MT dance lecture - apr 7 - jerome robbins

mary martin in peter pan

first peter pan on TV produced by RCA
broadcast in 55, 56, 60 (more households had color TV)
my heart belongs to daddy - mary martin

fiddler on the roof

MT dance lecture apr 14

Jack Cole
Choreographed all of Marilyn Monroes dances
Theres no business like show business w/ Ethel Merman & Marilyn Monroe
Hitting poses
dance scenarios
gwen verdon
talking in rhythm
Bob Fosse incorporated everything in Jack Coles work and added Vaudeville &
Burlesque timing
Dances always had sense of wit & humor, perspective around that
First person to translate all physical & psychological idiosyncrasies into the
dance
He had scoliosis & was balding - slouchy w/ a hat
Adult dances never divorces sensuality
Catering to women of all sizes & shapes
Highly rhythmic
Influenced by black hoofers in Vaudeville & Burlesque

Jerome Robbins dances were usually asexual & about men