Goodness, Ann Reinking is almost 50 years old in this performance (born in 1949) And think of all the physical abuse her body had taken. What a talent!
All due respect, Stefanie Powers was Anna in the UK in a touring production of “The King and I” when she was roughly 60, toured the production in the United States when she was 64 and 65.
Good grief, can we stop comparing the two and just admit that absolutely NONE of us are able to to what they did? I mean, if you can, great! But seriously, both of these women are incredibly talented and dance effortlessly; I am in awe!
May I just say that when one critiques an artist there is no place for ¨Well YOU can´t do it¨ That is so beside the point. What does that even MEAN?? So dumb. And by the way my critique is that Anne Reinking has zero sensuality and does not seem to feel the music. there is a robotic quality to her dancing in my opinion even if I cannot do what she does and even as I marvel how well she does what she does. She does not move me and seems mechanical -- a technician rather than an artist. But I am really happy she moved so many people you included. Art is also about individual taste and how we respond. Be well.
@@daysjours I didn't mean to come across as confrontational. When I was going through the comment section, I saw a lot of comments that were insulting both women, and I personally thought that that was ridiculous. Critiques are different than insults. You are pointing out where Ann could have improved. Your point is very valid, and I would even agree with you. I just don't think we should say that performers are downright "terrible". This is just my opinion.
Super Silly Silence You are absolutely right. No need to insult. I am really intrigued by Ms Reinking. I had heard of her of course. But this was the first time I saw her dance. I watched a few videos and I am so intrigued by how amazingly talented she was but also how her head and heart seem detached from her dancing. I have been watching a young Korean dancer who is considered one of the best dancers in Asia. His name is simply Taemin. Watch his song MOVE. Both the practice video and the music video. He is far superior to her. Because he brings his whole being to the choreography and also his technique is so impeccable that you are not aware of any difficulty or any physical feat - instead you are watching expression of music and emotion. Anyway, she was certainly gifted but she doesn’t move me in the slightest. Be well and stay safe
I worked with Annie and one that you always knew was she was pulling for you and behind you 100% She was full of grace and compassion. She made a point of always making the role you were playing even if you were replacing someone yours. She made you feel at ease. What a legend and no one can do Fosse like she did. I am BLESSED to have that opportunity to work with her. I will miss her
Mostly just familiar with Bebe Neuwirth from her work on Cheers and Frasier, so it’s amazing to see her let loose and show us what she can really do as a singer and dancer.
This is my favorite when I think of Ann. I came right here to see this after I heard that she had passed. Shed a tear. Rest In Peace, my theatre legend 😢
Ann Reinking had such a great strong dance style she’s mesmerizing here it’s as if her adorable personality flows out from her body. Rip to a beautiful dancer
RIP to Ann; what grace in movement... In watching Bebe dance with Ann, I was so impressed with how well Bebe kept up. Ann was a little more fluid, but Bebe is a Definite Triple Threat. Love her.
from a dance standpoint, technically, lyrically and interpretively anyone who knows dance will tell you that- while it’s not a competition at all- ann was totally outdanced by bebe here. bebe’s movement was so crisp, defined, perfect placement, beautiful transitions and comical little nuances and superb musicality. ann was almost a decade older, so you can see that her slightly deteriorated muscle tone and flexibility made it harder for her to hit the beats and deliver with the fluidity and vigour that she might have done 15 years earlier, but her characterisation and movement quality is still lovely to watch!
I was lucky enough to get rush tickets to see Chicago in the 90s, and got to see them perform front row, center stage. The part where they toss roses into the audience, one of the cast members knelt down, and handed me a rose. 😊 I hung up my Playbill with the rose tucked in it for years on my bedroom wall. Fantastic night!
Beautiful - I hope it will comfort the family that she seems to have had a fun and energetic life expanding the joy to others + that they have the same amazing strong genes ;-) What a star power!!
It’s also interesting to see how over time a style gets watered down I mean really it’s just inevitable. You can never really capture it completely like the original. I find that aspect of a style of dance evolving so interesting. Makes you long for the roots but you can never totally and completely capture it. You can see it side by side here. It’s really something to see Ann who worked directly under Fosse and then see a later generation sample the movement.
