DANC 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bob Fosse, Scoliosis
Document Summary
1960"s was a major decade for successful movie musicals. 3 films won academy award for the best picture: west side story, the sound of music, and my fair lady. 1960"s saw the release of the first disney non-animated movies including mary. 1960"s musicals started the trend of 2- to 3 hour movies. Elvis presley movies were also a huge success during this decade with 25 films that included the featured star. Shows jazz dance technique as it is current being taught and used. Opening sequence or prologue: dance alone introduces character and story. Cool - new jazz dance style, full body, and explosive. When west side story opened to critical acclaim and enthusiastic audiences, it changed the nature of the american musical and challenged the country"s view of itself. The show dealt seriously with violence, adolescent gangs and racial prejudice- themes rarely addressed in musicals.
