Yesenia Ayala as Anita, with members of the Sharks.
"The new 'West Side Story' begins with nothingness: a huge black brick wall rising behind a cavernous blank stage. A group of young people enter, walking slowly, surveying the territory. They form a line at the lip of the stage and stare at the audience. ... This new staging originated several years ago in the mind of the director Ivo van Hove, who runs a major theater in Amsterdam and who has become, in recent years, a Broadway brand name, known for his bloody, irreverent interpretations of classics: 'A View From the Bridge' and 'The Crucible.' ... These first three minutes announce that if you have any expectations for 'West Side Story,' they should immediately be discarded. In the original 1957 production, the choreographer Jerome Robbins, who first conceptualized the musical, created a revolutionary prologue. ... When they finally agreed, van Hove enlisted the Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker — a rigorous formalist who directs Rosas, a celebrated dance company, but had never made movement for musical theater. ..."
NY Times
In van Hove and De Keersmaeker's reimagining of the classic balcony scene, Tony and Maria are pulled apart.
2009 July: Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, 2012 December: Rosas Danst Rosas (1983), 2013 September: Re : Rosas!, 2014 March: Maison Martin Margiela with H&M (2012), 2016 October: Vortex Temporum, 2017 March: Counter Phrases (2000), 2019 October: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker: Work/Travail/Arbeid
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