Bebe Neuwirth trained under Fosse...1986 revival of Sweet Charity. She has spoken in interviews many times about it. Gwen Verdon primarily taught and coached the choreography to the dancers, and Fosse directed. He was also one of the people she consulted when she ultimately accepted the offer to regular as Lilith after her initial one-shot appearance. Also, in referring to the Chicago routine here, I certainly wouldn’t call it a “watered down” version of Fosse’s style. It’s not even an evolution. Reinking was asked specifically to create new choreography “in the style of Fosse” for a one-weekend concert-staging productions of Chicago, that was so popular it became the 1996 Chicago revival. The number they are dancing above was choreographed by Ann; meant to be a stylistic tribute to Fosse, not derivative or even a twice-removed evolution of his original work, and she won the Tony for the choreography (by contrast, she shared a choreography award in 1998 with the posthumous Fosse for the choreography on the Fosse musical, because it incorporated her new choreography with his original).
@@RagenRibbonz that is what I thought. All the choreography in the revival was created by Ann. I know that when Jennifer Nettles played Roxie Hart, Ann came to perfect the choreography one day.
Bebe is the best Velma .... I should know lol saw Chicago on Broadway twice (one of my favorite musicals to date ) had a few celebs but I think Bebe’s portrayal takes the cake 🍰. So effortless and minimal in movement yet so powerful! Superb 👏
The first time I saw Ann Reinking was on the movie, Annie. I was so in awe of her dancing throughout the movie. And I didn’t know the Bebe Neuwirth was also a professional dancer, I could tell when she did a seductive dance in front of Sam on Cheers. I thought, she has to be professional because of her fit body and gorgeous legs! These two are amazing dancers and I love the Bob Fosse dance moves. 😁
She was amazing. Loved her performance in Chicago a true tribute to Gwen Verdon.how many people have the quality of this woman on so many levels. Bar none
How good a dancer do you have to be to make Bebe Neuwerth appear sloppy & haphazard? I mean, Bebe is an AMAZING dancer, but Ann brings a perfection to all the little details that just makes performances shimmer. Fantastic to see these two together.
Bebe looks like she is working so hard and Ann makes it look effortless and so natural. I mean honestly what can one expect from a legend. I wonder how old Ann is here. She’s well past her prime and you’d never know it from her performance. Wow!
46foryounger - At the time this video was shot (1997), Bebe is 39 and Ann is 48. Nine years makes a big difference in a dancers abilities, especially when you’re approaching 50. I agree, Ann is the better dancer. Clips of her in her prime, are absolutely mesmerizing.
I LOVE this number. They are BRILLIANT and I could never do this, but at 2:00 Ann's head is up and Bebe's is still down. One of them is wrong. Anyone know? I need to find another version to check this out. Just curious. Again, NOT criticizing, just observing. The precision in little things like that is what Fosse was all about and this stuck out to me.
Bebe's movements were so crisp. Her isolations were distinct yet fluid. It's dance as architecture. She's much younger than Ann at this point and this shows clearly how that's an advantage in dance.
I'm not sure about that @I'm Not-Sure. Ann's an incredible dancer, without a doubt; and no-one probably knows how to dance Fosse better than she does. But Bebe's was executing the famous Fosse's isolations like nobody's business. Her movements were so economical yet full ROM, and her limbs were so free flowing with minimal tension. She certainly deserved the accolade and her Tony.
Something about talent: yes you work your ass off for YEARS and practice 1000 times every little bit, but essentially, talent is that it is EASIER and more natural and fun from the beginning to just do that thing than for those who don't have talent. see 00:49 to 00:51.
I came here right after I heard Ann died. Mentored by a legend and became a legend in her own right. Rest in Peace, Madame
So did I...this performance was shortly my after I graduated college and ICONIC!! Long live this legend!! 🥰
I’m still devastated. Ann was amazing. Please don’t tell me she is gone.
RIP Ann. You kept the Fosse spirit alive.
Goodness, Ann Reinking is almost 50 years old in this performance (born in 1949) And think of all the physical abuse her body had taken. What a talent!
dancers are different and 48 is not all that old
To do what she does here at 48 is definitely pushing a lot of what other dancers her age can do.
Wow!!!
And IMO Ann outshined them all! She had such an elegance and beauty to her movement! She was a one of a kind!
All due respect, Stefanie Powers was Anna in the UK in a touring production of “The King and I” when she was roughly 60, toured the production in the United States when she was 64 and 65.
Good grief, can we stop comparing the two and just admit that absolutely NONE of us are able to to what they did? I mean, if you can, great! But seriously, both of these women are incredibly talented and dance effortlessly; I am in awe!
