Ann Reinking

[@jazzpaller4909]

Just found out this Broadway legend just passed . Love Love Love her.... Rest with the angels Ann xoxo

[@margueritegastanaga5156]

She dances in heaven. I am sure.

[@velvetbees]

Her moves could be perfectly symmetrical. She could do dance moves with one side of her body and do the same thing equally with the other side. It was amazing. She was one of the greatest Broadway dancers ever.

[@wk1810]

I had never thought of that -- symmetry. Yes, because our dominate limbs are stronger, which would throw the moves out of sync.

[@KendraEMoyer]

Ballet training makes you work both sides, though most have a dominant side.

[@MaxRyan777]

Sooo sad tonight. RIP Ann. One of the greatest ever!!

[@gaylegerard3734]

She still makes me cry. Ann Reinking - for the ages!! A true icon!!

[@debrasaunders7200]

Combo of Fosse and Verdon executed in perfection

[@terriejohansen5042]

Those arm movements, those legs! We all have lost a great dance talent. RIP

[@user-jl7ym4en5b]

She lit up Broadway & Film. To say she was a dancer is understatement. Her body remarkably fluid, especially for a tall graceful woman. Just Amazing. Gone too Soon. RIP Ann Reinking.

[@dewfall56]

What a dancer. Perfect form, balance and control. And what a body.

[@erintraynor1168]

Sutton Foster,who I adore, wants to be Ann so badly.

[@LADYoftheOPERA]

Guess it pays to train with Fosse! Amazing talent.

[@franciscor9291]

This might be hard to belive, but Ann Reinking is my aunt. In a few weeks I get to see her for the reunion.

[@FasterFaster196]

Tell her we remember her dancing.

[@franciscor9291]

Bad Kitty I will. :3

[@melaniedaniels7298]

Tell her she was fabulous.

[@richardcampbell5915]

Ann is amazing! Truly talented, really beautiful, built like a goddess. Not envious a bit! lol I always love her dancing and was thrilled to see this video and more of her!!!! Please give her a fan hug for me the next time you see her! :)

[@rukeyser]

CupcakeKat LPS IS fabulous.

[@shamanisis9601]

She will always be a legend..a giant of Broadway, dance and choreography. I fell in love with her beaming positive energy and genuine smile..and those legs! The best.

[@brandontownsend6477]

An extraordinary, beautiful talent - the heavens will be dancing!

[@fred5399]

i loved her in all that jazz

[@sasha1suz]

It takes years of work to achieve this level of precision. I don't think the celebs/dancers now have the patience to commit to this level of dedication and hard work. They want it all now!

[@cameronreid1296]

Rip Ann. Thank you for gracing the Broadway stage and the world with your talent 💔

[@cards0486]

Every step, move, flick of the wrist is Fosse. Ann is extremely talented. Bob just took her to a new soaring level. It says a lot about the women he loved. Gwen and Ann, after they broke up with him, still helped him in his work. And when he died the two of them took his ashes to spread where he wanted to rest.

[@affectivity]

Consummate Fosse dancer. Her and the amazing Gwen Verdon.

[@brentpolk2431]

This is absolute control. Fosse style at it zenith!

[@Caroline.A.joseph]

She is absolutely fantastic and gorgeous.. R. I. P. Dear.

[@АидаНевская-я2г]

Grateful God for such Beauty…🙏🏻 Grateful Amazing Ann🙏🏻 LoveYouAlways🙏🏻

[@vanessaheine8093]

She makes it look so easy. Like she hardly breaking a sweat.

[@freeinallthings]

If you love dance, All that Jazz is likely out there somewhere. She does a dance with a young girl, the movie daughter of the Fosse choreographer stand-in Roy Schieder. From the first move, you see a totally trained pro actually trying NOT to totally outshine the youngster she's dancing beside, When the difficult looks effortless, you see a craftsman at work.

[@affectivity]

freeinallthings “Everything Old is New Again.” Great number!

[@caseycampbell7975]

I love her other number too - ”there’ll be some changes made,” I think?

[@stevenkarash6380]

one of the greatest dancers of my generation. her movement is only matched by her sense of style and elegance. what a teacher for young dancers about developing your own unique style no matter what "template" a choreographer gives you.

[@KatarinaSmelikova]

+steven karash well said. I can't agree more .. your dancers should be learning from great performers like Ann.

