Description
Starting time code: 06:27
Ending time code: 14:32
Length: 485 sec
Beginning: during sequence
Ending: during sequence
Outlines: anticipation
Completeness: complete, satisfying and uninterrupted
Structure: narrative ballet
Shots: 76
Average shot length: 6 sec
Performance: instrumental+dance
Number directed by: Robert Wise , Jerome Robbins
Performer(s): Russ Tamblyn , George Chakiris , Tucker Smith , Bert Michaels , Tony Mordente , David Winters , David Bean , Jose De Vega
Cast: All White cast
Stars who don't participate: no data
Backstage
Diegetic spectators: no
Diegetic status of the number: no
Diegetic status of the music: no diegetic music
Themes
Topic(s): challenge-fight and violence , challenge
Diegetic place: New York
Imaginary place: none
Ethnic stereotypes: Latin
Exoticism: not exotic
Music & dance
Song: Prologue (West Side Story)
Musical ensemble: band or orchestra
Dubbing: no
Tempo: tempo varies
Musical styles: no data
Arrangers: no data
Dance director: Jerome Robbins
Dance ensemble: chorus
Dancing type: tempo varies
Dance subgenre: ballet/toe dancing , jazz
Dance content: no data
Intertextuality
Source: Adapted from a stage number of the same show
Quotation: no data