May I just say that when one critiques an artist there is no place for ¨Well YOU can´t do it¨ That is so beside the point. What does that even MEAN?? So dumb. And by the way my critique is that Anne Reinking has zero sensuality and does not seem to feel the music. there is a robotic quality to her dancing in my opinion even if I cannot do what she does and even as I marvel how well she does what she does. She does not move me and seems mechanical -- a technician rather than an artist. But I am really happy she moved so many people you included. Art is also about individual taste and how we respond. Be well.
@@daysjours I didn't mean to come across as confrontational. When I was going through the comment section, I saw a lot of comments that were insulting both women, and I personally thought that that was ridiculous. Critiques are different than insults. You are pointing out where Ann could have improved. Your point is very valid, and I would even agree with you. I just don't think we should say that performers are downright "terrible". This is just my opinion.
Super Silly Silence You are absolutely right. No need to insult. I am really intrigued by Ms Reinking. I had heard of her of course. But this was the first time I saw her dance. I watched a few videos and I am so intrigued by how amazingly talented she was but also how her head and heart seem detached from her dancing. I have been watching a young Korean dancer who is considered one of the best dancers in Asia. His name is simply Taemin. Watch his song MOVE. Both the practice video and the music video. He is far superior to her. Because he brings his whole being to the choreography and also his technique is so impeccable that you are not aware of any difficulty or any physical feat - instead you are watching expression of music and emotion. Anyway, she was certainly gifted but she doesn’t move me in the slightest. Be well and stay safe
I worked with Annie and one that you always knew was she was pulling for you and behind you 100% She was full of grace and compassion. She made a point of always making the role you were playing even if you were replacing someone yours. She made you feel at ease. What a legend and no one can do Fosse like she did. I am BLESSED to have that opportunity to work with her. I will miss her
Skip you were very lucky.
i wanna do that for people
Absolutely correct! No one could do Fosse material better than Ann!
Did you work with her at Broadway Theatre Project?! Rest in peace to such an incredible inspiration
Mostly just familiar with Bebe Neuwirth from her work on Cheers and Frasier, so it’s amazing to see her let loose and show us what she can really do as a singer and dancer.
I totally agree with rockope 💃💃💃
Honestly why this does not have a million views is beyond me. TWO LEGENDS doing what they do best!
Trends change.
Stars of the past aren’t always well known today, and in the future.
R.I.P. Ann, an absolute legend.
Sleep well, Ms. Reinking. Your talent was larger than life!!
This is my favorite when I think of Ann.
I came right here to see this after I heard that she had passed. Shed a tear.
Rest In Peace, my theatre legend 😢
Ann Reinking had such a great strong dance style she’s mesmerizing here it’s as if her adorable personality flows out from her body. Rip to a beautiful dancer
Couldn’t say it better. Rip this will always be my favorite one.
I remember watching this when it aired and having to pick my jaw up off the floor when it was over. ❤️
The best version evah! Fosse was smiling somewhere out in the ether.....brilliant
2:20 What a recovery on Ann's part!
Bebe was too close and Ann stepped back onto Bebe's foot and stumbled then recovered herself.
Can't take my eyes off Ann 😍
Rest in peace my favorite broadway dancer Ann Reinking
Gone too soon. May she R.I.P.🕊️🙏
In general, tall female dancers (like Ann) are rare...but when they happen, they're magic ❤
Amazing talent she was a true gift to the biz and all who enjoy it. RIP. Our loss is heaven's gain.
RIP to Ann; what grace in movement... In watching Bebe dance with Ann, I was so impressed with how well Bebe kept up. Ann was a little more fluid, but Bebe is a Definite Triple Threat. Love her.
from a dance standpoint, technically, lyrically and interpretively anyone who knows dance will tell you that- while it’s not a competition at all- ann was totally outdanced by bebe here. bebe’s movement was so crisp, defined, perfect placement, beautiful transitions and comical little nuances and superb musicality. ann was almost a decade older, so you can see that her slightly deteriorated muscle tone and flexibility made it harder for her to hit the beats and deliver with the fluidity and vigour that she might have done 15 years earlier, but her characterisation and movement quality is still lovely to watch!
@@lilyloves6735 Can't believe she was nearly 50 and not only looking fabulous but dancing like this!
Ann was the Fosse queen and my eyes stayed on her during this number 👑
Just heard of her passing. OMG I’m just heartbreaking. I adored her. What an amazing talent.
I was lucky enough to get rush tickets to see Chicago in the 90s, and got to see them perform front row, center stage. The part where they toss roses into the audience, one of the cast members knelt down, and handed me a rose. 😊 I hung up my Playbill with the rose tucked in it for years on my bedroom wall. Fantastic night!
