West Side Story’s Choreographer Justin Peck on Paying Tribute to Jerome Robbins’s Legacy

One of the most recognizable pieces of choreography from West Side Story—or frankly, from any musical—is that scene with the Jets snapping their fingers. For over six decades, audiences have watched Jerome Robbins’s signature sequence become an iconic part of both Broadway and film history. Excluding the short-lived 2020 revival of West Side Story directed by Ivo van Hove and choreographed by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, every Broadway production of the show has featured Robbins’s staging—which is why the movie’s choreographer, Justin Peck, remained beholden to keeping his legacy alive in Steven Spielberg’s new film adaptation, in theaters now. “It’s… Read Full Article