Bob Fosse Percussion Instruments

Bob Fosse was born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 23, 1927 and lived till September 23, 1987, passing away in Washington D.C due to a fatal heart attack. At a young age he was recognised as a child prodigy by many, partaking in many children’s variety shows and would play on his talent to stand out amongst his 5 siblings “as a preschooler, found he could win the attention of this family by staging little dances in the living room” (Grubb, 1996)
Being born in the aftermath of the roaring 1920’s which saw a restless culture, fronted by America's youth rebelling against the moral restrictions of past generations, challenging traditional notions of proper behaviour, (LLC, 2011) there is no surprise that Fosse too would go on to push boundaries and

An example would be his classic clicks during the opening section of Blackbird from Fosse, the simplistic choreography, slight sexual current and impeccably timing, brings together the ensembles gesturing clicks with the percussive clicks of the music and creates a captivating opening to the number.
“It had every percussion instrument in the book and the wonder of it was how perfectly Fosse captured the sound of each in his Choreography” „Bob Fosse‟s Broadway‟ Margery Beddow 1996

Bob Fosse changed the way audiences around the world viewed dance on the stage and in the film industry during his life. “Visionary, intense, and unbelievably driven, Fosse was an artist whose work was always provocative, entertaining, and quite unlike anything ever before seen.” dancehttp://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/bob-fosse/
Likely due to his own personal struggles his work often swayed between humour and cynicism, nevertheless reaching out to all audiences due to the vast range of human emotions involved and delivering a spectacle which was and forever will be