Jerome Robbins

One of the many popular film Adaptations of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is West Side Story, directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise. This modern day film adaptation, released in October 18th, 1961, takes place in a rundown neighborhood on the streets of New York City. A gang called the Jets, lead by Riff (Russ Tamblyn), find themselves in a turf war with the Sharks, a gang from Puerto Rico lead by Bernardo (George Chakiris) . Tony (Richard Beymer), a former member of the Jets, notices…

West Side Story, Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, is a classic romantic, modern day Romeo & Juliet story. The teeming teenagers from Manhattan's upper west are filled with racial tensions which later erupt into a rival between the teenage members of two gangs. Maria is newly arrived to the violence that surrounds her brothers life Bernardo, who’s the leader of a gang called the “Sharks.” Although Bernardo’s girlfriend, Anita, countlessly warned Maria to not fall in love with Tony, who…

“My life is an open Pamphlet” – Bob Fosse. Bob Fosse was an American actor, Musical theatre director, and choreographer. He changed the way people around the world viewed dancing and dancing the film industry during the 20th century. Bob Fosse was born on June 23rd of 1927 in Chicago Illinois. His full name was actually Robert Louis Fosse. He was the youngest of all children. Having so many siblings it was difficult to grab his parent’s eye so he did that by dancing. His parents took…

the transaction of the cultural dance style (Thelonious Monk, Institute of Jazz). Jazz developed more and is now seen as musical theatre, which can be seen in many music videos, musicals and popular tv shows. Many great jazz advocates such as Jerome Robbins choreographed musicals like Peter Pan and The West Side Story (Basch Solutions, LLC, 2016). These musicals such as Peter Pan was performed more than 150 times on Broadway which, allows many people to have a chance and see the wonderful…

Jerome Robbins' suggested the idea of developing a musical based off of the story of Romeo and Juliet to Leonard Bernstein in January of 1949 (originally proposed title: East Side Story, set in the less privileged areas of New York at the concurrence of Easter-Passover celebrations). In August of 1955, a gathering with Arthur Laurents took place where another idea emerged -- two teen-age mobs as the conflicting groups, one of them newly-arrived Puerto Ricans, the other self-styled…

How do you best support the wellness and wellbeing of children in your care? Today we are going to look at the topic of wellness. Specifically, how do you best support the wellness and wellbeing of children in your care? If you google wellness you are bombarded with an array of information on how best to achieve and maintain good health and wellbeing. With the abundance of information out there it is easy to become overloaded and engulf in too much information. What is wellness? Wellness is…

As a young practicing Jewish American, there were not many years where the word, Holocaust did not have a strong meaning to me. The Holocaust was the murder of over 6 million Jews and over 8 million non Jews by Nazi Germany. I grew up constantly being educated on the historical tragedy. It was a part of my history therefore, my parents made sure to make it a part of my education. Unfortunately, this is not the case for most individuals not just in America, but world-wide as well. It is not…

American Pit Bull Terrier the hunting dog (APBT) aka Pit Bull brings concern to a lot of people due to the quantity of human fatalities these dogs are reported in. The media would have you believe that these deaths are on the increase and is of epidemic proportions with Pit Bull being the culprit. An urban legend is that they have lockup jaws and have excellent bite force. Another story is that they're aggressive towards people, and go insane. The majority don’t understand is that the term “Pit…

On the first day of Dance 101 we were asked to write down what dance meant to us, my response was that dance was a personal expression through movement and a way to honor, and keep traditions alive. When I registered for this course I knew I would enjoy it because I love dance but what I got was an amazing journey without going anywhere that has increased my desire to travel the world and explore for myself. While taking this course my view of what dance is has expanded from my initial response…

West Side Story: the Racist Representation West Side Story, written by Arthur Laurents and produced by Jerome Robbins, constructs racialized identities for its Puerto Rican characters. Their constructed, stereotypical identities are not accurate or realistic. However, the film has been very popular, among the mainstream audience – the white Americans – and among the Puerto Rican spectators. I believe that the so-critiqued racist elements against Puerto Ricans in the film is lightened up the…