Acknowledged by critics and audiences alike as one of the musical theater's greatest choreographers and directors, Bob Fosse captured nine Tony Awards and created a signature choreographic language that has not only endured but been widely imitated. Taking inspiration from Fred Astaire, Jack Cole (a nightclub and Hollywood choreographer of the 1930s-50s), George Ballanchine, Jerome Robbins and vaudeville, he developed a distinctive, immediately recognizable, populist style that was urban and sexual and irrepressibly rooted in jazz. The silhouette of the Fosse dancer is unmistakable: sharply
