Dance at the Gym

Dance at the Gym

Dancing was important and popular

Lots of dancers, repetitive

Little distinction between choreography for the Jets

And Sharks

American women tend to dress conservatively

Latin American women dress more flamboyantly/sexier

Maria and Tony’s duet has no body contact but there’s

Tension, old fashioned with no contact

Maria is dressed in white: pure: different

MAMBO (contained in ‘Dance at the gym’)

• Dance organiser tries to integrate ethnicities

• Women walk in a circle and have to dance with the opposite male

• A sort of dance battle

• Maria and Tony see each other across the room

• Their duet dance

Fast paced

Shouting ‘Mambo!’ creates tension

Aggressive movements eg, High kicks and fast pirouettes

Americans perform larger movements

Latin Americans perform more on the spot movement with complicated foot work taken from…