Patricia Lucía Delgado said her choreography with 60 dancers on the 'West Side Story' set made her feel connected to her Latino heritage more than any other work in her 21-year career.
was trying to get a group of Latino dancers playing members of the Sharks gang to move a certain way, she thought of the perfect imagery.
From left, Ariana Debose as Anita, choreographer Patricia Delgado, and director and co-producer Steven Spielberg behind the scenes of 20th Century Studios' "West Side Story."Delgado's work on the Steven Spielberg remake is her latest collaboration with the movie's renowned choreographer, Justin Peck,as “the third important choreographer to have emerged in classical ballet this century" — and is also Delgado's husband.
“I wanted to continue my artistic growth and I wanted to follow my heart to New York, which was always enticing but I didn’t feel ready for. And my now-husband lived here so I wanted to find balance in my life, not doing long-distance,” said Delgado, who has an 8-month-old daughter with Peck. Delgado brought the Caribbean touch to the dancers playing Puerto Rican gang members. Contrary to the original 1961 movie — which Delgado said is a masterwork in its own right — she proudly pointed out they intentionally cast only Latino dancers to play the Sharks in this iteration of the film. Similarly, the rival gang — the Jets — were composed entirely of non-Latino white dancers.
Most filmmakers are unaware of the dancers' needs and the demands of the creative and training processes leading up to the shoot.
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