Ann Reinking Click to enlarge

• Born: 10 November 1949
• Birthplace: Seattle, Washington
• Best Known As: Fosse-influenced choreographer and star of Chicago

Ann Reinking got her break dancing in hit Bob Fosse musicals of the 1970s, moving from the chorus in Pippin to the lead in Chicago (where she replaced Fosse's wife Gwen Verdon). Reinking also had a love affair with Fosse and later played his lover in Fosse's semi-autobiographical movie All That Jazz. Later she became a choreographer and is often cited as the leading acolyte of Fosse's style and techniques. She gained new fame when she choreographed and starred in the 1997 Broadway revival of Chicago. She also founded the Broadway Theater Project, a Florida training program connecting students with seasoned theater professionals.

Reinking is one of the dance judges of the Grand Finals in the 2005 documentary Mad Hot Ballroom.

• Born: Nov 10, 1950 in Seattle, Washington
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '70s-'80s, 2000s
• Major Genres: Comedy, Music
• Career Highlights: Annie, All That Jazz, Micki + Maude
• First Major Screen Credit: All That Jazz (1979)

Biography

Dance star, lead actress, onscreen from the late '70s. ~ All Movie Guide

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Reinking, Ann (b Seattle, c.1951). US dancer, choreographer, and director. She studied ballet locally, at San Francisco Ballet School and with Joffrey, making her debut with the corps de ballet at Radio City Music Hall. She then worked as a dancer, singer, and actress on Broadway (excelling in the choreography of Fosse). She appeared in the original run of Chicago and in television and film, including All that Jazz (1979). In the late 1980s she began to choreograph, starring in and choreographing the Broadway revival of Chicago (1996), for which she won a Tony Award for Best Choreography, and co-directing and co-choreographing Fosse (1999). She has also choreographed works for Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Connecticut Ballet Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Ballet Hispanico (Ritmo y ruido). In the 1990s she also became director of the Broadway Theatre Project, training young people in musical theatre skills.

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