Friday, February 21, 2020
A New West Side Story for Broadway—Without Jerome Robbins
Dance Magazine: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker is celebrated across the dance world for her stripped-down, stubbornly abstract choreography; Ivo van Hove across the theater world for his stark, stubbornly tech-heavy reconstructions of plays and movie scripts. But after this week, the two Belgians are likely to be famed, for good or ill, as the pair who kicked Jerome Robbins out of West Side Story, the classic musical he conceived, directed and choreographed to everlasting acclaim in 1957.
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I really appreciated this article’s emphasis on the significance of this change taking place. The author made sure to explain that most of the original elements remained in place, like the book, most of the music, and lyrics. The idea that the choreography– which is seen as commonplace as the aforementioned elements, would be discarded entirely is made to seem like a big change. The images presented in the article are fascinating. The stage is mostly barren with a large screen with looming characters in the background. I think a video would be more telling of just how significant this change is. I did find her views on the original versions of the production to be very interesting, that she didn’t find it very impactful or that Bambi was more impactful to her. I would be interested in seeing this production to see just how drastic a change is occurring.
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This idea that West Side Story began with is so unique. What Ivo van Hove decided to do with this classical musical and turn it into a modern story with the Jets vs. Sharks. One of the most unique parts of this production is that most of the cast is making their Broadway debut. This is a really interesting concept putting so much faith in the cast and making them all work so hard when they are so young. But the intense auditioning process does seem like they picked the right people (except for Amar Ramasar). It is really cool to see this first time choreographer choreograph a Broadway production. I feel like adding Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker as a first timer is exactly what van Hove wants do to. To challenge the whole team and create something with people who haven't had a set knowledge of what Broadway typically is to bring something new to the Broadway audience.
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