Choreographers

There are many different choreographers in dancing.  I am going to tell you about six of them

Fred Astaire is a great choreographer.  He blended tap, ballet, and ballroom dancing together.  He was born in Nebraska, America in 1900.  He went to Hollywood n 1933 to be in films.  His dancing came out clearly and he was recognized as an outstanding dancer and choreographer.  The dance he made were confusing and complicated , but he made then look easy.

Martha Graham was born in 1984 in Pittsburgh America.  She went to school of dancing in 1916 but by 1923 she came up with her own style.  Her dances include strong gestures and positions.  Martha's dances were emotional dramas.  One she performed by herself called "Lamentation.  In this performance she wore a stretchy tube dress, making the moves she did look restricted and painful which brought out the misery that was the subject of the dance.

Bob Fosse is another great choreographer, actor, and dancer.  He was born in Chicago and began his career dancing in nightclubs.  He choreographed many films and he used these different techniques.  One he did was he would move the camera to actually make the camera look like it was dancing too.  His dances were influenced by jazz technique.  "Cabaret", "All That Jazz", and A Chorus Line" were some of his famous work.

Twyla Tharp was born in Indiana, America in 1941.  He became one of the most original contemporary dance choreographers.  Her dance style is a mix of tap, ballet, and rock.  Her dancing if know as very casual and relaxed.  She uses movement to seem loose to make the elusion of someone falling, but in fact the dances rely on hard and complicated counts.  That all have intricate structures, which leaves no chance for messing up.  One of Twyla Tharp's most famous work is "Raggedy Dances".     

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