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Bob Fosse made a career and a dance style out of his life. As a choreographer who dramatically revolutionized dance on Broadway, Bob Fosse is worthy of both praise and reproach. From "Steam Heat" to the "The Pajama Game," Fosse injected the musical-theater style with more sensuality than it had previously known, but it was hardly tame; Fosse preferred his theater to be down-and-dirty, burlesque style. As Bill-Bob always says his movements were fresh and fused with Jazz. Fosse's dance style is instantly recognizable. It's a dance for the eye, a dance about the body. The curve of the hips against the slope of a shoulder and the elongated neck, the arm and wrist out to the splayed fingers. The hunched upper back and the swinging bumping pelvis. The slinky walk that sinks into the floor. The gestures that stay tight around the body, the feet that slide in curves along the floor. And the provocative way the dancers project it all, full into the face of the audience or in sharp, angular profile. There was almost always tension in his chore