[@marylynnedittmar3749]

Here to celebrate the great Ann Reinking. #RIP

[@therrykeasberry425]

What a great dancer and what legs 🦵🦵. RIP Ann , you’re dancing now with all the angels🙏🙏

[@ReactionShot]

Greatest Fosse dancer ever.

[@katashley1031]

Well, she and Gwen.

[@erintraynor1168]

Superb, just spot on. Her lanky physique and boundless energy are unmatched.

[@nicatnight70]

One of the greatest! Thanks for posting this. Rest In Power dear Ann.

[@ozfan8596]

Loved her dancing. She seemed like a kind person. She will be missed.

[@mifolfree9043]

I love how she can go from Fosse to Annie. She was so beautiful in that.

[@martinsorenson1055]

I was so glad she did Annie. It introduced her to so many young girls, and I think most likely inspired them to seek out their hopes of becoming a dancer.

[@soundking4]

Those kicks are insane.

[@randihigginbotham5070]

*when you scroll through the comments ready to cringe and find most people actually GET IT*

[@Lejohnbyahoocom]

Love her she was so stunning so precious so professional so beautiful her voice was so angelic she was one of a kind such an inspiration 2 me rip

[@dionerhodes1308]

This was sssooo sharp. Just a remarkable classic!

[@againDREAMING]

This WAS as it appeared in the original show (referenced by the 1978 national tour video that exists out there). The slow part of the beginning when she sings is Roxie sitting in a wheel chair, using a hidden bowler hat (on her belly) as the baby under her hospital gown, to which she played it. She also had the bowler hat baby “kick” a couple of times ... she then looked around after the slow part and said “I fooled the bastards,” (she put the hat on her head, stood up in the costume that we see in this video, and the announcer/MC said: “And now Miss Roxie Hart struts and gloats.” The marching drums then kicked in! There were also all of the monologues strewn throughout it... Billy, Mama, Velma, and Amos in various spotted locales ... that helped break to up the length of the dance a bit, but the constant movement of the trio still happened simultaneously, this is ALL Fosse choreography! That which appears in the current revival/concert, all in black, version is Reinking’s choreography.

[@BalletBabyBoy]

You know your stuff Jeff!

[@hieuscottle2494]

Wow. So Gwen Verdon did this entire dance with the Amos, Billy, Mama, and Velma bits while singing the whole song? That's incredible.

[@againDREAMING]

Hieu Scott Le Yes, and she was 47 years old at the time!

[@againDREAMING]

+markie polo Markie, are you one of the two guys in this?

[@BalletBabyBoy]

i wish

[@houston5568]

She looks like she really had alot of fun when she was dancing.

[@bettybabberl9608]

Her talent and precision were unequaled!!! 💜

[@robstockton911]

And her nuance. She subtly does so much that dancers and choreographers today don’t even notice, let alone perform.

[@BillKinsman]

Such incredible moves. Hard to believe how smooth and perfect. Too bad she is gone.

[@Kimllg88]

RIP the fabulousouso Anne Reinking

[@groovygirl23]

Best dancer I ever saw. Stunning.

[@sailor75565]

Simply excellent.

[@Mollasandra]

I am 100% in agreement with Markie Polo's comment about AR and this incredible piece.

[@ronitennant1748]

Dammit! I didn't know that she died...just found out and now I'm crying...I loved her dancing, the control and style and freedom

[@SuperNell69]

Гениальная актриса❤

[@mariaruiz-ed2hy]

Msravillosa bailarina , su técnica, su ángel

[@margaretleduc7307]

Unbelievable , amazing!

[@NL-rj9uk]

I miss dancing like this. . .I just wish that these styles were still alive and not . . .the past. . . Time to bring it back.

[@elizabethcunicelli7023]

An amazingly brilliant talent light gone out...rip Ann

[@kathyvetro8539]

RIP Ann - such incredible talent

[@eufordking4428]

Legend..gorgeous.talented..rest angel

[@Coco-rt3kn]

A joy to behold, was lucky enough to see her in the original production of Dancin' she was in a word sublime.

[@peggymcgath3588]

Great dancer! Fosse's best

[@onemercilessming1342]

Ann Reinking was the protégé and sometime girlfriend of the choreographer, Bob Fosse. She starred in the Roy Scheider movie, "All That Jazz", a biography of sorts of Fosse and, essentially, played herself.

