Laurents fueled by fear. Fear causes the gangs to make drastic decisions‚ get involved in a epic fight‚ and lose the lives of their own gang members.The quote “money is the root of all evil” should be “fear is the root of all evil”. Laurents‚ Arthur‚ Jerome Robbins‚ Leonard Bernstein‚ and Stephen Sondheim. West Side Story: A Musical. London: Chappell‚
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essentially genuine staging of Shakespeare’s work seen through the lens of the movie camera and the eyes of the twentieth century‚ it seems logical that the director would draw inspiration from a contemporary film production of the same narrative: Jerome
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singing‚ “Were off to See the Wizard” while walking/skipping to the beat of the song. This is where you first see the combination of both. This then leads to the 1961‚ very fast paced‚ dancing packed film‚ West Side Story‚ with choreography by Jerome Robbins. Jerome incorporates the dances into the movement on how the actors walk from the very start of the film. This film also uses a type of ballet and walts. The Sound of Music has some similarities with West Side Story including the dances for example
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expression of the music to the expression of the piece‚ which caused many people to enjoy it (Madocks). Romeo and Juliet inspired many popular pieces of music still enjoyed to this day. In West Side Story‚ Stephen Sondheim wrote the songs while Jerome Robbins made the choreography (Madocks). Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” was written about Romeo and Juliet and included many references to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Tchaikovsky wrote the music for Romeo and Juliet‚ which Shakespeare used in his play
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Theatre 112 quizzes Assessment 1: Librettist in charge of writing the dialogue of a musical Choreographer creates and teaches dances Adelaid’s Lament guys and dolls Director control of artistic vision Score collection of songs Libretto total collection of lyrics and dialogue Composer in charge of creating melodies Lyricist in charge of writing words to songs Producer in charge of monetary aspects Im an ordinary man song in My fair lad Assessment 2: 1. despite
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The original 1957 Broadway production‚ directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins and produced by Robert E. Griffith and Harold Prince‚ marked Stephen Sondheim’s Broadway debut. It ran for 732 performances (a successful run for the time)‚ before going on tour. The production garnered a Tony Award nomination for Best Musical in 1957‚ but the award went to Meredith Willson’s The Music Man. It won a Tony Award in 1957 for Robbins’ choreography. The show had an even longer-running London production
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Side Story’ film version of Romeo and Juliet is superior to the later version of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ directed in 1968 by Franco Zeffirelli. Jerome Robbins‚ the director of ‘West Side Story’‚ having a different aim/ representation of Romeo and Juliet has used various effective techniques to produce his film – which I consider to be more successful. Robbins chose it to be a transformation of Romeo and Juliet & not the original play from Shakespeare‚ but that’s not the only reason‚ if it is one‚ to
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Jazz Dance: Then and Now Jazz has been around for centuries‚ starting in the 1600s with the rhythms and movements brought to America by African Slaves. Being forced into America‚ Africans from many cultures were cut off from their families‚ languages and tribal traditions. African cultures intermingled creating a new culture with both African and European elements. African dance has rhythms and movements such as vocal soundings‚ hand clapping‚ and foot stomping and tapping. All of these were woven
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Leonard Bernstein was born in Lawrence‚ just north of Boston‚ on Sunday‚ August 25‚ 1918. Bernstein was named Louis at birth‚ after his mother’s grandfather‚ but at the age of sixteen he had it formally changed to Leonard‚ or Lenny. As a child‚ Bernstein was sick very often with asthma and hay fever. Perhaps due to these and many other medical conditions‚ Bernstein preferred to be alone. He didn’t care to spend much time with his family or even with his peers. Most likely because of this self-isolation
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The History of Musical Theatre The recently released Les Misérables earned £8.1 million in its opening weekend‚ making it the largest opening weekend for a musical film in history‚ proving that the genre is still alive. But how exactly did this powerful art form originate? And from then on‚ how did it evolve to become the spectacularly vivacious being that it is today? The oldest known forms of music theatre were the ancient Greek plays with music and lyrics‚ as well as music and dance being
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