West Side Story - Mambo!

[SasaSassy86]

this was like my first introduction to the "mambo" and I thought it was like the most beautiful dance in the world when I first saw it (granted I was 9)

[lancetop]

What fun!

[TemporaryPoet]

When I was younger, the Sharks were my favourite in everything. Now, they are my favourites in everything apart from this dance. The Jets were more fun to watch. I still love Anita and Bernardo.

[MultiCutiepiegirl]

I always love Anita; she's a feisty, fun character tht I would definitely love 2 play!

[doyouwantfries20]

I like the ending. The instruments. How its, loud and abrasive, cool yet power full, smooth and light, sweet and caring. And then next scene.

[mangledinal]

This is where Tony sees Maria for the fist time. Gorgeous, both of them!

[hunnypotohunny]

Hrm. The Jets win in technique, but the Sharks DEFINITELY got more swagger. And from my years in dance, technique don't mean a thing if you can't get the crowd excited.

[lulzIridetheshortbus]

That lead trumpet is a monster... Uan Rasey if I'm not mistaken. God, what I'd give to take lessons from him. RIP

[HipCovers]

@lulzIridetheshortbus Man we just played this (last show yesterday) and man he KILLED it. It was so good.

By the way, the screaming part is actually the 2nd part, which is weird. He also has the crazy part at the end of America!

[qetlikemeh1]

Am I the only one who thought the white people won this particular scene? the puerto ricans were great , yes , they dominated the movie but in this scene I felt the white people killed it, Riff did tricks & danced amazingly and him & his gf were more spicy in my opinion . Because the puerto ricans kept doing the same thing in their circle. And I was surprised to see the black man at 0:45 ;o

[AdognamedOp]

Gotta give props to them lovely ladies. They knocked out these dance routines with high heel shoes on their feet.

[SpyinGirly]

I'm sorry, but eeven though it's a pretty close match, the stuff riff did with his gf totally mopped the floor with everyone else.

[Theloosebanana]

@emofolkie yeah....I was sniggering to myself when I saw Ice 'bust some Mambo moves'....awkward step backs and hip swivels, very funny though. I just love it when Baby John randomly waltzes through the stand off!!! Haha fave part in that scene :D

[Nani101]

Puerto Ricans totally win this one.

[AngieLovesFashion]

Us puerto ricans got spice !!

[thetwinsrox]

my school is doing this play and i get to be one of the dancers ( the puerto ricans) and im sooooo happy!!

[dramirez818]

I came here because of family guy lol

[emofolkie]

I correct myself--Tom Thumb, my fave Russ Tamblyn movie, is by MGM, not Disney. This would have been my favorite if Russ played Tony.

[DellDoll15]

the venezuelan orchestra did a version of this

[ISnowyDayz]

anyone wonder what their reactions would be if someone decided to jump in the middle of that circle and busted out some hip hop moves?

[VivalaryMan]

wow a racist dance off, i thought these were outlawed after martin luther king had a dream.. hmm

[bailandoismylife]

Natalie wood actually looks like your typical white puertorican

[Gleekingitout9812]

Riff's Girlfriend makes unessecary noises when she dances. 

[JessicaM671]

0.0... half white half black then dance SOLO~

[emofolkie]

I just noticed that Baby John, Ice and Action dance so well here.

[emofolkie]

It's amazing Russ Tamblyn got cast as Riff, the leader of the Jets, when he's an actor and an acrobat, not a dancer. In Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, another great musical, he did some dancing but mainly did acrobatic stuff. I love him best in Disney's Tom Thumb.

[MzNeka23]

shout out to the sharks on this one!!!

[TheBethandAnnie]

America169boy you think I care what you think:) if you haven't got a nice reply for me don't reply at all:) much love puerto ricans;)

[TheBethandAnnie]

Don't know why, but I can't keep my eyes off the puerto Ricans whenever they are doing anything especially dancing. There just hot! All of em,even when riff does the backflips and that I think Anita&Bernardo are just the best thing like ever...love em! Team Sharks FTW

[American160Boy]

@TheBethandAnnie The Sharks suck!The Jets the white guys rule New York City.Vote for the white guys(Jets).WAY TO GO JETS!

[czmasnjack]

I like the subtitles.

[TheJellieMann]

even the white people's clapping sounds white

[LiannaRodriguez]

They're all real dancers and they all did well here

[AOG93]

Those yankees thinking they could dance mambo and beat the Puerto Ricans at a dance... haha, aren't they cute?

[trumpeter72395]

The jets could not face off against the Sharks... Sharks won everytime lol

[StupidLamb251]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RUSS TAMBLYN!!!!!!

[stadmeg111]

love this

[torr59622]

This is the Jewish version of what it must have been like to be Puerto Rican in New York in 1950's.

[ItsSoMe2011]

GEORGE CHAKIRIS SAID 'OOPA' hahhaha he's greek in real life, but he kinda made a mistake lol supposed to be piauto rican

[pajamagirl123]

@ItsSoMe2011 where did he say that?? haha

[ItsSoMe2011]

@pajamagirl123 watch his mouth miming it lol (at 1:56-158 ) hehe

[Henababe]

Maria is pretty banging

[RRH1011]

This scene makes me wish I was puerto rican.

[PungiFungi]

@RRH1011 , yeah, but none of the actors who played the male Sharks were Puerto Ricans.

[torr59622]

@RRH1011 Why? Mambo was originally Cuban with a Mexican influence. The original writier of the musical was Jewish, and admitted he never considered a difference among Latin cultures.

[AnAsianNamedJose]

Did anyone notice that solo black man in the corner at 0:45?

