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Rob Ashford to Choreograph the Oscars
Rob Ashford to Choreograph the Oscars
#1Rob Ashford to Choreograph the Oscars
Posted: 11/8/12 at 1:35pmNO!
"I think lying to children is really important, it sets them off on the right track" -Sherie Rene Scott-
Wilmingtom
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/11
#2Rob Ashford to Choreograph the Oscars
Posted: 11/8/12 at 1:53pmChoreograph what? The opening number? It's not a heavy dance show.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#2Rob Ashford to Choreograph the Oscars
Posted: 11/8/12 at 2:00pmLooking forward to the Cloud Atlas ballet.
egghumor
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/9/11
#4Rob Ashford to Choreograph the Oscars
Posted: 11/8/12 at 2:16pm
I am just tired of his same rehashed choreography. Yes there is a such thing as them having a style, but when I can tell that half of the dance break from the opening number from the TONY awards was lifted straight from curtains. I am bored.
I am not saying that he isn't a good choreographer I am just tired of his award so rehashes.
"I think lying to children is really important, it sets them off on the right track" -Sherie Rene Scott-
#5Rob Ashford to Choreograph the Oscars
Posted: 11/8/12 at 2:22pmI assume we will get more Michael Bennett circa Hallabaloo 1960s jazz dancing like we got at the Kennedy Awards last year...
#6Rob Ashford to Choreograph the Oscars
Posted: 11/8/12 at 2:27pmMy point exactly.
"I think lying to children is really important, it sets them off on the right track" -Sherie Rene Scott-
SondheimFan5
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/10
#7Rob Ashford to Choreograph the Oscars
Posted: 11/8/12 at 2:31pm
Interesting choice.
Can MacFarlane even dance? He is charismatic, funny, and very talented, but he's always been a little wooden IMHO.
#8Rob Ashford to Choreograph the Oscars
Posted: 11/8/12 at 4:23pmOscar statuettes split-leaping and pencil-turning five hundred times to ... it doesn't really matter what music or song or theme, because it would still be the same steps.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#9Rob Ashford to Choreograph the Oscars
Posted: 11/8/12 at 4:48pm
No matter how ill suited to the music it is... I do think Rob has talent as a choreographer--the jail tap dance in Cry Baby was excellent I thought, at least on the Tonys and I think some of Evita is very good, but he seems stuck in this 60s jazz rutt.
The male dancers for the Barbara Cook tribute at the Kennedy Honours just make me dance--it's like every jazz dance cliche used over and over. The men actually look lost because of how some of it is staged (I'm sure the filming doesn't help, but...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0aV-gXIMCg
wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#10Rob Ashford to Choreograph the Oscars
Posted: 11/8/12 at 5:46pmFearless prediction: the Oscars will continue to be the low point for choreographic excellence.
evic
Broadway Star Joined: 3/5/04
#11Rob Ashford to Choreograph the Oscars
Posted: 11/8/12 at 7:43pmGet ready for high side kicks exposing the dancers' crotches and panties.
#12Rob Ashford to Choreograph the Oscars
Posted: 11/8/12 at 7:47pm
I'm SO tired of him. Rewatching the FOSSE DVD the other day (despite what one may think of the production) reminded me of how GOOD and REFRESHING theater choreography can be-- used to be. Oh, and RESTRAINED! Ashford must send all of his dancers to the chiropractor daily. He is a too-busy show-off.
I know we're not all fans of NEWSIES' choreography (or the show itself), but I think Gattelli uses "acrobatics" in a far more refreshing and restrained way. Ashford gives it all away in the first minute of a number. (And there were no leaping sailors doing splits in Gattelli's work on SOUTH PACIFIC, either.)