Beautiful - I hope it will comfort the family that she seems to have had a fun and energetic life expanding the joy to others + that they have the same amazing strong genes ;-) What a star power!!
YES!!!!
some people live longer but to little point.her life was good imho
i had never heard of her until I read about Fosse
There was no one like Ann Reinking. I also came here right after I heard she passed. RIP beautiful lady.
Amazing 😍🤩👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
It’s also interesting to see how over time a style gets watered down I mean really it’s just inevitable. You can never really capture it completely like the original. I find that aspect of a style of dance evolving so interesting. Makes you long for the roots but you can never totally and completely capture it. You can see it side by side here. It’s really something to see Ann who worked directly under Fosse and then see a later generation sample the movement.
Well said. My thoughts exactly. There's an essence to the Fosse movement. Sam Rockwell (as Fosse in Fosse/Verdon) did a pretty good job however!
Bebe Neuwirth trained under Fosse...1986 revival of Sweet Charity. She has spoken in interviews many times about it. Gwen Verdon primarily taught and coached the choreography to the dancers, and Fosse directed. He was also one of the people she consulted when she ultimately accepted the offer to regular as Lilith after her initial one-shot appearance. Also, in referring to the Chicago routine here, I certainly wouldn’t call it a “watered down” version of Fosse’s style. It’s not even an evolution. Reinking was asked specifically to create new choreography “in the style of Fosse” for a one-weekend concert-staging productions of Chicago, that was so popular it became the 1996 Chicago revival. The number they are dancing above was choreographed by Ann; meant to be a stylistic tribute to Fosse, not derivative or even a twice-removed evolution of his original work, and she won the Tony for the choreography (by contrast, she shared a choreography award in 1998 with the posthumous Fosse for the choreography on the Fosse musical, because it incorporated her new choreography with his original).
@@RagenRibbonz that is what I thought. All the choreography in the revival was created by Ann. I know that when Jennifer Nettles played Roxie Hart, Ann came to perfect the choreography one day.
So sorry to hear it. She was amazing. Condolences to her family and may she rest in peace.
RIP, Ann... You were a thrill to watch... And, I’ve heard you were a kind & lovely person... Peace...
RIP Ann Reinking • Legendary 💃
Bebe is the best Velma .... I should know lol saw Chicago on Broadway twice (one of my favorite musicals to date ) had a few celebs but I think Bebe’s portrayal takes the cake 🍰. So effortless and minimal in movement yet so powerful! Superb 👏
One of my dance heroes 😢😢😢 RIP Ann
Such a great show RIP Ann
The first time I saw Ann Reinking was on the movie, Annie. I was so in awe of her dancing throughout the movie. And I didn’t know the Bebe Neuwirth was also a professional dancer, I could tell when she did a seductive dance in front of Sam on Cheers. I thought, she has to be professional because of her fit body and gorgeous legs! These two are amazing dancers and I love the Bob Fosse dance moves. 😁
Mrs. Bebe was sharper .... just lovely !!!
Two legends right there!! Annie truly was one of the best (if not THE best) interpretor of the great Fosse may she R.I.P.
She was brilliant. She is dancing with the angels.
2 Legends + 1 Stage = Perfection!
Love you Ann Reinking. Your mark on the dance world shines forever and thank you for making the world a better place. You are one of the very best.
She was amazing. Loved her performance in Chicago a true tribute to Gwen Verdon.how many people have the quality of this woman on so many levels. Bar none
I just saw the french production and it was awesome ! The dancing is mesmerizing 😍
It gives me goose bumps watching you dance and sing.
Thank you for sharing your talent.
How good a dancer do you have to be to make Bebe Neuwerth appear sloppy & haphazard? I mean, Bebe is an AMAZING dancer, but Ann brings a perfection to all the little details that just makes performances shimmer. Fantastic to see these two together.
Que piernas maravillosas, que gran clase bailando. He sido admiradora tuya. RIP Ann 🙏, from Spain.
Bebe looks like she is working so hard and Ann makes it look effortless and so natural. I mean honestly what can one expect from a legend. I wonder how old Ann is here. She’s well past her prime and you’d never know it from her performance. Wow!
46foryounger - At the time this video was shot (1997), Bebe is 39 and Ann is 48. Nine years makes a big difference in a dancers abilities, especially when you’re approaching 50. I agree, Ann is the better dancer. Clips of her in her prime, are absolutely mesmerizing.
