... the chest up, the pose references the posture of classical ballet, but beneath the bar the legs are akimbo. "It's called the Broken Doll," she says. "It's beauty but it's busted."(Demaline) People say Fosse developed the style as a defense counter his self-consciousness about not being a perfectly turned-out dancer. Perhaps one of my favorite Fosse numbers of all time ... ...

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