"The show is a joy every time it puts down its ax. In any case, its 16 dancers, representing a wider range by age, ethnicity, body type and gender presentation than you typically see in a Fosse cast, make a much better case for the pure dance qualities of his style than the text does."
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“Fosse, Cilento, and the cast remind us how powerful dance is as a storyteller. ‘Bob Fosse's Dancin' doesn't just make old moves fresh — it makes us feel like we're discovering Fosse anew.”
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“ ‘Dancin’, as revived and revised, softens that edge while remaining charged. The new lineup is intentionally more inclusive and edits some of Fosse’s inherent chauvinism. ”
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“Unhappily, the first revival of Fosse’s all-dance, plotless revue ... does not represent the man at his most inspired...as exemplified by this studious but generally thrill-free revival, is a gussied-up museum piece that, even when its irrepressibly energetic dancers are flinging themselves across the stage with abandon, kicks up a little bit of dust.”
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“For longtime Fosse fans, though, that raging struggle might just be the most interesting thing of all. It was for me, although I suspect the show also will please tourists looking for, well, the kind of sexy, glamorous, sensual Broadway show that mostly has disappeared despite the international audience demand.”
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“For some magical, mystical reason, the dancers at the end of the show still look as fresh as daisies, despite the incredible workout they get in this jam-packed act. This is one rock-solid company of dancin’ fools. Fosse would be proud.”
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“If Cilento and the cast and crew of Dancin' hope to attract a new generation to Fosse, then this show comes at a very interesting time when issues of gender and gender presentation are being hotly contested while TikTok has turned everyone into a dancer. The joy of movement, after all is universal. And even with a few missteps along the way, that joy pulses through ’Bob Fosse's Dancin'.”
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“Despite an amazing troupe of dancers, you probably won't feel the need to return. That's because something is missing, and it's not just Fosse...Sadly, as a homage to a genius choreographer who forever changed the way that we look at bodies in motion, we're left thinking there's gotta be something better than this.”
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