[soilofk]

@AnAsianNamedJose I just noticed now!!!! wow!!

[theaustralianidol]

@AnAsianNamedJose

yes y?

[SalamenceJr]

@AnAsianNamedJose lmao! theres another man in the back around 0:56

[WuYorkYankees]

@AnAsianNamedJose he heard there would be white women and mamacitas there

[pinkvespa95]

@rockyroadorange101 me neither!! where do u go to school??

[Homayon533]

It is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.

[rockyroadorange101]

Today in auditions we learned this dance in 2 hours. I nvr danced dat hard in my life!

[09puertorican]

When I see Puerto Ricans dancing, I could't be prouder to call myself one. :)

[moviemaster8510]

I like how the beginning was supposed to integrate the two groups, but everyone at 0:21 is just like, "Well, fuck that."

[naomi2155967]

I don't see how they could beat Puerto Ricans at the Mambo 

[PungiFungi]

@naomi2155967 , the reason why some people think the Puerto Ricans won is the stereotype that somehow Latins can dance better, considering only Rita Moreno was the only Puerto Rican in the cast. Just watch Ice dance, can any of the Sharks match his moves? I was just amazed at how Tucker Smith, for his height can just throw his leg right up in the air whereas everybody else just goes half-way or even barely off the ground.

[RabahJam]

the beginning sound like something from nino rota but I can't tell what.

[MrSLAIEH]

Que de magnifiques souvenirs . Belle Nathalie :)

[phantomfangurl]

I was born in the wrong movie...

My movie is called Life.

AND IT SUCKS!!!! D'X

[TheConcreteBone]

SHARKS ALL THE WAYYY

[AwesomeRawrzer]

The Sharks treat their girls better..

[FantasyWarrior09]

my hands are cold...

[FantasyWarrior09]

MAMBO!



[meginmd]

The classical station played this on the radio the other day; only the "MAMBO!" parts were cut out.

Of course, I had to yell "Mambo!" each time it happened.

[RRH1011]

@meginmd lol sounds like me

[Rollman1]

Were is Tucker Smith today?

[RealDealCarl]

@Rollman1 He passed away some years ago

[PungiFungi]

@Rollman1 , Tucker Smith died in 1988 of throat/neck cancer.

[emelzbee]

puerto ricans = always won in the dancing part of this movie, im sorry theyre just badass

[jtanton10]

@emelzbee ....yeah hate to be that guy but most of the Puerto Ricans in this movie were actually not Puerto Ricans

[PungiFungi]

@emelzbee, ironic that some of these "Puerto Ricans" used to play Jets on stage. Again, this perception how Latins are supposedly better dancers. The best dancer I see so far was Tucker Smith.

[RRH1011]

@emelzbee so true

[DorisDaygirl97]

@emelzbee and your suppose to move your hips when you dance too, which they can! :)

[MisfitsToFreaxxs13]

@emelzbee Dude ,spainish dancing is just sex standing up lmfao.I'll get the same results by having sex with my girlfriend standing up in the shower .BLAHAHA!!!

[bailandoismylife]

@MisfitsToFreaxxs13 hate to agree with that but its true o-O lol but thats just perreo the dance of the dumbass nuyoricans..

[MisfitsToFreaxxs13]

@bailandoismylife Thats funny that you agreee with me ......sorry funny moment in youtube history:)

[ixatexurxcookies]

1:03 - 1:20 URGHH THAT MUSIC i love it 

[KurayoshiIchinotani]

日本語字幕が出てきてびっくりした

日本がこんな偉大な作品を創れるようになるはあと3世紀ぐらいか­かるだろうな...

[hotcocoacatey]

At 0:20 I LOVE the look the white girl gives Bernardo before they all go back to their original partners with style!!!

[afroqueen98]

The puerto ricans definitely won!

[hotcocoacatey]

Okay the Jet dance with the head bobbing is so STUPID! The Sharks dance is flawless!

[thestainisgone485]

@hotcocoacatey white people cant dance :P

[hotcocoacatey]

@thestainisgone485 So true XD

[nuitnoiree]

The choreography is absolutely flawless in this scene.<3

[MsDance1014]

@nuitnoiree

u damn skippy it is

[LaCollega12]

I was in awe when i had seen her also in the Berkeley Rep this past Friday^_^ I had the chance to see her front row^_^ I first saw the film Westside Story when i was in the 4th grade and fell in love with it. Rita Moreno has been my idol ever since, she inspired me into joining Drama class in middle school as well as in high school, and community theater during my junior college years. It was an honor to see her

[patector1]

Amazing!..just had the honor of seeing Rita Moreno at the Berkeley Rep. with her autobiographical show: Life Without Makeup..so excellent. At the end of the show, when the lights were up and she was taking her bows, I was holding up the original sound track album of West Side Story..she gave me a nod and a smile.! What an impact this movie had on me at 11 years old. And now at 60..Wow! Her motto is "Keep Moving".and that is what I am going to do.. "Mambo!"

[randrianabel]

at the beginning,on the left of the screen the blonde girl wearing a blue dress is starting to walk on wrong sense!the only movie error step!

[sandychan96]

The high school band at my school plays this song at all of the high school football games starting at about 1:02 :3 its so fun to play

[PungiFungi]

I love this clip, just watching Tucker Smith made me wish I could dance like him!

[SquishyKiller]

Thing is, this would look ridiculous if it was only one couple doing it.

[MrINEEDNAME]

aaaaah the times where you could say cellulite and they would say whats that

[bbenjoe]

Looks like to be a prequel of Step Up, just better-

[christianjgil283]

@ArtSkateLove omg i love this part of the movie