This just proves one of the reasons the fabulous Ms. Reinking was one of Fosse's muses. Just so talented, and still brilliant as ever when she's on stage.
Here's a bit of trivia for you: she was, of course, Bob Fosse's real-life mistress for many years and the part of Katie was obviously based directly on her. Still, Fosse made Miss Reinking audition over and over for the part...the right, in essence, to play herself.
@BettinaBalser Almost exactly the way Michael Bennett made some of the real A Chorus Line "characters," Priscilla Lopez, Kelly Bishop, etc... and even Donna McK audition to play themselves. Oh show business... can't live with it, can't live without it.
Ann is perfection in this number; her control and precision in each isolation and the specificity she uses in each movement elevates this from being "just a number" to art.
Only one is a little girl. I think the little girl is Erzesebet Foldi (I'm not sure) and the other back up dancer is Leland Palmer, from the original cast of Pippin, amongst other things.
I don't care about her looks (though she's beautiful), but the dance. Hadn't watched this number for a half a decade and I had forgotten how precise all accents and poses - even fingers - were.
that was freaking amazing. love ann--she is such a role model. actually, i know her. really nice lady. her brother--jim reinking--was my music teacher for 10 years. does anyone else know of him? just wondering. he's really talented, too. :)
I wasn't aware that she had a brother. Does he also work on broadway shows? I have to ask-- has Ann been in any recent shows? The last I saw of her was the televised showing of "Fosse" from 2001.
no he works in a small private high school in oregon. he's the music teacher, although he once drummed for the bamd kiss. very talented as well. but, no broadway for him. ann was in chicago and something else i can't remember, but that's about it. she is working with some inner city kids on a program she created to teach them to learn how to dance. she has a couple of instructional videos out, but no acting. that's all i know. hopefully it helped!!
Ann definitely deserves her place in the pantheon of all-time great dancers - and of Fosse interpreters in particular. But the Ultimate Fosse Dancer was Gwen. Fosse said so himself, in a clip that used to be on Youtube. He was being presented with some sort of lifetime achievement award - it may have been at the Tony's, I'm not sure. Gwen was on stage with him. And that was in the 80s, well after they were separated and he was living with Ann.
This part of the movie is his hallucination about the women he loves in his life and it is set in the warehouse where he has been filming. It is just kinda metaphor for what is important in his life and there plea for him too love them more than his work before he dies.
She did a workshop here in Chicago for some dance company call Melissa Thodos and Dancers. Melissa is good friends with Ann. Yeah...she taught us "Cool Hand Luke." The greatest time ever!
She is a badass. Geez Louise.
maialae 1 month ago
I love when she nods at 0:23! Ann Reinking; you are truly fantabulous!
MrBureauCat 3 months ago
:52 to 58 gives me chills.
Tigerlily21 4 months ago
LOVE the ass move from 1:00 to 1:07, Reinking is a dancing genius!!
Sweetbabyvixen 7 months ago
great dancing but I hate that Fosse/ 80's look of the unflattering high cut panties and back "sheer" pantyhose.
tinymavy 8 months ago
OMg I Have never seen this b4, absolutly fantantic!
libradublin 8 months ago
-you better stop screwing around, daddy!
akato518 1 year ago
god this is such a great dance clip. Ann Reinking is beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!
meggiethemop1 1 year ago
Ann Reinking is A LEGEND!
samsamsamjitp 1 year ago
She's the ultimate Fosse dancer. She's incredible.
melizmatea 1 year ago 3
why did i just came?
2submit 1 year ago
Fantastic! Ann's rhythm is spot on - love her! Never get tired of watching this scene
levie143 1 year ago 6
This just proves one of the reasons the fabulous Ms. Reinking was one of Fosse's muses. Just so talented, and still brilliant as ever when she's on stage.
Whisper2AScream13 1 year ago 8
omg she is excellent, what a passionate performer.
schoolgyrl6 1 year ago
THOSE LEGS!!! Fabulous from head to toe!
silvershields 1 year ago 4
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i want to throw up very much now, modern dance, there can be no greater mockery to "art"
haroos 1 year ago
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I want a body like that!!!!!
raposofan 1 year ago
Whoa, now that is what I call dancing! Ann has some great body for dancing!
toplaycool19 2 years ago
She is fabulous...watching this makes me want to dance again.