[@balok63a40]

And Fosse made her audition for the part. . . several times.

[@onemercilessming1342]

@balok63a40 It's one way to avoid cries of nepotism and to maintain a sense of boss-employee status.

[@alwaysnew189]

R I P, my heart is bleeding. Thank You for everything

[@maryjames3727]

Ann's moves are so precise and nuanced, her dance partners look sloppy and careless in comparison. She is a wonder of nature with that body and expressive physicality.

[@Marcel_Audubon]

her partners are excellent

[@canadianvehicleshippinginfo]

Ann's danced Fosse directly from Fosse for many, many years. Shes way ahead on the precision. I think they did a fabulous job! They all made it look effortless ;)

[@danielcorreard3746]

i'm very ashamed to admit this but I knew she was a great actress but never knew what a fantastic dancer she was rip ann you are sorely sorely missed.

[@susanmurphy958]

Rest In Peace you Divine Dancer. 💖💝💖

[@Nadia_956Villarreal]

love her persona., i didnt know who she was until i first saw her act and sing and dance in the Annie movie. Little did i know she studied under Fosse 💙

[@gertiegert3910]

That's not all she did under Fosse

[@sheilasembly-crum8447]

Strength and grace!

[@nicfewer8393]

Rest in Peace, Ann.

[@StevenTorrey]

Ann Reinking--otherwise knows as Legs Larue!

[@ritapitaritapita7656]

RIP Ann🙏🏻A great loss 💐

[@brentchavis9016]

After I saw Donna McKenzie in the original production of ACL, I got to see Ms Reinking as Cassie. She was glorious, making the role her own. Different styles than Ms McKenzie, who was wonderful in her own right. I am one lucky retired actor.

[@danielbaskins6601]

I’m that attitude promenade her leg did not move ONE BIT. And isolation QUEEN.

[@saradecapua3264]

She makes this look so easy...and it's really hard. So glad I saw her with Ben Vereen and John Rubenstein in Pippen.

[@xavierminchello8431]

SHE WAS THE PRESERVER OF FOSSE AND VERDON DANCE TECHNIQUE! THE BEST! NO ONE WAS BETTER THAN HER !! ❤❤❤

[@lindaclark1406]

What talent. I miss her. Gone too soon. ❤

[@ruthpace7111]

totally agree with your intro - Ann shows us what dancing is about!

[@BossMandotnet]

Great moves, not complicated to the eye but there's underlying stretching and balance needed to make it look as graceful. as they do. You can't not be limber when doing this imo.

[@gigifaraci]

Totally Fabulous!!! Talent and class at it's highest level!!!!!!

[@lupecalderon3088]

I love watcjing her dance, but this too would have been considered 'contemporary crap' at one point. Appreciation and love of modern dance doesnt take away appreciation and love of older dances

[@АидаНевская-я2г]

✴️ WOW WOW WOW 🔥🔥🔥 💛🧡❤️

[@emmanuelking9988]

So effortless, so stylish, every movement was it's own dance 👌💃🎩

[@susanorr7451]

Very fosse! She even sounds like Gwen verdon

[@andysbg77]

R.I.P. Ann Reinking!!

[@KatarinaSmelikova]

I so agree with the intro comment. This is very expressive dance with quite bit of miming which certainly helps to communicate the story. You can't find these components in today's contemporary dance.

[@BalletBabyBoy]

+Katarina Smelikova all you get today is garbage!

[@nonenoneonenonenone]

Not to mention star quality. When I finally saw Sutton Foster, I couldn't believe the star build-up they'd given her, when she is no more than a lead chorus dancer, at least the way they choreographed Millie for her.

[@TheSiobhan12]

Just amazing, no one like Ann!!!!

[@becca.perron]

your caption is absolutely on point!! I hope to be a part of the generation that brings this back into popularity :)

[@nicholasmardis9846]

I loved her in the musical Annie. She does alot of cheography in all the movies shes in.

[@donnapuckett4992]

I love the Bob Fosse style of dance! To me, it just rings out "class"!

[@ranchump]

Jesus. What a dancer

[@MsWesty81]

RIP you beautiful legend xx

[@raymundoyanez3282]

GOD ! 🙏REST ! THE SOUL ! OF ANN ! ! SUCH! A GENTLE LADY ! AND ! BEAUTIFUL ARTIST !!!!!

