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Casting Call: Steven Spielberg's New 'West Side Story' Movie Conducting Search Casting Call: Steven Spielberg's New 'West Side Story' Movie Conducting Search
Casting Call: Steven Spielberg's New 'West Side Story' Movie Conducting Search Can you see yourself as the "real" Maria singing and dancing with the gangs in "West Side Story"?  Well, sometimes dreams do come true and now might be that time, with Stephen Spielberg announcing a casting call far and wide in a search for a new Maria to star in his upcoming remake of the movie. Casting director Cindy Tolan's Office said Spielberg is looking for a Latino/Hispanic female between the ages of 15 to 25 years old who can sing and has a strong dance background for the 20th Century Fox production. No officials tryout dates have been announced locally, but interested Ma…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Dance Passion Leads To Business For Westchester 23-Year-Old Dance Passion Leads To Business For Westchester 23-Year-Old
Dance Passion Leads To Business For Westchester 23-Year-Old Joshua Dooz grew up behind the scenes of his parents’ dance studio, Central Park Dance Academy in Scarsdale but never took a palpable interest in dancing deciding to play sports like wrestling and basketball instead.  But everything changed during a three-month study abroad trip to Zapote, a village in San Jose, Costa Rica, the summer before his senior year of college. That's when the Dobbs Ferry resident walked into his first dance class and and saw how the rhythmic motions of his instructor, Francy, woke up an energy in the room and in him. “She [Francy] must have been 70, but she moved …

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by James Miranda