Queenofhearts214 2 years ago
THOSE LEGS!!!!! and im a woman!
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she's so good!!
drgnfrddd 2 years ago
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This number with Ms Reinking means only one thing....(INSTANT ERRECTION)
FOSEEBOY 2 years ago
Too bad the color is faded on those cobalt blue costumes. It really added to the dance sequence.
tet43 2 years ago
woah! she can friggin move! v.talented singer/dancer/actress!
CorsetFingers 2 years ago 3
Here's a bit of trivia for you: she was, of course, Bob Fosse's real-life mistress for many years and the part of Katie was obviously based directly on her. Still, Fosse made Miss Reinking audition over and over for the part...the right, in essence, to play herself.
BettinaBalser 2 years ago 2
@BettinaBalser Almost exactly the way Michael Bennett made some of the real A Chorus Line "characters," Priscilla Lopez, Kelly Bishop, etc... and even Donna McK audition to play themselves. Oh show business... can't live with it, can't live without it.
isitfunthere1 1 month ago
She is so pretty!
nicohoot2007 2 years ago 5
I always get so uncomfortable, yet fascinated, whenever I watch this piece. Fosse is a genius in expressing emotion and tension through dance.
cerealpancakes 2 years ago 10
being a dancer myself, i have to say, that she takes dancing to a new level, and she is absolutley talented.
jaliceforevergirl 2 years ago 5
Ann is perfection in this number; her control and precision in each isolation and the specificity she uses in each movement elevates this from being "just a number" to art.
cbiswhite 2 years ago 8
Fosse's best, but absolutely the most depressing musical ever made.
Sistererica 2 years ago 7
I love Ann Reinking<3
Madelineui51 2 years ago 3
OH Ann's gorgeous LEGS in sheer Silky Pantyhose ! She is stunning x 10 !
GentlemenPreferHanes 2 years ago 19
I agree! and she's soooo incredible! I think she's my idol now! lol! ^^
samsamsamjitp 2 years ago
I love the little bit at 0:49 where the camera catches her finger and foot pointing together.
cathrynm 3 years ago 26
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i dont know why i got a hard on...could you please tell me!!
2submit 3 years ago
Ann Reinking. <3
violetcloud 3 years ago 5
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her butt jiggles
cuddlekinz 3 years ago
Unbelievable..Ann Reinking..every move..every line..just nails it!! I could watch this 100 times and never get tired of it.
bravo!
johneric1964 3 years ago 11
Brava!!! She's so incredible
samsamsamjitp 2 years ago
Okay... amazing much?!?!?
5 stars!
tarynactress 3 years ago 6
i just can say ..Amazing!
who are the little girls? the names..
DanceDaay 3 years ago
Only one is a little girl. I think the little girl is Erzesebet Foldi (I'm not sure) and the other back up dancer is Leland Palmer, from the original cast of Pippin, amongst other things.
nekonuk 3 years ago
What became of Erzesbet Foldi and Leland Palmer? I read somewhere that Leland Palmer moved to Israel.
Cauchymean 3 years ago
This is the BEST jazz dance number EVER filmed!! AAA+++
FOSEEBOY 3 years ago 3
This minute and a half made watching that lousy, ego-driven mess of a movie worth it. It's the ultimate Fosse by his ultimate dancer.
jjarndyce 3 years ago
I don't care about her looks (though she's beautiful), but the dance. Hadn't watched this number for a half a decade and I had forgotten how precise all accents and poses - even fingers - were.
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i want her legs!
anthonmax 3 years ago 5
that was freaking amazing. love ann--she is such a role model. actually, i know her. really nice lady. her brother--jim reinking--was my music teacher for 10 years. does anyone else know of him? just wondering. he's really talented, too. :)
alabama6551 3 years ago
I wasn't aware that she had a brother. Does he also work on broadway shows? I have to ask-- has Ann been in any recent shows? The last I saw of her was the televised showing of "Fosse" from 2001.
