tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post4894582729687921445..comments2024-03-21T11:50:29.630-04:00Comments on Janie Junebug Righting & Editing: DOIN' IT FOSSE STYLEJanie Junebughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-38815293723835758172019-07-07T09:46:43.239-04:002019-07-07T09:46:43.239-04:00I believe it...this was the time of Ava Gardner an...I believe it...this was the time of Ava Gardner and Marilyn Monroe so Haney was not their style for that moment...a true shameBirgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-803124266395697072019-07-05T22:56:08.230-04:002019-07-05T22:56:08.230-04:00I'm ready for the fireworks to stop, but they&...I'm ready for the fireworks to stop, but they'll continue for another week or so. People here love fireworks and they love to fire their guns on holidays.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-51759437028415260242019-07-05T08:55:08.314-04:002019-07-05T08:55:08.314-04:00HA! No. (Thank goodness.) But I think all of my fr...HA! No. (Thank goodness.) But I think all of my friends were pulling for me...Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-21429878646837626772019-07-04T19:09:14.784-04:002019-07-04T19:09:14.784-04:00Happy 4th!Happy 4th!Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08502357570409734926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-38157143586431857722019-07-04T17:53:42.113-04:002019-07-04T17:53:42.113-04:00Thank you for joining us in the heat of Florida.Thank you for joining us in the heat of Florida.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-8028439147303326632019-07-04T17:53:06.464-04:002019-07-04T17:53:06.464-04:00Happy Fourth, Vebbie. You were young in the '8...Happy Fourth, Vebbie. You were young in the '80s while I changed my kids' diapers.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-23827115269290235022019-07-04T17:52:03.089-04:002019-07-04T17:52:03.089-04:00Can you believe that "Hollywood" thought...Can you believe that "Hollywood" thought Carol Haney wasn't attractive enough for the movies? She became Gene Kelly's dance captain and died when she was 40. Ben Vereen is 72 and ran into some trouble here in Florida a while back when he was accused of sexually harassing and taking advantage of the female dancers in a production of Hair. Vereen was in the original Hair.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-62084159826654593622019-07-04T17:45:49.235-04:002019-07-04T17:45:49.235-04:00Thank you. Same to you.Thank you. Same to you.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-19648939364796524242019-07-04T17:45:05.258-04:002019-07-04T17:45:05.258-04:00I haven't been to New York in a long time, but...I haven't been to New York in a long time, but I saw some great shows there. I've never seen Chicago onstage, but Ann Reinking recreated Fosse's choreography for the revival that I believe is still running after many years.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-4359857929583303732019-07-04T17:42:39.481-04:002019-07-04T17:42:39.481-04:00Wasn't The Ed Sullivan Show wonderful? We got ...Wasn't The Ed Sullivan Show wonderful? We got to see excerpts from Broadway musicals and the biggest hits from bands and guys who spun plates around while they made jokes. Everything I never would have seen otherwise was on Ed Sullivan.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-4789225593652394712019-07-04T17:39:31.003-04:002019-07-04T17:39:31.003-04:00I must ask: Did you fall?I must ask: Did you fall?Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-31659458181212417512019-07-04T17:38:35.272-04:002019-07-04T17:38:35.272-04:00I remember the Smothers Brothers very well. On Sun...I remember the Smothers Brothers very well. On Sunday night while my mom watched Bonanza, my dad joined us in the bedroom to watch the Smothers Brothers on our little, portable TV. The first musical I ever saw that wasn't in a high school was a touring company of A Chorus Line. It was wonderful. I wish I'd seen the original Grease. It's my understanding that it was totally different from the movie. One of my older sisters saw Hair. She said it was so dark during the nude parts that she and her friend couldn't see anything.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-9158682903440222032019-07-04T17:21:08.977-04:002019-07-04T17:21:08.977-04:00Hi Janie,
