Editing Bob Fosse (section)

== Innovations ==
Notable distinctions of Fosse's style included the use of turned-in knees, the "Fosse Amoeba", sideways shuffling, rolled shoulders and [[jazz hands]].<ref>{{cite book| last=Cutcher| first=Jenai| date=May 1, 2005| title=Bob Fosse| publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group| isbn=978-1-4042-0640-3| pages= 21, 27| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7U4AjAK4hZcC}}</ref> With Astaire as an influence, Fosse used props such as bowler hats, canes and chairs. His trademark use of hats was influenced by his own self-consciousness, according to Martin Gottfried in his biography of Fosse, "His baldness was the reason that he wore hats, and was doubtless why he put hats on his dancers."<ref name=gottfried>{{cite book |last=Gottfried |first=Martin |title=All His Jazz: The Life and Death of Bob Fosse |pages=49, 65, 81, 85, 104, 116, 124–125, 130, 139 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3miug24d_oC |publisher=Da Capo Press |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-306-81284-2}}</ref> Fosse used gloves in his performances because he did not like his hands. Some of his most popular numbers include "Steam Heat" (''[[The Pajama Game]]'') and "Big Spender" (''[[Sweet Charity]]''). The "Rich Man's Frug" scene (starring a young [[Ben Vereen]]) in ''Sweet Charity'' is another example of his signature style.

For ''Damn Yankees'', Fosse was inspired by the "father of theatrical jazz dance", [[Jack Cole (choreographer)|Jack Cole]].<ref name=gottfried /> In 1957, Verdon and Fosse studied with [[Sanford Meisner]] to develop a better acting technique. According to Michael Joosten, Fosse once said: "The time to sing is when your emotional level is too high to just speak anymore, and the time to dance is when your emotions are just too strong to only sing about how you 'feel.'"<ref>{{Cite book| last=Joosten| first=Michael| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gumx-mkjp4QC&q=%22the%20time%20to%20dance%22%20%22Bob%20Fosse%22&pg=PA4| title=Dance and Choreography| date=September 4, 2009| publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group| isbn=978-1-4358-5261-7| page=4| access-date=2017-09-21}}</ref>

In ''[[Redhead (musical)|Redhead]]'', Fosse used one of the first ballet sequences in a show that contained five different styles of dance: Fosse's jazz, a [[cancan]], a gypsy dance, a [[March (music)|march]] and an old-fashioned English music hall number. During ''[[Pippin (musical)|Pippin]]'', Fosse made the first television commercial for a Broadway show.<ref name=pbs1 />