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      • It was the spring of 2019 when Rita Moreno showed up to rehearsals for the new West Side Story movie at Gelsey Kirkland dance studios in Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood.
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      Rita Moreno, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose on West Side Story

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