#26
Posted: 8/18/04 at 10:03pm
Fosse and Stroman! Oh and Producers Fan, I thought the same thing....haha.
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#28
Posted: 8/18/04 at 10:33pm
It is difficult to pick one "best" when there is a career of work.
I suggest that the group of best (i.e., innovative) choreographers include, in no particular order:
Balanchine
Robbins
Fosse
DeMille
Bennett
Tune
Kidd
Others might be good on this show or that show, but are mostly derivative from the masters. Choreographic innovation sustained over a career of work was/is accomplished by very few, in my opinion.
I suggest that the group of best (i.e., innovative) choreographers include, in no particular order:
Balanchine
Robbins
Fosse
DeMille
Bennett
Tune
Kidd
Others might be good on this show or that show, but are mostly derivative from the masters. Choreographic innovation sustained over a career of work was/is accomplished by very few, in my opinion.
#29
Posted: 8/19/04 at 3:34am
Fosse, Robbins and Bennett.
I really don't think that Stroman, except for maybe Contact, is in that league.
I really don't think that Stroman, except for maybe Contact, is in that league.
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#30
Posted: 8/19/04 at 12:36pm
I forgot about Bennett. I agree that Stroman has yet to deem herself worthy of being in the same group as such legends as Fosse, Robbins and Bennett.
#32
Posted: 8/19/04 at 1:28pm
Don't forget when including Robbins that Peter Gennaro was repsonsible for all the Shark movements in West Side Story, including the Shark portion of the Mambo and the Dance at the Gym.
#33
Posted: 8/19/04 at 1:29pm
Jerry Mitchell or Kathleen Marshall. Ha...I would like to say in a few years I'm hoping this thread will come up again and my name will be mentioned. 
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#34
Posted: 8/19/04 at 1:37pm
There's a new biography out on Jerome Robbins, by Deborah Jowitt, called: Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Theater, His Dance. It's getting good reviews.
#35
Posted: 8/19/04 at 1:40pm
There's not even a question of a tie for me. Hands down Robbins.
The variety to his staging is overwhelming. Fosse lacked that.
The variety to his staging is overwhelming. Fosse lacked that.
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#36
Posted: 8/19/04 at 1:47pm
Agnes DeMille - She's really responsible for notable choreography for musical theatre and incorporating dance into the story rather than dancing for the sake of dancing because it is a musical number.
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#37
Posted: 8/19/04 at 2:11pm
Jerry Mitchell's work always makes me happy!
#38
Posted: 8/19/04 at 2:14pm
I have to agree with robbiej. If you were lucky enough to see "Jerome Robbins' Broadway", you'd have seen the great variety in his work. On the other hand, watching "Fosse" only showed how similar Fosse's work remained over nearly 40 years.
#39
Posted: 8/19/04 at 6:06pm
Jerome Robbins was a genius! That's it plain and simple. Fosse is great too, but for me it's got to be Robbins.
As for today i think I'm gonna have to go with Kathleen Marshall
As for today i think I'm gonna have to go with Kathleen Marshall
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#41
Posted: 8/19/04 at 6:42pm
I like what Tommy Tune and Thommie Walsh did with My One and Only. There are so many wonderfully talented choreographers that it's really difficult to narrow it down.
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#42
Posted: 8/19/04 at 10:17pm
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#43
Posted: 8/19/04 at 10:20pm
The choreographer from DRACULA was mentioned.
#44
Posted: 8/20/04 at 12:51am
Bob Fosse and Jerry Mitchell is building quite an impressive reume, he is really great. He worked with us at an NYU workshop. He is very inventive and creative.
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#45
Posted: 8/20/04 at 1:12am
DUH!!!! FOSSE
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#48
Posted: 8/22/04 at 3:56am
jerry mitchell
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#49
Posted: 8/22/04 at 1:07pm
The Best Ever
-Bob Fosse
-Jerome Robbins
-Agnes DeMilles
-Michael Bennett
The Current Best
-Rob Ashford
-Rob Marshall
-Kathleen Marshall
-Twyla Tharp
The Most Overrated
-Susan Stroman (one big gimmick..her choreography for Crazy for You was brilliant and she hasn't done anything worthwhile since)
-Jerry Mitchell (a good choreographer for a beginners dance recital or a strip club)
The WORST
-Wayne Cilento (his choreography for Wicked was laughable)
-Bob Fosse
-Jerome Robbins
-Agnes DeMilles
-Michael Bennett
The Current Best
-Rob Ashford
-Rob Marshall
-Kathleen Marshall
-Twyla Tharp
The Most Overrated
-Susan Stroman (one big gimmick..her choreography for Crazy for You was brilliant and she hasn't done anything worthwhile since)
-Jerry Mitchell (a good choreographer for a beginners dance recital or a strip club)
The WORST
-Wayne Cilento (his choreography for Wicked was laughable)
#50
Posted: 8/22/04 at 1:16pm
bestofbroadway- You forgot to add...
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