[@marisefreitas]

I love Annie...a wonderful person and dancer..

[@pluise]

She loved dance. Period.

[@deloreto2971]

Faaantastic. Perfect rhythm. Gorgeous silhouettes. If you're an animator, you'd know what I mean.

[@kathieludwig4578]

Such a talent!

[@nancyperkins8331]

Brilliance personified!

[@juleereeves]

markie polo: Totally Agree with your description. I see many dancers in college (dance majors) with no technical training at all. Flinging themselves around "with feeling" and no clue what all they don't know.They look like they are having an attack of some sort. No carriage or style, no technique, and no knowledge of history of dance. How in the world are they going to teach others eventually? I guess it is left to the true broadway dancers, the gypsies, to carry on the tradition of real dance. Thanks for posting.

[@BalletBabyBoy]

Today is the day of garbage that you forget before it even happens. NYCB, ABT all of them and Broadway...just crap. The magic is dead. The special artists, no more. The rulers hate it because they are threatned.

[@nonenoneonenonenone]

The 1970s and 80s were about creativity and happiness, so that had to be killed off in the name of greed, etc.

[@kylies5304]

julee reeves "”

[@thediabolicalempath7246]

none I’ve taken dance lessons in the 80s. But now, it seems like dance lessons changed a lot. I still remember my techniques from my dance experience. But I can’t use it here. Also with the leg extensions with modern dancers is just a show off.

[@sallysmith8081]

Legs that went on forever.

[@KEMET1971]

You are being completely unfair, there are amazing dancers out there today, who can do things with incredible control that Ann Reinking could not have imagined.

[@shombie2737]

It's that thing where old-timers can't enjoy something without saying "In MY day things were great! Not like the garbage these days! The world is rotten and people are idiots nowadays!" So everyone ends up depressed instead of uplifted. Happy now, old cranky people?

[@charlotteziggy8353]

@@shombie2737 Yeah, if you are lucky one day you will be old , happy and cranky. Now twerk yourself to sleep, it's past your bedtime kiddo.

[@greywolf8060]

Can you Fosse? The very particular coordination, pop, and attitude needed are very specific and difficult for most. There is a lot of so-so Fosse done. Reinking was great at Fosse. Maybe others are great at other styles, or are great acrobats, but yesterday or today, Reinking is great at Fosse and dancing/performing. Watch some other earlier videos of her maybe.

[@betteurbain7911]

I think she could because she had the technique, training, form, etc. that if the foundation for the other.

[@rinwesley3092]

Such control and technique is truly missing in a lot of today's dancing. Too much gyrating and flinging about.

[@Marcel_Audubon]

god, she was so good!!

[@anneterri8960]

Dance on Ann, for I do not believe your dancing will stop. Earth is only one step.

[@rosemaryangel1323]

The most perfect dancer EVER ! ! Of course THE GOD of ALL -- FOSSE ! ! ! Sorry to hear of Her passing ! 😢

[@ccacioppo1956]

RIP you beautiful dancing queen.

[@thedirtyblonde666]

She is so stunning I can’t even.

[@echeleteich3347]

The quintessential Fosse dancer.

[@Dreamskater100]

She's like a human slinky! Amazing.

[@runkles]

Love ya Ann and I think about ya every day 👍

[@greywolf8060]

There are a lot of compliments for Ms Reinking here, but there are also several not. I suggest one lesson for those not appreciating is to watch the 1997 All That Jazz with Bebe Neuwirth and Ann Reinking. Ms Neuwirth is a very good actress and has worked very hard on her Fosse, but when Ms Reinking joins her in duet, one, if one has eyes, can see the seemingly effortless greater Fosse and dancing of Ms Reinking. And Ms Reinking is 48 in that video. Also watch Reinking choreography based on Fosse, Sing Sing Sing, Verdon in Sweet Charity and Damn Yankees, etc.

[@greywolf8060]

Oh, and Reinking in Fosse the Musical, Bye Bye Blackbird number, etc.

[@martinsorenson1055]

@@greywolf8060 Hey, do you mean the "Hot Honey Rag" from Chicago? Because what you describe I've seen in that number with the two of them. Seeing Ms. Reinking perform that is like you say, "seemingly effortless". She's marvelous.

[@tconroymusic]

She is glorious.

[@SteppingRaven56]

Style and electric smile.

[@SteppingRaven56]

Hard to think of Broadway's present darkening