KahnBB6 3 years ago
no he works in a small private high school in oregon. he's the music teacher, although he once drummed for the bamd kiss. very talented as well. but, no broadway for him. ann was in chicago and something else i can't remember, but that's about it. she is working with some inner city kids on a program she created to teach them to learn how to dance. she has a couple of instructional videos out, but no acting. that's all i know. hopefully it helped!!
alabama6551 3 years ago
Exuisite !
Kiyraesyn 3 years ago
IS ANYONE MORE BEAUTIFUL?
ragtimemarkbirnbaum 3 years ago 3
She's got a beautiful body. What I can't get over though is how gorgeous she is in the face, also. I love those eyes....
daza2j96 4 years ago 2
Legs. LEGS!
Echdrum 4 years ago 6
One of the greatest dancers ever! This is her in her prime AND SHE'S EFFING HOT!!! Whatta a body!
cscentrlvideos 4 years ago 3
She is such an amazing dancer. I love her.
minorchord03 4 years ago 2
this scares me a little...
LetsFLyWithLauren 4 years ago
Ann definitely deserves her place in the pantheon of all-time great dancers - and of Fosse interpreters in particular. But the Ultimate Fosse Dancer was Gwen. Fosse said so himself, in a clip that used to be on Youtube. He was being presented with some sort of lifetime achievement award - it may have been at the Tony's, I'm not sure. Gwen was on stage with him. And that was in the 80s, well after they were separated and he was living with Ann.
torsinchaser 4 years ago 4
Yeah..I think she is the ultimate Fosse dancer EVER.
andrear 4 years ago 2
Why is there the huge set behind the screen?
MTdizzle94 4 years ago
This part of the movie is his hallucination about the women he loves in his life and it is set in the warehouse where he has been filming. It is just kinda metaphor for what is important in his life and there plea for him too love them more than his work before he dies.
highflyingadored01 4 years ago 2
I love Ann! I met her! :P I really did! She is a great person!
LauraRose83 4 years ago
where did you meet her? The Broadway Theatre Dance Workshop in Santa Fe?
iluvcheezitsheyhey 4 years ago
She did a workshop here in Chicago for some dance company call Melissa Thodos and Dancers. Melissa is good friends with Ann. Yeah...she taught us "Cool Hand Luke." The greatest time ever!
LauraRose83 4 years ago
Sounds cool! I was just curious if you were someone I know.
iluvcheezitsheyhey 4 years ago
im so jealous!!
lifeguardintraining 4 years ago
A living legend; as Bob Fosse's long time girlfriend and muse, you can see how innately she understood his vision.
WillowMe3 4 years ago
is it just me or does Anne Reinking do fosse the best (besides fosse himself, that is)?
rumpole33 4 years ago 2
And that AMAZING BOD!!!!....(She's killing me!!!)
FOSEEBOY 4 years ago
This is the HOTTEST jazz routine EVER filmed!!! WHAT A COSTUME!!! VA...VA...VOOOMM!!!
FOSEEBOY 4 years ago
Ann Reinking was amazingly very striking.
Millyun 4 years ago
After watching Ann do this number, I always have to skip Dana Moore's version in 'Fosse'. No one can dance Fosse like Ann.
GenLovesBroadway 4 years ago 3
amazing
belboop 4 years ago
what was this?
matpish 4 years ago
All That Jazz. 1979 movie.
steveminn 4 years ago
Love her! Wish I had legs like that ;) Thanks!
caligirlkisses78 4 years ago
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! CAN u believe she gave up Broadway Theatre Project!!!
KakoiDedikuSan 5 years ago
god i love to see her wearing tap shoes dancing tap
luvtapdance 5 years ago
Ann dancing to Fosse... perfection.
missboulay 5 years ago
Thank you for adding.
Echdrum 5 years ago
bob fosse=best choreographer ever
ilovehs 5 years ago
Ann is awesome
Xeria 5 years ago
ANN IS UNBEATABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DiscountCruiseToHell 5 years ago
ann reinking is 1 of the greatest dancers ever!
freddienbobbie4ever 5 years ago
that was cool!
VooDooLayDee 5 years ago
I like it
gordon1 5 years ago