Thanks for the FOSSE retrospect! He def...Hi Janie,<br /><br />Thanks for the FOSSE retrospect! He definitely was an amazing choreographer who influenced generations of dancers! Michael Di Gesuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17047267262428143113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-35195738570316797702019-07-04T15:57:05.108-04:002019-07-04T15:57:05.108-04:00Hi Janie! Yeah, now I see the Fosse influence on M...Hi Janie! Yeah, now I see the Fosse influence on Michael Jackson - oh, how I lived for his videos to come on MTV in the 80s. <br /><br />Happy 4th. :)Nicki Elsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412032684225126973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-10737392159873190662019-07-04T09:53:49.832-04:002019-07-04T09:53:49.832-04:00Ah I would have loved to have seen Pippin and Ben ...Ah I would have loved to have seen Pippin and Ben Vereen is a classic. Fosse often showed sex and violence in his style of dance..in the later shows. Steam Heat from Pajama Game is a classic dance sequence showing the great but doomed Carol Haney who was a sought after dancer by Bob Fosse and Gene Kelly. Michael Jackson tilt ally room Fosse’s style and even the moon walk came from earlier African American dancing which I saw in some early clips of shows from the 30s or 40s...wish I could remember what clip I saw. He was very talented but he was a pedifile who truly wanted to remain a little kid....very strange character and predator. He was not your average child molester because I think he wanted to be a child and could mainly relate to children...so disgusting and sad at the same time.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-55158862355141860342019-07-04T08:44:59.528-04:002019-07-04T08:44:59.528-04:00Clumsy? Ya wanta talk clumsy? Three other girls an...Clumsy? Ya wanta talk clumsy? Three other girls and I were really tight in high school... the four musketeers. At our graduation ceremony, each of them told me the same thing before I went up on stage: "Don't fall!" (Yeah, Pearl's clumsiness came from me, too.)Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-4149955543438323612019-07-04T04:27:02.884-04:002019-07-04T04:27:02.884-04:00I saw a few Broadway shows, but never a Chorus Lin...I saw a few Broadway shows, but never a Chorus Line. I'd have liked to have seen that. I saw Grease with the original cast (Barry Bostwick as Danny and Adrienne Barbeau as Rizzo). I hate the movie version that everyone loves. A show I never got to see (because I was too young and it had nudity) was Hair. My older sister saw it and bought the soundtrack. I know the entire thing backwards and forwards. The movie was horrible. I have found old clips of the original cast on YouTube from the Smothers Brothers show (remember them?) Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15328674280714013955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-50432337841202979302019-07-03T22:28:50.406-04:002019-07-03T22:28:50.406-04:00We go to the theater every time we are in NYC and ...We go to the theater every time we are in NYC and I do love seeing some of the choreographers who emulate the Fosse style even though they would never admit they do.<br />And you are right, looks easy but it's notAnne in the kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533249631969001657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-84340987562870782362019-07-03T20:04:41.102-04:002019-07-03T20:04:41.102-04:00Thanks for this post, Janie! I am so ignorant whe...Thanks for this post, Janie! I am so ignorant when it comes to dance, but I loved every second of the videos in this post, and I will be back to read your other posts on Fosse. I haven't thought about Ben Vereen in forever, and he is brilliant. I must have seen him on Ed Sullivan. Steam Heat was a joy to watch, and Billie Jean and Michael Jackson ~ OMG. Jackson was a genius but it came at a tragic cost. He has always personified intensity for me. Now I'm watching Thriller. Terry will just have to be hungry a little longer!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-55907482113042083092019-07-03T19:25:23.073-04:002019-07-03T19:25:23.073-04:00I knew a couple of disco dances. That's it. I ...I knew a couple of disco dances. That's it. I was clumsy when I was young and now I trip over my own feet when I walk. I also have a talent for walking into walls. I'm an admirer of dance. Congratulations, you jitterbugger. Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-90831094272949184692019-07-03T19:23:01.070-04:002019-07-03T19:23:01.070-04:00You know it the minute you see it.You know it the minute you see it.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-60981620728133337542019-07-03T17:53:39.466-04:002019-07-03T17:53:39.466-04:00I like the Fosse Style of choreography. It is orig...I like the Fosse Style of choreography. It is original and unmistakeable.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-58373093055360846382019-07-03T17:41:57.049-04:002019-07-03T17:41:57.049-04:00Interesting observations. Are you merely an admire...Interesting observations. Are you merely an admirer of dance, or are (or were) you a dancer yourself? I love to watch dancers, but my moves are very limited. My only claim to fame is winning a jitterbug contest in the early '60s (maybe late '50s...?) but I attribute that entirely to my partner. That guy knew how to LEAD. (Alas, a talent few men possess.)Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-17480974138762099642019-07-03T17:25:59.519-04:002019-07-03T17:25:59.519-04:00Thank you for joining us.Thank you for joining us.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-43449709464814496322019-07-03T17:25:32.092-04:002019-07-03T17:25:32.092-04:00Ben Vereen is beautiful.Ben Vereen is beautiful.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.com