To put it simply this guy is the rock star of Broadway. Son of a vaudville performer, at the height of his career, dancers both men and women would line up around the block and thensome for a short auditon; even for the place of being a "back-up" dancer for one of Fosse's productions. He's everything you want a genius to be: completely brilliant in chereography, ground-breaking (first one to ever use television advertising for a Broadway show), a complete maniac for perfectionism, and above all else (and what we expect) abuser of every substance availble under the sun and a complete prick.
Taken from the IMDB trivia section.
In 1973, he recieved an Acadamy Award for directing "Cabaret", a Tony for directing "Pippin", and an Emmy for directing "Liza with a Z". He's the only director to win all three major industry prizes in a single year.
Needless to say he is talented, or lucky. He had a film, All That Jazz! made about his life and a Broadway production showcasing his work aptly named "Fosse". A womanizer (he only liked people who looked attractive and could dance good and was married three times), always seen with cigarette in hand and a complete addict to drugs. He once thought that his recovery from his first heart attack in the 1970's he thought it meant another chance for him to snort cocaine, chain-smoke and pop pills to maintain his frantic pace.
To top it off, here's two of his quotes:
"I like attractive people who aren't so terribly aware that they are attractive... people who aren't afraid to roll on the floor and make fools out of themselves."
"Live like you'll die tomorrow, work like you don't need the money, and dance like nobody's watching."
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