Rooster vs. Cabaret:

Let’s start with the basics. ‘Rooster’ dance which was created by Christopher Bruce and ‘Cabaret’ which was created by Bob fosse are two similar dances. First of all, let’s talk about Cabaret: the dance style was created by Bob fosse which was an American choreographer. He was famous for his hunched back moves and musicals such as ‘Chicago’.

Cabaret was once famous during the Nazis time. It was set in berlin, in Germany. Many Nazi’s people found Cabaret as an entertainment and comedy. The dancers are really charismatic, and you can see this because all of the girls ( Men aswell ) are dressed in tight clothing that is quite provocative, heavy make-up that looks like it’s been overdone and fancy accessories such as hats. The moves come as really sexual and kind of slow. The main moves that Bob Fosse uses are gestures such as the spiral of the wrist where the girls click their fingers, The hunched back, slow cross legged walk and chair moves, where the girls dance on the chairs.

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The rooster is a representation of the animals rooster. It consists of dominant males and sometimes dominant females. It uses natural Rooster characteristics such as head bopping and wing movements with the arms. Christopher Bruce also uses moves such as the hip movement rotation which shows the sexual side of being the dominant rooster.  In the dance there’s a difference between the male and the female. You can see this by the way they get ready, for example, the male rooster would fix his tie and gel his hair whereas the girl would fix her hair or her clothes. This also

relates to the way the Roosters behave in the natural world.

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One thing that’s similar to Cabaret in The rooster, is the hunched back moves which both Christopher Bruce and Bob fosse use in their dances. Bob fosses hunched back was because he originally had back problems which he used in his dance. On the other hand Christopher bruce used the hunched back moves because he wanted to get into the character of a rooster. Another similarity that the dances have is the overdone moves which are both done in two dances. You have to really get into the character of a Rooster in order for the dance to look effective as well as the characters in ‘Cabaret’ which are really bold and over dramatic.

The difference in the dances is that in ‘The rooster’ there’s a leader which is the dominant one in the group, whereas in the Cabaret, everyone dances together in sync so every move is done perfectly the same as each other. Another difference is that in ‘Cabaret’ they use props such as the chairs. In addition in Cabaret there’s a bit more dancers than is rooster, since in rooster its around4 and cabaret has at least 8 dancers.