Rejected by Fosse

I recently watched the opening audition scene of "All That Jazz" where Joe GIdeon (Bob Fosse) rejects a worthy young dancer - a scene which played out for me in reality when I auditioned for his final revival of "Sweet Charity". I danced my heart out for 3 hours doing all kinds of combinations and singing, when he came up to me with that look in his eyes and he said, "I'm sorry", which was was at once definitive, kind and honorable of him, and I left understanding that it had been an honor just to have auditioned for him. As fate would have it, that revival of "Sweet Charity" tried out in DC, where he died on the street in the arms of his great love Gwen Verdon, and I went on to leave dancing and began a career as a cinema documentarian honoring among other films, MGM Musicals like Kiss Me Kate - where Fosse first made his mark as a choreographer and dancer in the number "From This Moment On".