American Musical & Grotesque

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Across
  1. 2. A dance technique where only one part of the body moves while the rest remains still, typical of Fosse’s style.
  2. 5. A disturbing effect in which something familiar becomes strange and threatening (linked to Wolfgang Kayser).
  3. 7. In Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory, a cultural form based on inversion, excess, laughter, and the temporary suspension of social hierarchies.
  4. 10. The surname of a famous impresario, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., whose name was given to a series of early 20th-century revues.
  5. 11. The violation of boundaries between categories (human/animal, normal/abnormal).
  6. 12. The distortion of bodies or reality revealing hidden truths about modern life.
Down
  1. 1. The use of bodies (especially chorus dancers) as decorative visual patterns rather than individuals.
  2. 3. Early American performance tradition using racial caricature and blackface.
  3. 4. In Fosse’s work, flaws become a source of artistic control and style.
  4. 6. Dancers presented as lifeless, stiff, and object-like figures, resembling damaged toys rather than expressive individuals (e.g. Big Spender).
  5. 8. The fusion of incompatible elements (e.g. comic + terrifying), central to the grotesque.
  6. 9. Hollywood choreographer known for kaleidoscopic formations and overhead camera shots that turn dancers into abstract patterns.