Well, Ann, Chita, and of course the great Gwen cannot be touched for their talent. Bebe kept up and is in her own right a star.
Bebe had to work harder since Ann was stepping on her feet!!
@@anonymousposter6671 hmmm?
Queen of Kingsbury at 2:21 Ann steps on Bebe’s foot haha
This made my day! This is what entertainment is all about!
RIP Ann. You were one hell of a dancer.
Rest in Love - a legend
Love it because I always love singing the song myself. Great stuff....thank you!
Fantastic dancing by these two ladies.
RIP, Ann. You were exquisite and a legend. 💃
What a damn fine dancer Ann was. I hope she rests easy for a while & then who knows...maybe stages a revival on that other plane of existence.💙💚
Love Ann's choreography here, RIP❤
This is Ann, God rest her soul, and her talent.
Rest in Peace, Ann Reinking. My deep condolences, Bebe.
It's nice seeing Bebe Neuwirth showing her other talents after seeing her as an actress on Cheers.
Brilliant!
R.I.P ANN you will be missed
Ann’s arms seems wings!
Pure 100 💯 percent talent wow
Posa in Pace , Divina Reinking 😭😭😭💔💔💔
I love Bebe.
Ann is now dancing with the angels.
Tt 2:46; Would have loved seeing Bebe do that summersault as Dr. Lilith Sternin!
Can't believe I didn't see this in the late 90s. I knew abt it. Can't. Fk'ng believe. 2 geniuses
RIP Ms Reinking..thank you
May Ann Rest In Peace
RIP Ann Reinking
ANNE IS QUEEN
Talent.
Rest In Peace Ann ❤️
Bebe and ann best in chicago
Phenomenal!
What a beauty.
Am I the only one that noticed that Ann was dancing in the whole thing, even during All That Jazz.
I LOVE this number. They are BRILLIANT and I could never do this, but at 2:00 Ann's head is up and Bebe's is still down. One of them is wrong. Anyone know? I need to find another version to check this out. Just curious. Again, NOT criticizing, just observing. The precision in little things like that is what Fosse was all about and this stuck out to me.
Bebe is correct here- I have seen other performances when both their heads are down and then lift at the same time.
Bebe's movements were so crisp. Her isolations were distinct yet fluid. It's dance as architecture. She's much younger than Ann at this point and this shows clearly how that's an advantage in dance.
I disagree. Ann took the cake for me
Omg, Ann’s lines 😍
Amazing, both.
Ann Reinking was a good dancer
Bebe is wonderful but side by side with Ann, Ann is clearly the better dancer. She's the quintessential Fosse dancer. Legend.
I'm not sure about that @I'm Not-Sure. Ann's an incredible dancer, without a doubt; and no-one probably knows how to dance Fosse better than she does. But Bebe's was executing the famous Fosse's isolations like nobody's business. Her movements were so economical yet full ROM, and her limbs were so free flowing with minimal tension. She certainly deserved the accolade and her Tony.
No shes not bebe is streets ahead remember ann was fosses girlfriend hence the roles she got
Ann Reinking was all over the place there. She's an excellent dancer but Bebe is better
Reinking‘s body like Verdon’s appears to defy gravity. Organic, no strains of effort in her art 🖼
Yeah Ann is the quintessential fosse dancer because fosse taught her everything and Ann used that as a choreographer but Bebe is an amazing dancer
love Bebe!!!!!!
Beautiful
RIP ANN❤️💕🕊
rest easy angel
how does this not have a million views...the #*@%& cartwheels????
ann Reinking was so good she looked like she was being held up by string - barely touching the ground!
Youe eyes just go for añni,magnificent.
Something about talent: yes you work your ass off for YEARS and practice 1000 times every little bit, but essentially, talent is that it is EASIER and more natural and fun from the beginning to just do that thing than for those who don't have talent. see 00:49 to 00:51.
I love my Ann. Those legs, flying through the air. I miss you girl. See you later.
Bebe is great! But Ann was far smoother in her moves. Water in motion! 😍
Ann had the legs!
Gwen may have invented it, but Bebe perfected it!!
Bebe is playing Velma who was originally played by Chita Rivera. Gwen Verdon was the original Roxie played here by Ann Reinking
I wonder how Reinking felt by being out Fosse'ed by Neuwirth in this show.
Still as talented now as you were then.
bebe neuwirth is very funny ☺️😀😁😁
RIP
the choreography is so Fosse
I want everyone to notice no one is wearing a mic.
Mics in the wig…